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The head of the UJA-Federation of New York, Eric Goldstein, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, July 24, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
July 24, 2026, 7:32 pm
Jewish leaders demand Mamdani tone down rhetoric against Israel after stabbing
State and city elected officials, communal figures gather at site of attack, claiming mayor’s incendiary remarks on PM and Gaza war are endangering New York City Jews
By Luke Tress
Campaigners for and against a BDS referendum at the Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn, New York City, May 26, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
June 5, 2026, 4:31 am
Bamba blankets NYC after Park Slope co-op Israel boycott vote. What’s next?
UJA-Federation floats Israeli food fairs, sends thousands of bags of peanut snack to pantries in response to prominent shop’s divisive decision last week to ban Israeli products
By Jackie Hajdenberg
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani smiles during an address marking his first 100 days in office, in New York City, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
May 16, 2026, 7:26 am
Mamdani posts Nakba Day video, saying the ‘catastrophe’ continues until today
Shortly before Shabbat, NYC mayor shares footage in support of Palestinian ‘right of return’ and presenting one-sided narrative of 1948 war, drawing furious backlash from leading Jewish groups
By Luke Tress
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a news conference, January 7, 2026, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
February 6, 2026, 2:02 am
Some Jewish groups break with tradition, refuse to sponsor NYC mayor’s interfaith breakfast
The ADL says it wasn’t invited by Zohran Mamdani to the annual event on Friday, as two progressive Jewish organizations are co-sponsoring it for the first time
By Joseph Strauss
A classroom at the Darchei Torah Boys School in Far Rockaway, Queens, on May 16, 2018. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images via JTA)
October 1, 2025, 2:26 am
NYC pilot program offers Jewish day school subsidies — and hope for overextended parents
With a 3-year, $15 million fund, New York’s UJA-Federation seeks to address the longstanding issue of prohibitively expensive Jewish schooling amid surging post-Oct. 7 demand
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks at a rally with Hotel and Gaming Trades Council workers, in New York, August 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
August 23, 2025, 10:16 am
Amid NYC mayoral race, Jewish school requires parents to show proof of voter registration
Orthodox Brooklyn school catering to Syrian community frames requirement as a way to safeguard communal interests in move apparently against Mamdani
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Displaced Palestinians carry food parcels and supplies from a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution point along the Netzarim corridor in the central Gaza Strip, August 8, 2025. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)
August 11, 2025, 7:37 pm
American Jewish federation pledges $1M for Gaza aid through Israeli rescue nonprofit
UJA-Federation of New York cites ‘Jewish imperative to act,’ as it announces donation to IsraAID, a relief group for disaster zones abroad that now also works in Israel and Gaza
By JTA
Members of the far-left Jewish advocacy group IfNotNow sing during a protest outside the Los Angeles home of Vice President Kamala Harris calling "on those in power to oppose any policies that privilege one group of people over another, in Israel/Palestine and in the US," October 19, 2023. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
December 8, 2023, 4:18 pm
Staffers of 140 mostly progressive Jewish groups urge Biden to push for Gaza truce
Over 500 people sign letter to US president, Congress, claiming there is broad US Jewish support to press Israel to agree to ceasefire in war with Hamas
By Ron Kampeas
Conservative rabbis from across the United States surround Rachel Goldberg and Jon Polin (center), whose son Hersh Goldberg-Polin was taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023, at the Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center, October 31, 2023. (Courtesy Fuchsberg Center)
November 3, 2023, 10:34 am
US rabbis make solidarity trip to Israel for firsthand experience of Hamas onlsaught
Group visits Ofakim and Be’eri, where terrorists killed more than 100 people, meet with parents of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin
By Eliyahu Freedman
The Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee chair MK Simcha Rothman leads a committee debate, in Jerusalem, January 17, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 25, 2023, 7:15 pm
MK Rothman sent to New York to explain judicial shakeup to wary US Jews — report
Religious Zionism lawmaker officially in US for release of former secretary of state Pompeo’s book, but will reportedly meet with American Jewish groups fearful of reforms
By ToI Staff
The new, $50 million Sam Spiegel building, part of the Jerusalem Arts Campus in downtown Jerusalem. (Courtesy)
November 29, 2022, 11:29 am
Film school’s second act gives starring role to new downtown Jerusalem arts campus
Sam Spiegel Film and TV School moves from industrial zone into new home on Jerusalem Campus for the Arts, a $50 million complex shared with academies for music, dance and acting
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: Workers prepare matzah, the unleavened bread eaten during the Jewish holiday of Passover, at the Aviv Matzah plant in Bnei Brak on April 14, 2019. (Flash90)
April 17, 2022, 2:38 pm
Chefs and culinary influencers rise to matzah challenge
Matzah moves beyond butter and cream cheese, as it gets layered with avocado and eggs, folded into kubaneh and broiled with cinnamon and sugar for a crunchy cereal
By Jessica Steinberg
A tent city on the Polish side of the Medyka border crossing with Ukraine provides shelter and supplies for the refugees fleeing the war, March 14, 2022. (Courtesy Menachem Creditor via JTA)
March 22, 2022, 3:35 am
NY rabbis bear witness to the catastrophe — and compassion — on Ukraine’s border
During 3-day mission, team of 19 spiritual leaders distribute supplies, determine how best to help organizations working to aid refugees
By julia GERGELY
UJA-Federation CEO Eric Goldstein, second from right, meets with staff from Hillel Ukraine in Warsaw, Poland. Goldstein was in Poland earlier this month meeting with agencies coordinating relief for Ukrainian Jewish refugees. (Courtesy UJA-Federation/ via JTA)
March 10, 2022, 1:48 am
UJA New York to approve another $2 million in funding for Ukraine
The grant comes on top of an additional $3 million in emergency funds announced on February 24 and will provide food and medical supplies to needy people in and out of the country
By Jacob Henry
A Covid-19 cornavirus patient is shifted to a ward after being admitted at the GTB hospital in New Delhi on April 29, 2021. (Photo by Prakash SINGH / AFP)
May 7, 2021, 4:09 am
NY Jewish federation sending $200,000 in COVID relief to India
Grants from UJA-Federation of New York focused on providing equipment and relief in hard-to-reach and especially vulnerable communities in pandemic-wracked country
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
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