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After uproar, NY State Sen. Julia Salazar fires staffer who endorsed Hamas attack

“I don’t condemn Hamas, I condemn Israel,” Salazar’s communications and policy director, Sarah Campbell, had written in a now-deleted post on X.

A Yiddish musical about life in Jewish ghettos during WWII carries new resonance since Oct. 7

“Amid Falling Walls,” a new production from the National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene, brings to life poetry and songs created by Jews during the Holocaust.

An NYPD officer stands guard outside Temple Emanu-El in New York City prior to Rosh Hashana services roughly a year after the 9/11 attacks. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Majority of New Yorkers says antisemitism, Islamophobia have increased since Oct. 7

The survey also found that 25% of respondents said the Oct. 7 Hamas attack was a result of Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians, while condemning the murder of civilians.