New York

New York is a state within the United States and is one of the original 13 colonies that formed the country following the American Revolution. Nicknamed "The Empire State," New York is the 27th largest state by area and the fourth largest by population. It is also the third most economically prosperous state by GDP, behind only California and Texas. Its capital city is Albany and its largest city is New York City, which is also the largest city in the US. 

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  Rose Girone

World's oldest Holocaust survivor, Rose Girone, passed away at age 113

Polish-born Rose managed to get visas for her and her husband to escape Germany to Shanghai in 1939, later settling in Queens, New York.

 AN ISRAEL Day event on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan takes place last June. There is a significant incr

Pave new paths towards transforming the partnership between Israel and diaspora

Since October 7, there has been a renewed closeness between Diaspora Jewry and Israel. JPPI presented a complex picture of the Jewish people’s situation after October 7.

By ROI ABECASSIS
25/02/2025
Rapper Sean Diddy Combs arrives at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards in New York

Top attorney quits Sean 'Diddy' Combs' defense team before trafficking trial

High-profile attorney Anthony Ricco, known for his role in the bin Laden case, files to withdraw from Sean 'Diddy' Combs' defense team just two months before the trial.

24/02/2025

Vigil for Nasrallah to be held in NYC amid Lebanon funeral

'Let us demonstrate to the world in the heart of the empire that the path of Resistance is immortal,' the Bronx anti-War Coalition said on Instagram on Saturday.

Spate of attacks targets Jews in New York

In once incident, an assailant approached a group of Jewish men, attempted to stab one, and shoved another to the ground.

Dreaming of visiting New York? Arkia now gets you there

The new line of Arkia was launched in order to address both the severe shortage of flights between Israel and the United States and the increasingly prohibitive costs of tickets.

Oregon man pleaded guilty to bomb threats at NY Jewish hospital, care centers

An Oregon native, pleaded guilty to conspiring to make threats concerning explosives and conveying false information containing explosives and is now facing up to 15 years in prison.

Two NYC yeshivas are not meeting standards and must effectively close, state rules

New York State is cutting public funding to two Brooklyn Hasidic yeshivas and requiring parents to find alternative schools for their children, citing the school's failure to meet secular standards.

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA
20/02/2025

NYC Israeli real estate event descends into violence after protests

Al-Awda claimed that the anti-Israel protests were to stop what they claimed was the sale of “stolen” land. 

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