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More rebuttals against New York City Mayor Mamdani's recent Nakba Day statements.

Richard Sherman critiques Mayor Mamdani's portrayal of Nakba history, asserting inaccuracies regarding Inea Bushnaq's background and the "Visit Palestine" poster.

New York City’s new mayor faces two initiatives aimed at precluding any of his actions that Jewish leaders fear might harm Israel or their fellow Jews in the Big Apple.

Democratic support for pro-Israel candidates is dwindling, with primary challenges intensifying for representatives like Daniel Goldman, as party members express increasingly critical views on Israel amid rising antisemitism.

To understand what’s in store for New York City, and for New York’s Jews, all we have to do is take a glimpse into what’s happening in London, England, a city run by a Muslim mayor since 2016.

In a hellzapoppin week, Jewish Texan Jeremy Fistel was charged partly for telling New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani that he should know how Jews in southern Israel felt on Oct. 7, 2023.

Zohran Mamdani, the much-scorned mayoral candidate in New York City, all but declared war on the city’s 960,000 Jews over the weekend.

Zohar Mamdani's candidacy raises concerns about antisemitism due to his support for the slogan “From the River to the Sea,” implying Israel's destruction and Jewish persecution.

Some critics might label two questions on a statewide test as intellectual dishonesty in our fourth largest state that is home to America's most sizeable Jewish population. Except that there was nothing intellectual about these questions.

Michelle Zangari opened a can devoid of any live worms when she warned that Orthodox Jews could be poised to seize control of Rockville Centre on Long Island, which was part of an eight-minute rant that drew condemnations against antisemitism from New York’s governor, senior senator and scores of others.

In Professor David Shneer's latest article, "How Jewish Can One Fiddler Be?: Reflections on the Folksbiene’s Fidler afn dakh," he and colleague Professor Rebecca Kobrin of Columbia University consider why this Yiddish version of "Fiddler on the Roof" is the best rendition they've seen.

Around the World and back again! This year it's Purim in the Big Apple - without getting on a plane.

A movement is born? Some people were busy this weekend!

New Yorkers who attended New York, New York said our trivia contest was hard! Find out yourself.

You can easily spend this much in a day visiting Manhattan...

Mobsters and monsters, busty showgirls and comical nazis, hapless producers and good-natured gangsters - The Broadway musical has them all!

A New York institution - Jewish, of course!

Meet me at Katz's Deli!

So many reasons to attend New York, New York!, Menorah's fabulous FUNdraiser.

A rather personal New York moment with pickles on the side.

Hint: Gimbels was in close rivalry with another Jewish-owned department store.

Fania Borach ring a bell? That's this star's real name.

The answer is blowin in the wind...

Test your rock history memory!

The original gossip columnist...did you guess right?