Highlighting: “Hakham Tsevi Ashkenazi and the Battlegrounds of the Early Modern Rabbinate” by Yosie Levine. The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization. 2024. Hardcover. 296 pages.
At a November 8 rally at Columbia University immediately following the Amsterdam pogrom, several Jewish activists spoke about the connection between antisemitism on college campuses
Friday, Nov. 1, was no ordinary erev Shabbat. Shalva, an organization dedicated to supporting individuals with disabilities and their families in Israel and around the
On Oct. 28, just days after Simchat Torah when the Jewish community commemorated the first yahrzeit of the Oct. 7 massacre, the Consulate General of
At the October 13 march for the release of the hostages in Central Park, the parents of hostage Omer Neutra, who was born in Manhattan
In a city which many Jewish New Yorkers would say has changed since Oct. 7, one thing that has remained constant is Central Park. Each
At a gala to benefit Holocaust survivors hosted by the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island (JCCGCI), which included a stirring musical performance by
A celebration of the 20th anniversary edition of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, zt”l’s book “A Letter in the Scroll” was held on September 4 at
This week marks 52 years since the September 5, 1972 Munich massacre, the darkest day in Olympic history, when 11 Israeli athletes and coaches were
It is barely the start of the academic year, and the anti-Jewish protests on college campuses, complete with protesters hiding their faces behind masks, have
On August 6, The Jewish Center on the Upper West Side was privileged to host Naftali Bennett, Israel’s 13th prime minister, and hear his thoughts
Jeremy and Rina Schiowitzs’ one week trip to the Canadian Rockies almost went according to plan. The Woodmere couple stayed in Canmore (right near Chabad),
