New York

ADL urged Mamdani to disavow ‘Hot Girls 4 Zohran’ co-founder as Brooklyn hire draws fire

The ADL claimed that Kaif Gilani, a co-founder of Hot Girls 4 Zohran, had a history of sharing antisemitic content, pro-Hamas rhetoric online, and mocking Israeli victims of terror.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces the appointment of Christine Clarke as chair and commissioner for the New York City Commission on Human Rights at Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights, Queens in New York City, New York
A sign stands at the US Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 14, 2025.

US Justice Department moves to fire new US attorney for northern district of New York

Bill Gates speaks during the Gates Foundation's first global Goalkeepers event in the Nordics, which is being held in Stockholm, Sweden, January 22, 2026.

Gates Foundation denies any financial payments to Epstein

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during the Jews for Racial and Economic Justice’s Mazals Gala before his election in New York City. Despite his outspoken criticism of Israel, some Jewish groups supported his candidacy.

Anti-Israel mayor Zohran Mamdani challenges future of New York's Jewish community - opinion


CUNY purged Jews from leadership in 'deliberate plan, ' new report claims

Through the early 2000s, CUNY regularly had close to, or above, double-digit numbers of campus presidents who were Jewish. By March 2023, there was not a single Jew among the 80 leadership positions

 Pro-Palestinian supporters attempt to gain entry to Grand Central Terminal as they protest against City University of New York (CUNY) college allowing the filming of an FBI: Most Wanted episode fictionalising a Gaza Solidarity Encampment in New York City, US, July 22, 2024.

Israeli comedian Guy Hochman barred from LA venue for not condemning Israel

"I prefer my people above my career. And I will never say untrue things about my people, say we rape and starve and commit genocide," Guy Hochman said.

GUY HOCHMAN poses with the Israeli flag next to a crowd of pro-Palestine protesters in New York City, January 20, 2026.

Concert unites community with music for OneFamily victims in Ra'anana

OneFamily hosts “A Concert of Love & Hope” in Ra’anana, featuring Azi Schwartz and guest performers from around the world.

  OneFamily group photo in Cyprus.

New York apartment building gas leak fire kills one, injures several

Fire department units were on the scene before the fire began, investigating reports of gas being smelled on the 15th and 16th floors of the building. While on scene, a gas explosion occurred.

A FIRE in the top floors of a Bronx apartment building in New York City, January 24, 2026.

Cameron Kasky's one-sided anti-Israel activism is not moral courage - opinion

Cameron Kasky’s anti-Israel stance and secret West Bank trip drew backlash, raising questions about his leadership and judgment.

Cameron Kasky, a junior from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School speaks, during a rally with Thurgood Marshall Academy students in advance of Saturday's March for Our Lives event in Washington, US March 22, 2018.

Mamdani defends activist Mahmoud Khalil amid Trump administration deportation push

"I will make that clear to everyone - I have said it time and again - that he deserves to stay in the city. He deserves to be here, just like any other New Yorker." said Zohran Mamdani.

NEW YORK CITY Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani speaks at the foot of a monument to US founding father Thomas Jefferson.

Teens arrested after allegedly spray painting dozens of swastikas on Brooklyn playground

The teens have been charged with aggravated harassment charges, and one has been charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime, according to the New York Police Department. 

Antisemitic vandalism found at a playground in Brooklyn.

Secular Manhattan private school holds annual Shabbat gathering post-October 7

At the Town School, officials and parents say, the entire school community has embraced the Shabbat celebrations alongside the other special events held to honor students’ traditions.

Students and parents at the Upper East Side's Town School celebrate the school's third annual Shabbat.

Man charged with hate crime for antisemitic attack on Israeli lecturer Rami Glickstein in Manhattan

Glickstein, 59, suffered a vicious antisemitic attack while in New York on October 27, 2025, resulting in a brain bleed and a broken nose.

Israeli educator and lecturer in the IDF, Rami Glickstein, 59, suffered a vicious antisemitic attack while in New York.

Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace is concerning for Israeli security - opinion

Israel risks being sidelined as Trump forms a controversial “Board of Peace” with potentially biased members.

US President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. participate in a roundtable on rural health, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, January 16, 2026.