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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch holding a press conference on the annual Israel parade, May 29, 2026. (Screenshot/X/NYPDNEWS)
May 29, 2026, 9:15 am
Mamdani, who won’t attend New York’s Israel parade, vows tight security
Mayor says he looks forward to Sunday event ‘occurring seamlessly and peacefully’; Jewish NYPD chief says she will be ‘honored’ to walk with other dignitaries
By Luke Tress
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speaks in front of the Unisphere in the Queens borough of New York, Wednesday, November 5, 2025. (AP/Heather Khalifa)
November 10, 2025, 3:42 pm
Mamdani win rattles Israeli business community in New York City
After flocking to city, Israeli-founded firms brace for a mayor who backs BDS and could freeze them out of government contracts or cut vital ties that have fostered innovation
By Sharon Wrobel
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the in New York City on June 18, 2025 (TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)
October 28, 2025, 2:19 am
Nearly 600 Israeli companies have created 27,000 jobs in NYC, survey finds
US-Israel Business Alliance report highlights impact on city’s economy, a week before mayoral election, which BDS-supporting Mamdani is expected to win
By Luke Tress
Artists and conceivers of the post-October 7 KIDNAPPED campaign Nitzan Mintz and Dede Bandaid hang posters in Nim Shapira's film 'TORN: The Israel-Palestine Poster War on NYC Streets.' (Eyal Bau Cohen)
October 15, 2025, 10:08 pm
As hostages return, documentarian says his film about NYC poster wars remains sadly relevant
A year after the release of ‘Torn,’ Israeli-born, Brooklyn-based Nim Shapira laments how the intolerance that inspired it still plagues one of the world’s most diverse cities
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Illustrative: A view of Times Square. (Leo Cunha Media via iStock by Getty Images)
September 2, 2025, 10:34 pm
‘Dramatic growth’: NYC is home to 560 tech startups founded by Israelis, report finds
Israelis are increasingly moving to New York City to set up base and enter the US market, as war-related travel disruptions make building business challenging, 97212 Ventures says
By Sharon Wrobel
Raif Rashed, an Israeli Druze and the owner of Taboonia, wraps up a pita with labneh in May 2025. (Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA)
May 23, 2025, 10:04 am
No strangers to violence, New York Israelis say they are undeterred by DC shooting
‘It’s frightening and it’s difficult’ but ‘Israelis know that life must go on’ says one woman; New York mayor calls murder of Israeli embassy staffers a ‘depraved act of terrorism’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Raif Rashed, an Israeli Druze and the owner of Taboonia, wraps up a pita with labneh in New York City, March 2025. (Jackie Hajdenberg/ JTA)
March 19, 2025, 1:12 am
After tragedy, Supernova festival survivor opens Israeli Druze restaurant in NYC
Raif Rashed launches new eatery Taboonia following Oct. 7, finding comfort in the foods of his youth – and in the wave of Jewish and Israeli support that is pouring in
By Jackie Hajdenberg
A rally in support of the hostages held in Gaza in New York City's Central Park, December 15, 2024. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
December 18, 2024, 5:03 am
‘Sense of community’: NY hostage rallies keep drawing crowds after 14 months of war
Hundreds regularly attend weekly demonstrations in Central Park to hear from family members of the captives, where they back their efforts and support each other
By Luke Tress
Protesters outside Columbia University, New York City, New York, April 30, 2024. (Luke Tress/JTA)
June 11, 2024, 6:51 pm
Manhattan DA moves to dismiss hate crime charges in attack on Israeli student
Prosecutors say the suspect, who was charged for assaulting Columbia student with a stick, has accepted deal for case to be dismissed
By Luke Tress
Ofir Akunis attending a conference in Tel Aviv, January 17, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
March 17, 2024, 3:11 pm
Cabinet approves Ofir Akunis as next consul-general in New York
Position has remained vacant since Asaf Zamir resigned last year in protest of judicial overhaul; science minister replaced by Gila Gamliel, whose ministry is being shuttered
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Model Jac Jagaciak and fashion designer Kobi Halperin attend the 2017 CFDA Fashion Awards at the Hammerstein Ballroom on June 5, 2017 in New York City. (Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images/AFP)
February 17, 2024, 4:38 am
This designer closed his NY Fashion Week runway show with Israel’s national anthem
Kobi Halperin’s first standalone show was inspired by Shabbat and had the theme of ‘hope.’ Its moving finale has been viewed more than 160,000 times on Instagram
By julia GERGELY
The Times Square outpost of Eyal Shani's fast-casual restaurant, Miznon, is becoming certified kosher. (Ben Sales/JTA)
January 11, 2024, 4:05 pm
Eyal Shani’s fast-casual Times Square restaurant Miznon is going kosher
Observant foodies are all wrapped up in the news that the famed gourmet pita restaurant is to be certified starting on Jan. 21
By Rachel Ringler
Einstein Admony, Adeena Sussman, Ben Siman Tov, Lior Sercarz, Jake Cohen and Eden Grinshpan, at a fundraising effort for Asif, the Jewish Food and Culinary Institute of Israel in Tel Aviv, which is providing meals and food for displaced families and hospital workers in Israel. (Courtesy: Jake Cohen)
October 26, 2023, 1:10 am
Israeli and Jewish-owned restaurants in the US are raising money for Hamas victims
From food drives to military gear and pledge drives to auctions, the causes and means of fundraising for them are as varied as the establishments taking part in grassroots efforts
By Cathryn J. Prince
Israel supporters at a vigil and rally for the victims of the October 7 Hamas onslaught, in New York City, October 10, 2023. (Luke Tress)
October 25, 2023, 12:43 am
Israeli expats in US turn their anti-Netanyahu protest outfit into Israel aid effort
Mobilizing existing infrastructure, activists put politics aside to help soldiers and victims of Hamas atrocities
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: Miriam Herman embraces Noa Herman, aged 12, as people attend a prayer service and candlelight vigil for Israel at Temple Emanu-El in New York City on October 9, 2023, after the Palestinian terror group Hamas launched an attack. (Adam Gray/AFP)
October 13, 2023, 2:06 am
Ahead of planned day of rage, Israelis in NY battle fears and try to cope with loss
Separated from their friends and families with few prospects of getting back, Israelis in the city face a range of difficult emotions following Saturday terror onslaught from Gaza
By Sarah Rosen
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