Politics

A photo of Allison Minnerly speaking into a microphone on C-Span.

DNC blocks resolution calling for recognition of Palestinian statehood and halting arms sales to Israel

Another resolution calling for humanitarian aid to Gaza and an Israel-Hamas ceasefire was passed.

Will federal security grants require synagogues to cooperate with ICE? Concerns are running high.

The Jewish Council for Public Affairs says concerns are valid but urges synagogues to apply anyway because objections may be settled before recipients must formally agree to the conditions.

2025 NYC mayoral election endorsements: Who is backing each candidate?

We’re tracking the endorsements that matter to Jewish New Yorkers.

Zohran Mamdani’s favorite teacher is the brother of Jewish Supreme Court justice Elana Kagan

As NYC mayoral race heats up, a Jewish school is now requiring parents to show proof of voter registration

When was NYC mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa’s trademark red beret a kippah? At his sons’ bar mitzvahs

Eric Adams’ effort to run on an ‘EndAntisemitism’ ballot line could itself be ending

A Trump-supporting Jewish memelord steps into the NYC mayor’s race

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt speaks onstage at ADL's Never Is Now conference on March 3, 2025 in New York City. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

Fact-checking ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt’s attack on Zohran Mamdani

New York Mayor Eric Adams, left, and incoming NYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch, left, Nov. 20, 2024. (Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)

Sparring over crime, but not over Jessica Tisch

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