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Local New York News

As NJ Eases Sex Abuse Limits, Wave of Lawsuits Expected

By Andy B. Mayfair Experts are looking for more sex abuse cases coming down the line in New Jersey thanks to a law that just went into effect. The law, which became effective today, makes it easier for victims to bring suit for the abuse they have suffered. It “allows child victims to sue until […]

JV Editorial Opinion

Moshe Holtzberg’s Bar Mitzvah

The recent online images of Moshe Holtzberg celebrating his bar mitzvah were stark reminders of many important things we often forget. Moshe is the son of the Mumbia Chabad couple that were murdered by Islamic terrorists in 2008. All Jews, everywhere, should take a moment and think about the never-ending work that Chabad does on […]

JV Editorial Opinion

The Real Danger of Jeremy Corbyn

The most important election in a lifetime vis-à-vis Jews in the United Kingdom as well the State of Israel and United Kingdom is almost upon us and we would be remiss if we did not add our opinion to the chorus of those concerned about the disaster a Corbyn victory would represent. All British voters […]

Local New York News

NRA Claims NYC Gov’t is Targeting Gun Owner Insurance Companies

By: Sylvia Miles The National Rifle Association is claiming that regulators, such as the New York Department of Financial Services, are unjustly targeting gun owner insurance companies (for example, AGIA Affinity) simply because they do not approve of guns and its political implications. The NRA has communicated this to Albany’s Judge Christian Hummel. Judge Christian […]

Israel News News

PA Claims New US-Backed Hospital in Gaza is Part of Plot Against It

By: Baruch Yedid Work for the establishment of a new US operated hospital in the northern Gaza Strip is being criticized by Fatah and the Palestinian Authority (PA) who claim that the medical facility is part of a broader scheme to establish a Hamas-run micro-state. The 10-acre hospital will consist of infrastructure dismantled from the […]

Local New York News

Orthodox Jews Contributing Heavily to Trump Campaign in Citywide Fundraisers

By: Glenn Carracos Orthodox Jews in America want to help Donald Trump make America great again – and are putting their money where they mouths are. A fundraising banquet last week reportedly collected a whopping $4 million for the president’s re-election campaign. “[He’s] the first Hasidic president,” Yossi Garelik, an Orthodox rabbi in Crown Heights […]

Jewish Features Torah

The Story of Chanukah – Chana and Her Seven Sons

By: Chabad Staff Antiochus was determined to enforce his vicious edicts upon the Jews, effectively destroying their attachment to the Torah. He forbade the observance of all religious laws; anyone found with a Torah would be executed; circumcision, kosher food, Shabbat, all vestiges of Judaism were outlawed. Phillip was appointed governor of Judea, and he […]

Local New York News

Official Clock Starts Ticking To Close NY’s Rikers Island Prison

By: KCP Staff The city on Monday began the Uniform Land Use Review Process (ULURP) to officially prohibit the incarceration of individuals at Rikers Island after December 31, 2026, when the borough-based jail system is expected to be in operation. The land use application seeks to change Rikers designation on the official city map to […]

Jewish Features Torah

Chanukah Miracles: The Little Dreidel

By: Eliayhu Safran Beis Yosef asked, “Why do we celebrate Chanukah for eight days if there was ample oil to last for one day? It would seem that the miracle was that the oil lasted an additional seven days… in which case, Chanukah should be celebrated for seven days, not eight.” This most famous of […]

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