The latest news from the New York Jewish Week.
(JTA) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has released a new campaign video in which he says he is “very proud to be Jewish” and that he looks forward to “becoming the first Jewish president in the history of this country.” The two minute and 40 second video also blames President Trump for a rise in anti-Semitic […]
Outraged is the only word to describe my feelings upon discovering a growing phenomenon in ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities. Women’s and girls’ photos are being eliminated from print in advertisements and newspapers. I read about this growing trend from a few Jewish news sources, but when I recently perused a magazine from a religious community in […]
(JTA) — A crowdfunding campaign spearheaded by an Orthodox community in Brooklyn raised some $48,000 for the family of the police officer killed in the Jersey City attacks that also left three dead at a kosher market in the city. A check was presented Tuesday to the widow and five children of Det. Joseph Seals 40, at City Hall […]