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Israeli street artists Nitzan Mintz, left, and Dede Bandaid, right, in front of a sculpture commemorating the effort to release the Israeli hostages held in Gaza, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City, October 7, 2026. (Agatha Khishchenko/Times of Israel)
October 8, 2026, 10:09 am
‘Sense of closure’: NY Jews deposit hostage tags into new art installation on Oct. 7
Sculpture designed by Israeli artists who launched poster campaign for Gaza captives is unveiled at NYC Holocaust museum, as Jewish community mourns on anniversary of Hamas attack
By Agatha Khishchenko
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani attends an October 7 coexistence event in New York City, October 7, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
October 8, 2026, 7:50 am
‘Traitor’: Anti-Zionist protesters rage at Mamdani at Oct. 7 coexistence event
Demonstrators accuse New York mayor of ‘supporting genocide,’ wave terrorist flags; activists chant for intifada outside Columbia University; Mamdani ‘genocide’ statement infuriates Jewish leaders
By Luke Tress
Protesters rally in support of the hostages in Central Park, New York City, June 8, 2025. (Luke Tress/ Times of Israel)
October 7, 2026, 6:57 am
Where New Yorkers will commemorate the anniversary of October 7 and its aftermath
Memorials and events marking three years since the Hamas-led massacre to take place across city, in addition to protests by anti-Israel groups.
By Joseph Strauss
The symbol of the United Nations is displayed outside the Secretariat Building, February 28, 2022, at United Nations Headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
September 10, 2026, 1:59 pm
Major Jewish groups announce NYC rally against antisemitism during UN General Assembly
Organizers say Sept. 23 protest will urge world leaders to do more to counter ‘growing tide of antisemitism’ as they meet for week-long conference in New York City
By Luke Tress
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 an anti-Israel boycott 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
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