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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 528

Ed Koch

John Mulaney as a 'ghost enthusiast' on 'Late Night with Seth Meyers,' November 12, 2020 (Screen shot from YouTube via JTA)
November 14, 2020, 12:24 pm
Comic John Mulaney makes gag about dybbuks of RBG, Ed Koch
Comedian shows off his knowledge of Judaism during conversation with Seth Meyers about recent political events in the US
By Gabe Friedman
Larry King (CC BY Wikipedia/US Defense Department/File)
October 2, 2016, 9:34 pm
Larry King to be honored by American Jewish Historical Society
TV personality along with Hollywood filmmaker Brett Ratner to be presented award for achievements in entertainment industry
By JTA
Illustrative photo of Orthodox Jews in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York City (Serge Attal/Flash90)
August 17, 2016, 9:08 pm
Crown Heights riots festival irks slain Jewish student’s family
Sister of Yankel Rosenbaum, who was murdered by rioters, slams ‘fun day’ marking 1991 disturbances as ‘shameful’
By JTA
Bess Myerson, the first Jewish Miss America (screenshot: YouTube)
January 5, 2015, 11:34 pm
Bess Myerson, first Jewish Miss America, dies at 90
Model went on to be a spokeswoman for ADL, was embroiled in several legal scandals
By JTA
Neil Barsky (Photo credit: Julie Cunnah)
February 11, 2014, 10:54 pm
‘Koch’ director tackles US criminal justice system
Neil Barsky enlists NYT’s Bill Keller to help him launch the Marshall Project, a non-profit news organization
By Renee Ghert-Zand
This undated photo provided by Doyle New York shows a 1991 thank you note from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis to former New York City Mayor Ed Koch. (photo credit: AP Photo/Doyle New York)
November 27, 2013, 1:03 pm
Reagan letter tops auction of NYC mayor Koch items
The brash, opinionated Democrat is credited with helping to save the city from its 1970s economic crisis
By AP
An image by Red Grooms, 'The Williamsburg Bridge for Mayor Koch' which belonged to former Mayor Ed Koch, and sold at auction last week. (photo credit: AP Photo/Doyle New York)
November 26, 2013, 1:05 pm
Late NYC Mayor Koch’s letters to be auctioned
Collection includes missives about anti-Semitism from British prime minister Margaret Thatcher
By AP
William Rapfogel, left, then the head of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg attend the social service agency's annual legislative breakfast in 2008. (photo credit: Metropolitan Council via JTA)
August 17, 2013, 4:09 am
Officials shocked by NY Jewish leader’s firing
With details of financial scandal still to emerge, William Rapfogel’s dismissal from anti-poverty group elicits sharp response
By Josh Lipowsky
Former Met Council CEO William Rapfogel, right, shown with Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz (photo credit: JTA)
August 13, 2013, 12:23 am
NYC Jewish poverty council fires CEO
Allegations of financial malfeasance at center of investigation of William Rapfogel
By JTA
Opening night 2012 at the annual Jerusalem Film Festival, a holy city tradition (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash 90)
July 2, 2013, 6:55 pm
A screen full of stories
Troubled dancers, windmill makers and Baha’i gardeners are amongst the characters featured in the Cinematheque’s 30th Jerusalem Film Festival
By Jessica Steinberg
The former New York mayor visits his own gravestone in the documentary 'Koch.' (Courtesy Zeitgeist Films)
June 18, 2013, 6:11 pm
Wrong year etched on Ed Koch’s grave
Engraver promises to speedily fix New York mayor birthdate error
By JTA and Renee Ghert-Zand
A casket containing the remains of former New York City Mayor Ed Koch is brought into Temple Emanu-El, for his funeral in New York on Monday. (photo credit: AP/Seth Wenig)
February 4, 2013, 8:09 pm
Ed Koch remembered by Israeli envoy as ‘one of us’
Consul says Jerusalem mourns loss of legendary NY mayor, owes debt of gratitude for leader who ‘bled for Israel’ after taking a rock to the head on Intifada visit
By Greg Tepper and AP
Former US president Bill Clinton (Uri Lenz/Flash90)
February 4, 2013, 3:34 am
Bill Clinton to speak at Koch funeral
Mourners to hear of former mayor’s strong connection to Israel at services in NYC on Monday
The former New York mayor visits his own gravestone in the documentary 'Koch.' (Courtesy Zeitgeist Films)
February 2, 2013, 12:40 am
Haunting words at Koch’s grave
The former New York mayor died the same day as Daniel Pearl, the murdered Jewish journalist he quoted on his tombstone
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Arguably America's first celebrity mayor, Ed Koch steered New York through some of the city's toughest times. (photo credit: New York Post via Zeitgeist Films)
February 1, 2013, 3:15 pm
Koch film opens hours after ex-NYC mayor’s death
A documentary arriving in US theaters on Friday offers a timely look at one of New York’s most influential and polarizing leaders
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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