Ed Koch

‘Fun day’ marking 1991 Crown Heights riots irks slain Jewish student’s family

The community festival marking the 25th anniversary of the unrest is "shameful and a disgrace," said the brother of the student who was stabbed and killed by blacks.

Koch industries says book misrepresents founder’s work on Nazi oil refinery

Fred Koch’s work for the Nazi regime long predated the start of World War II, and was one of hundreds of international projects undertaken by the company in the late 1920s and early ’30s, the company’s president said.

Bess Myerson, only Jewish Miss America, dead at 90

Myerson, who was 90, also was a spokeswoman for the Anti-Defamation League and donated $1.1 million to help found the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York.