The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/bronx/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:48:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Bronx | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/bronx/ 32 32 ‘AOC funds genocide in Gaza’: Anti-Israel activists vandalize Ocasio-Cortez’s NY office https://www.timesofisrael.com/aoc-funds-genocide-in-gaza-anti-israel-activists-vandalize-ocasio-cortezs-ny-office/ Tue, 22 Jul 2025 02:29:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=liveblog_entry&p=3603334 Democrat defends voting against amendment to cut funding for Israeli air defenses, vows to keep pushing 'to cut flow of US munitions that are being used to perpetuate the genocide'

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]]> Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez slam AIPAC funding of rival at Bowman rally in NYC https://www.timesofisrael.com/sanders-ocasio-cortez-slam-aipac-funding-of-rival-at-bowman-rally-in-nyc/ Sun, 23 Jun 2024 04:56:52 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3316917 New York's 16th District Congressman says opponent George Latimer and US-Israel lobby group are 'destroying our democracy'; war on Hamas a key talking point

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]]> How a Puerto Rican-Jewish gang leader helped create hip-hop in the Bronx https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-a-puerto-rican-jewish-gang-leader-helped-create-hip-hop-in-the-bronx/ Fri, 08 Sep 2023 01:22:55 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3086136 New 5-part podcast 'Can You Dig It' explores the story of 'Yellow Benjy' Melendez, who brokered peace and whose influence allowed an emerging musical genre to take root and grow

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]]> How a Catholic school amassed a treasure trove of Jewish artifacts from the Bronx https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-a-catholic-school-amassed-a-treasure-trove-of-jewish-artifacts-from-the-bronx/ Sun, 04 Dec 2022 01:27:11 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2876338 Fordham University, a private Jesuit institution with a growing Jewish studies center, has for 3 years been cataloging the once-thriving Jewish community in its neighborhood

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]]> NY man thanks Hasidic family for returning lost wallet https://www.timesofisrael.com/ny-man-thanks-hasidic-family-for-returning-lost-wallet/ Tue, 17 May 2022 12:44:01 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2764156 Brooklyn couple returns wallet found with over $1,400 in cash; man says he 'appreciates the gesture so much'

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]]> ‘There’s injustice. There’s neglect’: Victims of Bronx fire laid to rest https://www.timesofisrael.com/theres-injustice-theres-neglect-victims-of-bronx-fire-laid-to-rest/ Sun, 16 Jan 2022 18:08:00 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2684605 17 people, ranging in age from 2 to 50, died in suffocating smoke that filled 19-story high-rise last week; officials blame faulty space heater

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]]> Jewish groups rally for victims of deadly Bronx fire as residents mourn https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-groups-rally-for-victims-of-deadly-bronx-fire-as-residents-mourn/ Tue, 11 Jan 2022 03:41:02 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2681115 Many of those displaced were immigrants from Gambia, who are struggling to come to terms with the toll of the devastating fire

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]]> 19 dead, including 9 children, in ‘unprecedented’ New York City apartment fire https://www.timesofisrael.com/19-dead-including-9-children-in-unprecedented-new-york-city-apartment-fire/ Sun, 09 Jan 2022 21:13:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2680464 Some 200 firefighters respond to massive blaze ripping through 19-story building in Bronx; 32 people hospitalized; cause being investigated

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]]> US police arrest man suspected of hate crimes against several Bronx synagogues https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-police-arrest-man-suspected-of-hate-crimes-against-several-bronx-synagogues/ Sun, 02 May 2021 12:13:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2534950 Arrest comes after perpetrator vandalized 4 houses of worship in Riverdale, stole a bicycle and threw Jewish holy books on the ground

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]]> Bronx synagogue vandal strikes Riverdale Jewish Center in latest attack https://www.timesofisrael.com/bronx-synagogue-vandal-strikes-riverdale-jewish-center-in-latest-attack/ Wed, 28 Apr 2021 06:38:34 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2531975 New York police looking for lone suspect after rocks are thrown and windows smashed at four houses of worship

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]]> Four synagogues in NYC’s Riverdale neighborhood vandalized, windows smashed https://www.timesofisrael.com/four-synagogues-in-nycs-riverdale-neighborhood-vandalized-windows-smashed/ Sun, 25 Apr 2021 22:58:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2530778 Police step up protection around synagogues; Gov. Cuomo instructs State Police Hate Crimes Task Force to assist in investigation

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]]> Yeshiva University cancels classes after student confirmed to carry COVID-19 https://www.timesofisrael.com/yeshiva-university-cancels-classes-after-student-confirmed-to-carry-covid-19/ Wed, 04 Mar 2020 16:23:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2252895&preview=true&preview_id=2252895 Father of student in serious condition due to coronavirus; his sister, mother and neighbor also infected; hundreds of synagogue members in New Rochelle ordered to self-quarantine

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]]> Film focuses on uncompromising street photographer’s unexposed work https://www.timesofisrael.com/film-focuses-on-uncompromising-street-photographers-unexposed-work/ Tue, 30 Oct 2018 04:06:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1941522 Even as quintessential man-of-the-people Garry Winogrand's fame in the art world grew, his much reduced financial circumstances meant he almost lived in them as he pursued 'truth'

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]]> Prestigious New York Jewish school apologizes for ignoring molestation reports https://www.timesofisrael.com/prestigious-new-york-jewish-school-apologizes-for-ignoring-molestation-reports/ Fri, 31 Aug 2018 14:49:07 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1917997 Ramaz administrators didn't alert other schools when they heard allegations against a former teacher

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]]> NY Jewish doctor sorry for racist posts on white nationalist sites https://www.timesofisrael.com/ny-jewish-doctor-sorry-for-racist-posts-on-white-nationalist-sites/ Fri, 27 Jul 2018 21:29:46 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1897763 Dov Bechhofer suspended from Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx after comments against racial intermarriage and support for proposals to expel non-whites from the US

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