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Harvey Weinstein arrives at The Weinstein Company and Netflix Golden Globes afterparty in Beverly Hills, Calif. on January 8, 2017. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP/File)

February 12, 2018, 2:23 am

New York sues Weinstein Co. for failing to protect workers from producer

Lawsuit alleges Hollywood mogul's firm forced female staff to maintain his sex life, fueling 'exploitative' work environment

By AFP

Trader Tommy Kalikas works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, February 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

February 6, 2018, 12:08 am

Dow plunges 1,175 points in worst day for stocks since 2011

Index nosedives, erasing all gains since beginning of 2018, after two years of record calm

By MARLEY JAY

Bea Slater's son Mitch convinced her to audition for the campaign. (Elaine Durbach/via JTA)

February 1, 2018, 3:40 am

Meet the 90-year-old great-grandmother who is the new face of JDate

Along with three other elderly women, Bea Slater is one of the tried and true 'yentas' representing the Jewish matchmaking site

By Elaine Durbach

Boris Nayfeld poses for a picture at the Russian Baths in the Brooklyn borough of New York, January 18, 2018. (AP/Seth Wenig)

January 28, 2018, 5:03 am

Out of prison, notorious Russian mobster yearns to return home

Boris Nayfeld, who came to New York with other Jewish emigres, is at the end of a storied career of crime, and now worries about future prospects in the US

By JAKE PEARSON

Protesters at the second annual Women's March in New York City, January 20, 2018 (Danielle Ziri/Times of Israel)

January 21, 2018, 2:37 am

A year on, spirits still high at New York Women’s March

Buoyed by the #MeToo movement, more than 120,000 take to the streets to protest Trump and call for reproductive and other women's rights

By Danielle Ziri

Participants in the New York Women’s March marching with the Workmen’s Circle, Jan 21, 2017. (Courtesy of Workmen’s Circle/JTA)

January 20, 2018, 3:07 am

Jewish groups gear up for Women’s March 2018

The event, which last year took place in cities around the world the day after Trump’s inauguration, is set to kick off Saturday

By Josefin Dolsten

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) returns to the US Capitol after meeting with US President Donald Trump on the looming threat of a federal government shutdown January 19, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)

January 20, 2018, 1:40 am

‘Progress’ but no deal yet to avoid US shutdown

With midnight deadline looming to reach a short-term deal to keep federal government running at full capacity, both President Trump and Senate's top Democrat strike optimistic tone

By Jim Mannion

New York City's historical Canyon of Heroes will keep the plaque honoring Vichy chief of state Henri Philippe Petain, who rounded up 10,000 Jews and turned them over to Hitler. (Danielle Ziri/Times of Israel)

January 15, 2018, 3:52 pm

NYC monument honoring Nazi collaborator to remain in place

Plaque dedicated to Henri Philippe Petain, who handed 10,000 Jews over to Hitler, will continue to be a part of lower Broadway's 'Canyon of Heroes'

By Danielle Ziri

Former New York governor Eliot Spitzer is surrounded by media as he tries to collect signatures for his run for New York City Comptroller in New York, Monday, July 8, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

January 15, 2018, 5:22 am

Diner files police complaint claiming ex-governor Spitzer tried to stab him

Disgraced Jewish politician denies accusation he threatened to kill complainant during altercation at Manhattan restaurant

By AP

Alan Sagner, right, with Israeli general Moshe Dayan, at a 1961 United Jewish Appeal dinner in West Orange, New Jersey. (Courtesy of the Jewish Historical Society of NJ/JTA)

January 13, 2018, 1:59 am

Alan Sagner, NJ developer who backed liberal and Jewish causes, dead at 97

Former chairman of the Port Authority was a strong advocate for progressive groups and Democratic political campaigns, and an early supporter of J Street

By JTA

Illustrative: A school classroom. (Image via Shutterstock)

January 11, 2018, 12:11 am

NY Jewish day school launches investigation of alleged sex abuse in 1970s

Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy in the Bronx probing accusations that former assistant principal molested at least one student

By JTA

New York City Fire Department vehicles sit on Fifth Avenue in front of Trump Tower, in New York, January 8, 2018. (Richard Drew/AP)

January 8, 2018, 5:05 pm

Fire breaks out at Trump Tower, 2 injured

Blaze sends black smoke from roof of building that is site of US president's home and business offices

By AP

This file photo taken on December 16, 2013 shows Producer Harvey Weinstein (L) and Colony Capital CEO Thomas J. Barrack, Jr. attending the premiere of "August: Osage County," at the Regal Cinemas at LA Live in Los Angeles, California. (AFP PHOTO / ROBYN BECK)

January 7, 2018, 5:01 am

Lawyer claims Weinstein schemed to sink sexual misconduct probe

Suit alleges that Hollywood mogul and former Bronx assistant district attorney colluded to get actress Paz de la Huerta to drop complaint

By AP

Michael Steinhardt attends a meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on April 26, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

January 7, 2018, 1:34 am

Jewish philanthropist Steinhardt raided over suspected antiquities thefts

Authorities search New York home and office of billionaire hedge-fund manager who co-founded Birthright program; seize several pieces; said seeking works stolen from Greece, Italy

By AFP and TOI staff

January 6, 2018, 12:17 am

This black Jewish man says he was almost shot while buying conditioner

In Twitter posts, Ben Faulding describes being confronted by two armed NY officers after store cashier reported to police he was shoplifting

By Ben Sales