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Children and adults cross a street in front of a school bus in Borough Park, a neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York that is home to many ultra-Orthodox Jewish families. (AP/Bebeto Matthews)
May 21, 2019, 9:11 am
Man yells ‘We love Hitler’ at Hasidic teens in Brooklyn
New York police hate crime task force investigates incident after retired politician Dov Hikind intervenes
By JTA
Screen capture from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's video, released May 16, 2019, announcing his 2020 presidential bid. (YouTube screen capture)
May 16, 2019, 4:07 pm
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announces run for US president
‘There’s plenty of money in this country. It’s just in the wrong hands,’ says mayor of America’s biggest city in video announcing bid
By Karen Matthews
Swastikas found drawn on an elementary school playground in Queens, New York, February 22, 2019. (YouTube screenshot)
May 3, 2019, 3:31 am
Most hate crimes reported in New York City are anti-Jewish, police say
ADL calls figures for 2018 and first part of 2019 released Thursday ‘deeply disturbing’
By JTA
A sign warns of measles in the Orthodox Jewish community of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in New York City, April 10, 2019. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/via JTA)
May 1, 2019, 1:05 am
2 NYC Jewish schools closed over failure to heed orders on measles outbreak
Tiferes Bnos and the Talmud Torah D’Nitra preschool in Brooklyn are barred from opening until they prove willing to comply with emergency orders
By JTA
Illustrative. A one-dose bottle of measles, mumps and rubella virus (MMR) vaccine at the Health Department of Salt Lake County, Utah, on April 26, 2019. (George Frey/Getty Images)
April 29, 2019, 11:29 pm
US measles cases climb above 700 for year for first time in decades
Authorities say disease’s spread most prevalent in Orthodox Jewish communities
By AFP
US Rep. Bella Abzug (D-N.Y.) in 1971, wearing one of her trademark hats. (AP Photo)
April 20, 2019, 6:44 am
Harvey Fierstein to play Jewish feminist icon Bella Abzug Off Broadway
Tony Award-winning actor to portray the Jewish politician, Zionist and feminist icon in ‘Bella Bella,’ opening in October
By Curt Schleier
A view of SAR Academy in the Bronx, NY, June 2018. (Google Street View)
April 19, 2019, 3:27 am
Major modern Orthodox school in New York bans unvaccinated students
Amid measles outbreak, SAR Academy and High School rejects ‘religious exemption,’ says its understanding of Jewish law requires children to be inoculated against deadly diseases
By JTA
NYPD counterterrorism officers are stationed at St. Patrick's Cathedral, as religious institutions boost security in the aftermath of Pittsburgh's Synagogue shooting, October 29, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
April 18, 2019, 4:48 pm
Man with gas cans arrested at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City
37-year-old suspect stopped at entrance to landmark, detained by counter-terrorism police, days after fire guts Notre Dame in Paris
By AP
A sign warns people of measles in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Williamsburg on April 10, 2019 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
April 17, 2019, 8:34 pm
500 US doctors sign letter urging Orthodox Jews to vaccinate
Physicians serving hundreds of North American Jewish communities urge parents to drop refusal to inoculate children against measles
By Marcy Oster
El Al Boeing 747-400 at Ben-Gurion International Airport (Tsahi Ben-Ami/Flash90)
April 10, 2019, 9:53 pm
El Al passenger opens emergency door, tries to jump out at JFK
Crew members restrain man who attempts to leap from plane on New York runway
By TOI staff
This picture from April 5, 2019, shows a nurse preparing the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at the Rockland County Health Department in Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York. (Johannes Eisele/AFP)
April 9, 2019, 7:06 pm
Mandatory measles shots ordered in Brooklyn area with high Orthodox population
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio says people in Williamsburg neighborhood who ignore the order could be hit with a $1,000 fine
By AP
A nurse prepares the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine at the Rockland County Health Department in Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York, on April 5, 2019. (Johannes Eisele/AFP)
April 9, 2019, 5:28 pm
NYC authorities threaten to close Brooklyn yeshivas over unvaccinated students
Health department takes step after hundreds of measles cases reported in ultra-Orthodox communities in Williamsburg
By Marcy Oster
An activist with IfNotNow protests outside the offices of Birthright Israel in New York City on Friday, April 5, 2019. (Ben Sales)
April 5, 2019, 9:41 pm
15 Jewish college students arrested protesting outside Birthright offices
IfNotNow activists want Birthright to address Israel’s control of the West Bank and treatment of Palestinians
By JTA
Congregants praying in Chevra Anshei Lubawitz in Borough Park, New York, before the synagogue was closed. (Courtesy David Shor)
April 5, 2019, 5:04 am
A battle grows in Brooklyn over Borough Park’s oldest surviving synagogue
Legal dispute has locked the doors of Chevra Anshei Lubawitz since the 112-year-old building was purchased for $3.1 million to be demolished for a six-story condo
By Cathryn J. Prince
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men look through books in the neighborhood of Crown Heights on February 25, 2019 in New York City (Spencer Platt/Getty Images via JTA)
March 30, 2019, 4:38 pm
A JTA reporter encounters anti-Semitism on the streets of New York
‘My anger warred with my relief that my first experience of anti-Semitism was so innocuous. The homeless man’s words seemed a bit like a mirror reflecting the current zeitgeist’
By Sam Sokol
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