Saying his words were misconstrued, New York City Mayor Eric Adams stood by his statement comparing demands that he resign to “Mein Kampf.” The increasingly embattled mayor made the reference to Adolf Hitler’s manifesto during an appearance in Brooklyn on Monday while he was discussing calls for his resignation. “If you tell a lie long […]
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During Lauren Eckstein’s freshman year at Pomona College, her grandparents pledged $1.2 million to the private school toward a scholarship to support refugee students. They gave the money, a press release said at the time, in honor of their family’s own refugee background, having fled antisemitism in Europe. That was in December 2022. Less than […]
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The New York State Education Department is cutting off public funding to two Brooklyn yeshivas and ordering parents to find alternative educational arrangements for their children next year, citing the schools’ failure to meet secular education standards. It’s the most significant set of consequences faced by any school in the ongoing fight between education officials […]
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A pro-Palestinian protest in the heavily Jewish New York City neighborhood of Borough Park descended into brawls and epithets Tuesday night as demonstrators clashed with pro-Israel counterprotesters. Police said one person, named as Anthony Frausto, was charged with third-degree assault for punching someone in the face at the scene. The clashes were the latest to […]
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More than 50 rabbis and cantors, including leaders of some of New York City’s most prominent synagogues, signed an open letter Tuesday asking Mayor Eric Adams and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to protect immigrants from the Trump administration’s planned mass deportations. The letter, the latest in a succession of recent statements by Jewish leaders […]
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Police in Miami Beach have arrested a Jewish man who shot at two people in a car, thinking they were Palestinian. They were actually Israeli tourists. The man, Mordechai Brafman, 27, opened fire on the two men Saturday night, firing 17 shots. Local reports say he told police that “while he was driving his truck, […]
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Last month, the Supreme Court agreed to weigh in on the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School — what would be the country’s first religious charter school. The case has all the hallmarks of a blockbuster church-state case, addressing the constitutionality of publicly funded religious education and potentially opening the door […]
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Danielle Sassoon, the interim U.S. attorney in Manhattan, has resigned after the Justice Department ordered her to drop the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Sassoon was one of a few top officials to resign over the order on Thursday, which she did not carry out. Also stepping down are the heads […]
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At her confirmation hearing Thursday, Linda McMahon made clear she expected to face questions about how she would combat campus antisemitism as secretary of education. “If I am confirmed, the department will not stand idly by while Jewish students are attacked and discriminated against,” McMahon told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee during […]
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A new Jewish climate initiative says it has secured $18 million in philanthropic commitments for grants and advocacy work in the United States and Israel. The idea behind the Jewish Climate Trust is that the American Jewish community has a responsibility to do more on climate, especially under a new president who is hostile to […]
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