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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a news conference, January 7, 2026, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
February 6, 2026, 2:02 am
Some Jewish groups break with tradition, refuse to sponsor NYC mayor’s interfaith breakfast
The ADL says it wasn’t invited by Zohran Mamdani to the annual event on Friday, as two progressive Jewish organizations are co-sponsoring it for the first time
By Joseph Strauss
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives at City Hall in New York, January 2, 2026. (AP/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
January 3, 2026, 12:24 am
Leading Jewish groups issue warning as Mamdani cuts antisemitism protections on first day
Unusually broad alliance of organizations criticizes NY mayor for revoking IHRA antisemitism definition, anti-BDS measure; US Holocaust Museum: Revocation ‘should alarm everyone’
By Luke Tress
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani arrives at the National Action Network (NAN) Annual Thanksgiving Feeding event in Harlem, New York City, on November 27, 2025. (Kena Betancur / AFP)
December 12, 2025, 7:31 pm
After meeting Mamdani, leading NY rabbi says ‘deeply’ worried about next 4 years
Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch says he was ‘pleased’ to meet with mayor-elect, but remains concerned about his ‘harsh ideological anti-Zionism’
By Luke Tress
Orthodox residents of Borough Park burned masks and blocked city buses Tuesday night to protest NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo's announcement that he would impose new restrictions on areas with upticks in coronavirus cases. (Screenshots from WhatsApp via JTA)
October 9, 2020, 7:07 pm
NY Board of Rabbis condemns ‘shameful’ violence at Brooklyn coronavirus protests
750-member rabbinic group says it won’t defend those who disregard health guidelines and endanger lives of those around them
By Cnaan Liphshiz
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at a news conference on anti-Semitism at a branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, Dec. 29, 2019. (Adi Eshman/JTA)
December 31, 2019, 8:00 am
New York City to launch three initiatives to combat anti-Semitism
Mayor de Blasio announces increased police in Jewish communities, neighborhood watch to help cops, and a program to address Jew-hatred among schoolchildren
By Adi Eshman
A caricature of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump published in The New York Times international edition on April 25, 2019, which the paper later acknowledged 'included anti-Semitic tropes.' (Raoul Wootliff/Times of Israel)
May 8, 2019, 11:03 pm
12 rabbis meet New York Times to discuss anti-Semitic cartoon, Israel coverage
Rabbi Joseph Potasnik of New York Board of Rabbis says it was ‘a healthy, honest exchange’ with paper’s publisher, opinion page editor
By Ben Sales
President Reuven Rivlin, center, with Mariano Rivera and other members of his church delegation in Jerusalem, July 31, 2018. (Office of President Rivlin)
August 3, 2018, 11:24 pm
Retired Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera in Israel on interfaith mission
Former closer tours Holy Land with church delegation, calls meeting with IDF soldiers ‘something special that I will take with me through my life’
By JTA
Hillary Clinton greeting supporters at a caucus day event as her husband, former president Bill Clinton, looks on at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, Feb. 20, 2016. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images via JTA)
March 31, 2016, 3:45 am
Bill Clinton brings Hillary’s message to leading rabbis
Participants won’t discuss contents of off-record NY meet-up, will only say it was ‘constructive’
By JTA
Rabbi Joseph Potasnik is Fire Chaplain for the City of New York. He is host of ABC's 'Religion on the Line' and does commentaries for WINS radio. (From the book, 'Rabbis: The Many Faces of Judaism,' by George Kalinsky)
September 18, 2015, 7:08 pm
This NY radio rabbi’s interfaith spirit is on fire
As co-host of WABC’s long-running ‘Religion on the Line,’ fire department chaplain Rabbi Joseph Potasnik is a leading voice for dialogue
By Cathryn J. Prince
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