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Ultra-Orthodox Hayat brothers practice Capoeira, a Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics and music, in the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City. ( Nati Shohat /FLASH90)
March 26, 2018, 11:29 pm
Jews can’t dance, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo jokes at a Harlem church
Says Catholics, like him, are bad, but 'not as without rhythm as some of our Jewish brothers and sisters'
By JTA
Actress Cynthia Nixon during a photo call for the film 'A Quiet Passion' at the 2016 Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
March 20, 2018, 6:46 am
‘Sex and the City’ NY governor hopeful draws praise, scorn from Jewish leaders
Considered an honorary member of the tribe, Cynthia Nixon is an active member of LGBT Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, but faces criticism over anti-settlement stance
By Ben Sales
Cynthia Nixon speaking in New York City, January 29, 2018. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)
March 20, 2018, 6:27 am
‘Sex and the City’ star joins New York governor race
Actress Cynthia Nixon hopes to challenge incumbent Andrew Cuomo with a progressive platform championing economic equality
By Jennie Matthew
New York City Police Officer Ryan Nash speaks to reporters at the Suffolk County Police Department's Fifth Precinct on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, in Patchogue, N.Y. Nash shot the driver of a rental truck that ran down pedestrians and bicyclists in a suspected terrorism attack in New York City on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. Nash read from a brief prepared statement but declined to answer any questions because of an ongoing investigation into the incident. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman)
November 2, 2017, 5:47 am
NY officer who halted truck rampage hailed as a modest hero
Ryan Nash says he appreciates the praise but he was just doing his job
By Colleen Long and Frank Eltman
A damaged Home Depot truck remains on the scene Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, after the driver mowed down people on a riverfront bike path near the World Trade Center on Tuesday in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
November 1, 2017, 9:01 pm
NYPD: Truck attack suspect ‘did this in the name of ISIS’
Sayfullo Saipov followed terror group's online instructions 'almost exactly to a T,' left Arabic notes at scene
By Colleen Long and Dake Kang
Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaking at the opening of Cornell Tech, a collaboration between Cornell University and the Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, on New York’s Roosevelt Island, Sep. 13, 2017. (Josefin Dolsten, JTA)
September 14, 2017, 2:06 am
Cornell and Technion institute open high-tech campus in NY
Mayor Bill de Blasio, Gov. Andrew Cuomo among attendees at inauguration of research center at Roosevelt Island
By Josefin Dolsten
Thousands of marchers take part in the 'Celebrate Israel' parade in New York on June 4, 2017. (Courtesy)
June 4, 2017, 10:48 pm
40,000 people show support for Israel at Manhattan parade
New York governor declares first Sunday in June as Shimon Peres Day in honor of 'one of Israel's founding fathers'
By JTA and TOI staff
Linda Sarsour speaking onstage during the Women’s March on Washington in Washington, DC, Jan. 21, 2017. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images via JTA)
April 27, 2017, 3:53 am
Choice of Palestinian anti-Israel activist for NY college commencement speaker draws fire
State lawmaker Dov Hikind, right-wing Jewish group urge dropping Linda Sarsour, an organizer of last month's Women's March
By JTA
Justice Sheila Abdus-Salaam looks on as members of the state Senate Judiciary Committee vote unanimously to advance her nomination to fill a vacancy on the Court of Appeals at the Capitol in Albany, New York, on April 30, 2013. (AP/Mike Groll)
April 13, 2017, 6:17 am
Trailblazing female Muslim judge found dead in Hudson River
Sheila Abdus-Salaam, the first black woman to serve on New York's highest court, remembered as pioneer; cause of death being investigated
By AP
Police officers investigate a bomb threat outside the Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester in Brighton, NY on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. (Tina Macintyre-Yee/Democrat & Chronicle via AP)
March 15, 2017, 9:58 pm
Fresh wave of bomb scares hits three JCCs in US
Jewish centers in St. Louis, Atlanta, and Boulder receive bomb threats via email; all deemed non-credible
By TOI staff and Agencies
Police officers investigate a bomb threat outside the Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester in Brighton, NY on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. (Tina Macintyre-Yee/Democrat & Chronicle via AP)
March 13, 2017, 9:35 am
Jewish centers in US, Canada hit with fresh spate of bomb threats
Six JCCs receive warnings on Sunday; New York governor orders large-scale probe after Rochester building evacuated for second time in week
By TOI staff and AP
Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaking during a press conference announcing corruption charges against members the New York City Police Department, at the US Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York in New York City, June 20, 2016. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images via JTA)
March 11, 2017, 10:58 pm
Trump fires prominent US prosecutor who refused order to quit
Known for crusade against public corruption, Preet Bharara was also handling part of investigation into JCC bomb threats
By Larry Neumeister
People await delayed trains in Penn Station on September 19, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images via JTA)
March 7, 2017, 8:07 pm
Brooklyn man arrested for drawing swastikas at Penn Station
Pasquale Vargas admits to MTA officials he was responsible for anti-Semitic graffiti at main NYC rail hub
By JTA
Members of the Jewish community inspect toppled headstone at Washington Cemetery in the New York burough of Brooklyn on March 5, 2017. (AFP/EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ)
March 5, 2017, 9:29 pm
Brooklyn cemetery damage not vandalism, police say
Neglect and other factors blamed for 42 toppled headstones at predominantly Jewish cemetery in New York
By AP and TOI staff
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, center, looks at pictures of Jewish Holocaust victims on March 5, 2017, at the Hall of Names during his visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem.(AFP/MENAHEM KAHANA)
March 5, 2017, 5:01 pm
At Yad Vashem, NY governor vows zero tolerance for anti-Semitism
On Jerusalem visit, Andrew Cuomo calls uptick in attacks on US Jewish communities 'reprehensible'
By TOI staff and AP
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