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Park East Synagogue’s prospective rabbi withdraws from consideration after dispute with congregants

The incident with Schochet was the latest stage in the search for a successor to Rabbi Arthur Schneier.

The quest to replace Park East Synagogue’s 92-year-old rabbi is not going smoothly

The incident has prompted congregants to consider whether Rabbi Yitzchok Schochet has the right temperament to lead a congregation that has hosted a succession of dignitaries.

Historian sheds new light on a famous story about Abraham Lincoln and a New York cantor

A Jew did persuade the president to allow Jewish chaplains, but other parts of a 160-year-old legend don’t hold up.

The US wants citizens to help Ukrainian refugees settle here. Jewish New Yorkers are stepping up.

‘West Wing’ star Joshua Malina will join the cast of Broadway’s ‘Leopoldstadt’

Orthodox activist Heshy Tischler makes peace with the Jewish reporter who was caught in his riot

An NYU student wrote ‘F–k Israel’ on a piece of trash. Is that antisemitism or freedom of speech?

With investors like Paul Rudd, a new bagel baker takes a bite of the West Village

Israeli democracy is ‘robust,’ former PM Naftali Bennett assures New Yorkers

After I stopped an attack on the subway, the victim and I bonded over Katz’s pastrami sandwiches

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