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A mikveh discovered in 2003 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. (Courtesy/Dr. Celia Bergoffen)
Only 3 baths were excavated in the densely populated city
Buried, forgotten, demolished: Archaeologist searches for New York City’s lost mikvehs
By Luke Tress
Miriam Entin, a PhD candidate at CUNY, scours historical records to locate ritual baths from immigrant heyday, hoping to shine light on Jewish history and allow for future digs
Mark Levine delivers remarks at an opening ceremony for the Mount Sinai-Behavioral Health Center, June 8, 2023 in New York. (Jason DeCrow/AP Images for Mount Sinai Health System)
October 16, 2026, 4:13 am
NYC comptroller hails city’s economic ties with Israel after ditching Israel Bonds
Mark Levine highlights city’s $285M of assets in Israeli companies to stress he’s not engaged in Israel boycott
By Luke Tress
New York City Comptroller Mark Levine speaks during the annual New York State Financial Control Board meeting, August 12, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
October 14, 2026, 9:11 pm
NYC’s comptroller walks back pledge to reinvest in Israel bonds
Mark Levine, who is Jewish, says decision is not political but due to ‘technical challenges’ and ‘financial considerations’
By Luke Tress
A person wears a watermelon-style kippah, a symbol of solidarity with Palestinians. (Paul Frangipane / AFP / Getty Images via JTA)
October 14, 2026, 7:45 pm
Dozens of Jews meet in New York to further their vision of Jewish life without Zionism
Brooklyn meeting billed as bootcamp for anti- and non-Zionist Jews seeking to share their progress and ideas around creating Jewish institutions without any attachment to Israel
By Joseph Strauss
Keffiyeh-clad individuals slash and rip down posters of October 7 hostages hung in New York, as seen in Nim Shapira's film 'TORN: The Israel-Palestine Poster War on NYC Streets.' (Courtesy)
October 13, 2026, 9:27 pm
‘Torn’ documentary on battle over Israeli hostage posters wins New York Emmy award
Director Nim Shapira takes home prize for best documentary for film centered on post-Oct. 7 fight to put up, and tear down, posters of Israelis taken captive into Gaza by Hamas
By JTA and ToI Staff
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)
October 13, 2026, 1:34 pm
Threats to NYPD’s pro-Israel commissioner are an inflection point for New York Jews
If Jessica Tisch bows to pressure and leaves her job, it would mark the exit of an official seen by pro-Israel Jews as their bulwark in City Hall and raise questions about Mamdani’s response to antisemitism
By Ben Sales
An anti-Zionist protester demonstrates against New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, in New York City, October 7, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
October 9, 2026, 11:06 pm
Mamdani’s NYC socialist faction takes aim at mayor’s NYPD chief Tisch
City branch of Democratic Socialists of America issues ultimatum to Jewish commissioner on ICE activity, as fault lines widen on the city’s far left
By Luke Tress
Israeli street artists Nitzan Mintz, left, and Dede Bandaid, right, in front of a sculpture commemorating the effort to release the Israeli hostages held in Gaza, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City, October 7, 2026. (Agatha Khishchenko/Times of Israel)
October 8, 2026, 10:09 am
‘Sense of closure’: NY Jews deposit hostage tags into new art installation on Oct. 7
Sculpture designed by Israeli artists who launched poster campaign for Gaza captives is unveiled at NYC Holocaust museum, as Jewish community mourns on anniversary of Hamas attack
By Agatha Khishchenko
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani attends an October 7 coexistence event in New York City, October 7, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
October 8, 2026, 7:50 am
‘Traitor’: Anti-Zionist protesters rage at Mamdani at Oct. 7 coexistence event
Demonstrators accuse New York mayor of ‘supporting genocide,’ wave terrorist flags; activists chant for intifada outside Columbia University; Mamdani ‘genocide’ statement infuriates Jewish leaders
By Luke Tress
Protesters rally in support of the hostages in Central Park, New York City, June 8, 2025. (Luke Tress/ Times of Israel)
October 7, 2026, 6:57 am
Where New Yorkers will commemorate the anniversary of October 7 and its aftermath
Memorials and events marking three years since the Hamas-led massacre to take place across city, in addition to protests by anti-Israel groups.
By Joseph Strauss
Protesters outside the United Nations, in New York City, September 24, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
September 30, 2026, 8:02 am
Mamdani antisemitism plan disregards anti-Zionism, leaving Jewish groups unsatisfied
City Hall initiative pledges education and public messaging, but omits Jewish connection to Israel and only highlights white supremacist violence against Jews
By Luke Tress
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives for a 9/11 Interfaith Peace Walk and Talk, in New York, September 10, 2026. (AP/Adam Gray)
September 29, 2026, 9:44 pm
Mamdani announces campaign against antisemitism, doesn’t mention connection to anti-Zionism
Long-awaited program vows funding for Jewish institutions, public messaging and educational initiatives, but does not define antisemitism or address its ties to Israel hatred
By Luke Tress
Author Helene Wecker. (Sheldon Wecker)
September 26, 2026, 7:54 am
Golem and Jinni bid bittersweet goodbye in final book of gripping fantasy trilogy
In long-awaited ‘The Gates of Midnight,’ author Helene Wecker moves mystical action ahead to eventful 1930 and explores legacy of Jewish immigration and assimilation in America
By Renee Ghert-Zand
(Left) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledges audience applause after his address to the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Drew); (right) Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a union rally on Park Avenue, in New York, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
September 26, 2026, 5:22 am
‘Not helpful’: NY Jewish Dems slam Netanyahu for saying Hamas and Mamdani are ‘buddies’
City Council speaker, who has opposed NYC mayor over Israel and antisemitism, suggests ‘what the PM said can really incite violence’ and calls ‘to turn the temperature down’
By Joseph Strauss
Security footage released by the Crown Heights Shmira neighborhood watch group on September 24, 2026, shows an assailant chasing a Jewish man with a knife in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York City. (Screenshot/X)
September 25, 2026, 6:23 am
Knife-wielding suspect shouting ‘Heil f***ing Hitler’ chases Jewish man in NYC
Alleged assailant charged with hate crime for incident in Crown Heights; separately, attacker beats rabbi in Boro Park, is charged with assault, obstruction of breathing, harassment
By Luke Tress
Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier (L) is detained alongside another protester during an anti-Israel protest during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, September 24, 2026. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)
September 25, 2026, 5:32 am
NYC’s Chevalier, Susan Sarandon arrested at anti-Israel protest outside UN
Several incoming Congress members protest at event led by anti-Zionist Jewish Voice for Peace alongside Hasan Piker, Hannah Einbinder
By Luke Tress
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