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Heather Conn Hendel, 48, teacher, caregiver, matchmaker and newlywed, dies days after giving birth

Conn Hendel was very involved in her New York City synagogue before moving shortly before her death to Toronto.

A citizenship class for Jewish immigrants at Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America (HIAS), Lower East Side, New York City, February 16, 1920. (Courtesy/YIVO Institute for Jewish Research)

Jewish immigrant men abandoned their wives in droves a century ago. Their stories are getting a new look

A new YIVO exhibit, “Runaway Husbands, Desperate Families: The Story of the National Desertion Bureau,” examines a lesser-known aspect of Jewish immigrant life in the U.S.

‘Unacceptable antisemitism’: Leaders decry vandalism of Brooklyn Museum director’s home

The vandals also hung a banner accusing the museum director, Anne Pasternak, of being a “white-supremacist Zionist.”

At Brooklyn’s Agi’s Counter, a Hungarian Jewish grandma inspires upscale dining

Head of elite Manhattan private school steps down following criticism of Oct. 7 response

A man wearing a Hezbollah shirt at an anti-Israel protest in Union Square, June 10, 2024. (Luke Tress)

White House, local politicians denounce anti-Israel protest targeting Nova massacre exhibit in NY

Protesters outside Columbia University, April 30, 2024. (Luke Tress)

Prosecutors move to dismiss hate crimes charges against woman who hit Israeli Columbia student with a stick

AOC decries discrimination against Jews, ‘weaponization’ of antisemitism in talk with Jewish leaders

Rep. Ritchie Torres slams ‘blithering idiots’ behind the secret Israeli influence op that targeted him

Baruch College student groups protest Hillel on campus, adding to growing trend

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