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On Mamdani, rabbis Angela Buchdahl and Elliot Cosgrove show the split in the pulpit over political endorsements

These rabbis didn’t sign their colleagues’ anti-Mamdani letter. Here’s why.

NEW YORK CITY MAYORAL RACE

Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum joins Mamdani rally with progressive leaders in Queens

Cuomo slammed for ‘Islamophobia’ after interview with Jewish shock jock Sid Rosenberg

NYC mayoral candidates clash over Jewish safety — again — on debate stage

More News

Trump sets deadline for Hamas to release hostages’ bodies as Egyptian team enters Gaza to help

Ireland elects left-wing politician with record of anti-Israel rhetoric as president

Advocates decry ‘pogrom on the playground’ after Jewish children targeted in Chicago suburb on Oct. 7

IDEAS

Why Jewish teens aren’t speaking out about the NYC mayoral election, despite their strong feelings

Anyone saying Jews face a simple choice in the NYC mayoral election is not paying attention

Philip Roth’s latest biographer wants Jews to read him again — without the guilt

Netanyahu and far-right ministers do damage control on West Bank vote and Saudi Arabia comments that angered Trump

Katherine Janus Kahn, illustrator of ‘Sammy Spider’ Jewish children’s books, dies at 83

Ted Cruz calls on Christians to confront right-wing antisemitism as it flares among Republicans

New York Jewish Week

The Jewish Museum has just completed a major renovation. Here are 7 highlights.

These Jewish baked goods made the New York Times’ list of ‘25 Essential Pastries’ in NYC

Saul Rubinek’s new one-man show asks, Is there ever a right time to play Shylock?

Season 2 of ‘Nobody Wants This’ arrives on Netflix, returning Rabbi Noah and interfaith dilemmas to TV screens

Trump nominee for Kuwait ambassador, grilled at confirmation hearing, loses support over Israel views

Bernie Sanders downplays Graham Platner’s Nazi tattoo: ‘There might be one or two more important issues’

JD Vance condemns Knesset vote on West Bank annexation as ‘very stupid’

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