Mayor Bill de Blasio

NY mayor to Syrian Jews: Sympathize with Muslim refugees from shared homeland

The worshippers at an Orthodox synagogue in Brooklyn reportedly murmured uncomfortably as he compared Syrian refugees fleeing their country’s civil war with Jews fleeing the Nazis.

New York rabbis press for city to fund parochial school security agents

In a letter, 24 rabbis asked the mayor to back a City Council bill that would provide police school safety agents for parochial schools that request them.

New York increases security around synagogues

The city’s Police Department said it was following developments in Jerusalem closely following a deadly synagogue attack and working with the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force.

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NY mayor to Syrian Jews: Sympathize with Muslim refugees from shared homeland

New York rabbis press for city to fund parochial school security agents

New York increases security around synagogues

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