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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 351

New York State

Amit Becher, president of the Israel Bar Association (left), and Richard Lewis, president of the New York State Bar Association, sign a memorandum of understanding between the two associations, March 4, 2024 (Courtesy New York State Bar Association)
March 26, 2024, 5:19 pm
Israel Bar Association hails influence afforded by new deal with New York State Bar
Yonit Calmanovich, head of IBA’s international department, says spots on key New York bar association committees will allow for input on issues of antisemitism, international law
By Jeremy Sharon
Mazi Melesa Pilip (2nd from R), US Republican Congressional candidate for New York's 3rd district, speaks with reporters after voting early at a polling station in Massapequa, New York, on February 9, 2024. (Photo by Adam Gray / POOL / AFP)
February 10, 2024, 11:01 am
NY congressional candidates Suozzi, Pilip face off, with Jewish vote up for grabs
One candidate is an Israeli-American Orthodox Jew born in Ethiopia. The other has highlighted his support for Israel — and accused his opponent of endangering it
By Luke Tress
Morocco's players celebrate with a Palestinian flag at the end of the Qatar 2022 World Cup round of 16 football match between Morocco and Spain at the Education City Stadium in Al-Rayyan, west of Doha, on December 6, 2022. (Glyn KIRK / AFP)
December 14, 2022, 1:02 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 14: A UN investigator’s biased social media; World Cup lessons
From the US, reporter Luke Tress discusses a NY anti-antisemitism program, while correspondent Jacob Magid reflects on his talks with politicians on Israel’s decimated left
By ToI Staff
Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin greets supporters at the end of a campaign rally in Westchester, New York, October 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
November 7, 2022, 3:14 pm
Republican challenger Zeldin rallies Haredi voters in New York governor’s race
Jewish candidate draws backing from city’s religious communities with vows to protect yeshivas and crack down on crime, as Democrats enlist big names to shore up support
By Luke Tress
Malcolm X speaks to reporters in Washington, May 1963. (AP Photo/file)
October 31, 2022, 8:46 am
Two men wrongly convicted for Malcom X murder to receive $36 million compensation
NYC to pay $26 million to be split between 84-year-old Muhammad Aziz and the family of Khalil Islam, who died in 2009; state government of New York to also pay $5 million to each
By AFP
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox Jews in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, September 14, 2021. (Luke Tress/Flash90)
September 9, 2022, 11:23 pm
New York issues final proposal for secular education in yeshivas amid long dispute
State education department reviews 350,000 comments after releasing draft rules earlier this year; Board of Regents approval set for Monday
By Luke Tress
Illustrative. Opioids in a loaded syringe and pills. (iStock)
September 1, 2022, 2:01 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 1: NY law addresses Holocaust education; an opioid antidote?
US reporter Luke Tress looks at Holocaust art education in NY and opioid crisis; Jessica Steinberg discusses Aviv Geffen’s abrupt political shift and rebates for film/TV producers
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Dick's Sporting Goods shop in Paramus, New Jersey, May 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
August 14, 2022, 6:53 am
US man slashes 3 with machete, including manager at shop that wouldn’t sell him guns
Treyvius Tunstall pleads not guilty to 3 counts of assault and 6 weapons counts, after seriously injuring store manager at Dick’s Sporting Goods store in New York state
By AP
After new district lines were finalized last weekend, multiple politicians are facing new challenges to be elected. These include (from left) Rep. Jerry Nadler, Rep. Mondaire Jones, State Senator Brad Hoyhlman, former Rep. Max Rose, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, former New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio and Rep. Carolyn Maloney. (Courtesy/JTA)
May 31, 2022, 1:57 am
5 ways New York’s Jews are affected by the new congressional district maps
After a Republican-led lawsuit challenged the lines created this past February, the State Supreme Court had them redrawn. Not all Jewish constituents are pleased with the results
By Jacob Henry
Police walk along the perimeter of the scene after a shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, May 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex)
May 15, 2022, 7:30 am
Manifesto attributed to Buffalo shooting suspect pushes antisemitic conspiracies
Screed posted online by Payton Gendron before mass shooting espouses white supremacist, anti-Black and anti-Jewish conspiracy theories; urges ‘real war’ against the Jewish people
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox Jews in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, September 14, 2021. (Luke Tress/Flash90)
March 11, 2022, 8:41 am
New York proposes new rules for secular education in yeshivas, other private schools
State Education Department outlines plan for monitoring instruction in non-public schools, part of a years-long battle over religious study in massive Jewish school system
By Luke Tress
New York Mayor Eric Adams speaks during the New York Democratic Party 2022 state Nominating Convention, in New York, February 17, 2022. (Kena Betancur/AFP)
February 18, 2022, 9:54 pm
New York mayor meets with Jewish leaders, police brass on rising antisemitism
Eric Adams calls meeting with Jewish community representatives, vows to investigate anti-Jewish crimes ‘thoroughly’ amid spate of attacks in city
By Luke Tress
A copy of the New Testament in Yiddish at the New York Public Library. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
February 9, 2022, 5:12 am
Seeking converts, Christian missionaries pitch Yiddish Bibles to NY ultra-Orthodox
Missionary group is revamping New Testament in Yiddish for the first time in 80 years, part of a broader outreach effort aimed at the most insular Jewish communities in the US
By Luke Tress
Ramapo police officers escort Grafton Thomas from Ramapo Town Hall to a police vehicle, December 29, 2019, in Ramapo, New York. (AP Photo/Julius Constantine Motal)
January 26, 2022, 11:49 pm
Man charged in deadly 2019 New York Hanukkah attack again deemed unfit for trial
Judge says Grafton Thomas, who allegedly attacked worshipers at a rabbi’s home in town of Monsey, is incompetent due to mental illness
By Luke Tress
An undated photograph shows a Confederate battle flag on display at the Levittown Fire Department Station 3 in Bethpage, New York. (Office of State Senator Anna M. Kaplan via JTA)
November 3, 2021, 6:33 am
New York State bans swastikas, other hate symbols on public property
Bill introduced after Confederate flag displayed in several firehouses; use permitted in museums and for educational purposes
By julia GERGELY
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