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A billboard by the American Jewish Committee in Times Square, New York City, calls for the release of Ran Gvili, the last slain hostage held in Gaza by Hamas. (Screenshot/X)
December 11, 2025, 3:59 am
Times Square digital billboards call for release of final Hamas hostage Ran Gvili
Ad campaigns by Israel’s Foreign Ministry and the AJC call for remains of the slain police officer to immediately be returned from Gaza
By Grace Gilson
A portion of the 'Bring Them Light' video billboard at New York City's Times Square seen in October 2025. (Courtesy)
October 22, 2025, 9:17 pm
‘Bring Them Light’ billboard brings Oct. 7 victims to Times Square
Video footage and photos create a living memorial in the bustling heart of Manhattan to those killed two years ago
By Jessica Steinberg
Anti-Israel protesters wave flags in Times Square, New York City, June 16, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
September 17, 2025, 10:56 pm
Times Square billboard demands Israeli national soccer team be barred from competing
Months ahead of 2026 World Cup, advocacy organizations kick off campaign declaring that ‘there is no room in sports for war criminals’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A protester, with a sign that employs the inverted red triangle used in Hamas propaganda to indicate a target, stops to pet a dog as demonstrators rally outside the White House, after Israel resumes airstrikes in Gaza amid its war against Hamas, on March 18, 2025. (Andrew Harnik / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
March 19, 2025, 6:06 pm
Anti-Israel protests held at White House and across US after resumption of Gaza strikes
Demonstrations in New York, San Francisco, LA, Dallas and more, after Israel resumes attacks on terror targets
By Luke Tress and ToI Staff
Fireworks explode over the ancient Parthenon temple at the Acropolis hill during New Year's celebrations in Athens, Greece, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
January 1, 2024, 1:45 pm
As wars loom large, world welcomes 2024 with celebration, hope and prayer
New year ushered in with traditional fireworks displays from Sydney to Rio; Ukraine, Israel and Muslim countries strike a more somber tone; heavy security as police confront threats
By Agencies
An empty shabbat table symbolizing the over 200 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, in Times Square, New York City, October 27, 2023. (Luke Tress via JTA)
October 27, 2023, 7:28 pm
Empty Shabbat table set up in Times Square, as fight for hostages extends abroad
Crowd sings ‘Happy Birthday’ to 12-year-old Erez Calderon, who along with his sister Sahar and father Ofer are currently being held captive in Gaza
By Luke Tress
In New York's Times Square, thousands of Israel supporters demand the release of hostages held by Hamas on Oct. 19, 2023. (Luke Tress)
October 20, 2023, 4:56 pm
Thousands rally in Times Square to demand release of Hamas hostages
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer vows to ‘persist and persist and persist’ to bring back those held in Gaza
By Luke Tress
Attendees of a Chabad teen convention in Times Square pose next to the mezuzah affixed to the doorpost of American Eagle Outfitters' flagship store. (Courtesy of Chabad via JTA)
March 5, 2023, 2:34 pm
American Eagle now has a mezuzah at its Times Square flagship
The popular apparel brand’s CEO Jay L. Schottenstein is well-known for his charitable Jewish contributions, including to Chabad, whose teen program engineered the affixing event
By Jacob Henry
A photo of war-torn Ukraine by photojournalist Ziv Koren, part of an exhibit in New York's Time Square and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art during the week of February 20, 2023, marking one year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Courtesy: Zdravko Cota)
February 21, 2023, 10:59 pm
Israeli lensman’s photos of war-torn Ukraine shown on Tel Aviv museum, Times Square
Photojournalist Ziv Koren’s images from two trips to country over the past year aim to expose tragedies of war
By Jessica Steinberg
Screen capture from video of the scene of a machete attack on police at Times Square in New York, December 31, 2022. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 11, 2023, 8:59 am
US federal charges added against ‘jihad-inspired’ Times Square machete attacker
Trevor Bickford, 19, charged with four counts of attempted murder of police officers he assaulted on New Year’s Eve
By AFP
A police officer walks through garbage left behind by revelers at Times Square after the New Year celebrations on January 1, 2023 in New York City. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images/AFP)
January 4, 2023, 9:35 pm
Man who attacked cops in Times Square allegedly motivated by US support of Israel
Trevor Bickford, 19, traveled to New York to ‘carry out jihad,’ say prosecutors, who charged Maine resident with assault and attempted murder in New Year’s Eve attack
By AFP
Eric Adams holds up a framed image of his mother at his swearing-in as New York mayor at the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration early Jan. 1, 2022, in New York. (Ben Hider/Invision/AP)
January 1, 2022, 8:50 am
Eric Adams sworn in as New York City mayor in Times Square after ball drop
During ceremony, Democrat places one hand on a family Bible and his other holds photo of his late mother; praises city’s resilience throughout pandemic
By Michelle L. Price
Revellers gather during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square on Dec. 31, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon)
January 1, 2022, 6:34 am
Limited number of revelers back in Times Square as New York ushers in 2022
Some 15,000 spectators allowed in to watch the famed ball drop even as virus numbers soar in the US and the city posts record COVID numbers
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN
Hundreds gather in Times Square for the Shine a Light on Antisemitism event marking the second night of Hanukkah, Nov. 29, 2021. (Michael Priest Photography via JTA)
December 1, 2021, 12:37 am
Entertainers, politicians rally against antisemitism at Times Square Hanukkah event
Hundreds attend NYC gathering held as part of ‘Shine a Light on Antisemitism’ campaign, organized in response Jew-hatred in North America
By julia GERGELY
Jimmy Buffett attends the LA Premiere of "The Beach Bum" at ArcLight Hollywood on March 28, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
August 31, 2021, 4:20 pm
Jimmy Buffett’s famed bar ballad gets Yiddish translation
Kletzmer trio repurposes ‘Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw’ in honor of the singer’s latest Margaritaville resort in NYC’s Times Square, which houses a shul on its bottom floors
By Jessica Steinberg
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