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Cameron Kasky: Jewish progressive running for Congress after West Bank solidarity mission

Kasky, the Jewish Parkland school shooting survivor and gun control activist, said in an interview that his stance on Israel doesn’t make him an outlier.

Congressional candidate Cameron Kasky playing soccer with a Palestinian child during his trip to the West Bank, Dec. 2025.
The torah dedication ceremony at Kehillat Harlem on Aug. 31, 2025.

At a former driving school, Kehillat Harlem plants roots for Jewish life uptown

 Rabbi Cosgrove

Diaspora Jewish leadership is speaking a language the world no longer understands - opinion

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro being walked in custody down a hallway at the offices of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in New York City, U.S., January 3, 2026.

Orthodox Jewish judge to preside over Maduro's criminal proceedings in NY


Is ‘frozen shoulder’ a genetic condition? NY study finds links to specific genes

Research by orthopedists in New York City points to specific genes associated with an increased risk of this condition.

 People crowd into 7th Avenue at 42nd street in Manhattan in 2015.

Actor Kevin Spacey says his father was a Neo-Nazi and white supremacist

Spacey made the revelation during his sexual abuse trial in New York where he is charged with sexual assault against actor Anthony Rapp.

 Actor Kevin Spacey arrives at the Manhattan Federal Court for his civil sex abuse case in New York City, US, October 13, 2022.

Actresses Shira Haas and Gal Gadot to receive awards at AICF celebration

Both Gadot and Haas play superheroes: Wonder Woman in the DCEU and Sabra in the MCU respectively. Now they are being awarded together.

Shira Haas and Alena Yiv from Asia.

Donald Trump wins ruling in rape accuser Carroll's defamation lawsuit

Trump claimed he was shielded from Carroll's lawsuit by a federal law immunizing government employees from defamation claims.

 FORMER US president Donald Trump speaks at a ‘Save America’ rally in North Carolina last month. Trump is either the American Messiah or the American Putin. There is nothing in between.

English Overseas: US Jewish volunteers teach Israelis English over Zoom

An idea born during the pandemic is continuing to spawn healthy educational and personal gain for all.

 STATESIDE VOLUNTEERS and Jerusalemite students get together for a Zoom chat.

Longtime Trump executive Weisselberg pleads guilty in tax fraud scheme

A grand jury last year indicted Weisselberg, 75, for concealing $1.76 million of "off-the-books" income.

Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg exits after his arraignment hearing in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, July 1, 2021

Zoos: Cruel cages or compassionate conservation?

Zoos have come under incredible assault, as places that are utterly immoral prisons of cages for animals that should be allowed to roam free

 VISITORS WATCH a polar bear at Central Park Zoo in New York.

The fierce fight for Jewish Congressional representation in NYC

The new maps, which went into effect at the end of May, have shaken up many Democratic strongholds and will have a ripple effect across the national political landscape.

House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) stands with House Financial Services Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA); House Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel (D-NY); House Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and other House committee chairs at a news conference to announce artii

Recent spike in antisemitic crimes in NYC

A perpetrator of an antisemitic hate crime also reportedly threw items lit on fire through a synagogue's gate, according to the NYPD.

 Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers check Manhattan subways after a shooting at a subway station in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, US, April 12, 2022

How Zabar’s, NY’s iconic Jewish grocery, got its start

The space Charlie recommended was in the Crystal Pure Food Market, at 2249 Broadway, between West 80th and 81st streets.

 THE FAMED Zabar’s on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.