Bill De Blasio Visits The Jewish Press

Bill de Blasio, one of the Democratic frontrunner in the race for New York City mayor, met last week with the editorial board of The Jewish Press at the newspaper’s Boro Park office. De Blasio is the New York City public advocate.

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Four Years Late, Thompson Hires Sheinkopf as ‘Senior’ Strategist

"There was a time when he certainly was not happy with me."

Canada Forces Chabad to Ban Radical-Islam Critic Pamela Geller

Pamela Geller warns of ‘Islamization’ of North America. Leftists pressured a Great Neck synagogue to ban her. Now Canadian police force Chabad to silence her because her ideas counter “engagement.”

Court Convicts Two Former Aides to NY Mayoral Candidate Liu

Two former associates of New York Democratic mayoral candidate John Liu were convicted in an illegal campaign fundraising scheme uncovered in an FBI investigation,...

Few Mayoral Candidates Stand Up to Chassidim on ‘Metzitzah B’peh’

Democratic candidate Erick Salgado called MBP “a practice that was commanded by God,” and practiced “since God told Abraham to do so.”

Unacceptable: Brooklyn College Effort to End BDS Event Disaster

The school has thus far failed to address this fundamental issue: Brooklyn College not only allowed, but participated in, the violation of their students' constitutional rights at an event at their school, and at which nearly a dozen school officials and employees were present.

Woman Sues after ’24-Hour Makeup’ Didn’t Make it Through Shabbat

An Orthodox Jewish woman from Monsey, N.Y. is suing the Lancome cosmetics firm, claiming that its 24-hour makeup does not last as long as...

Hikind Joins Bloggers to Accuse Greenfield as a Phony Blogger

A former staffer to New York City Councilman David Greenfield has accused him of promoting himself on a blog written by himself but under a pseudonym of “Dov Gordon.”

With Sluggish Polls and Weiner Joining Race, de Blasio Hits Quinn

“And allow me to be clear and say we have Speaker Quinn to thank for the Bloomberg third term.”

Police Remove 9/11 Wing from Mosque Site; No Human Remains Found

No imagination could write a weirder post-9/11 script – the removal of a wing from one of the jets hijacked by Muslim terrorists and discovered at the site of a new mosque. No human remains found.

Israeli Soccer Team to Play in NY for First Time in Decades

Israel's national soccer team will be making its first New York appearance in decades for a match against Honduras at Citi Field on June...

Shock as Police Probe Jewish Obstetrician in Wife’s Death

Last week, police executed a search warrant in the couple's former home in Dewitt.

Giuliani Pitching Lhota as Only Candidate Ready to Be Mayor

"We need a mayor who is not going to be confused by so many of these liberal ideas."

Catismatidis Sells ‘Catman’ Package at Republican Town Hall Meeting

"It's about winning. Because if we are only here to blow a horn, it's not good enough."

NY Officials Claim Chasidic Dress Code Violates Human Rights

When is a dress code legal and when it is a violation of human rights? That seems to depend on whether you are a Chasidic Jewish shop owner in New York.

Steinhardt Judaica Collection at Sotheby’s Monday

An exquisite collection, across generations.

New York Synagogue Bomber Accomplice Sentenced to Jail

An Moroccan immigrant to the United States who plotted to blow up synagogues in New York City was sentenced on Friday to five years...

Americans Donate More than $21 Million for Boston Terror Victims

Americans have opened their hearts and wallets one week after the Boston marathon terrorist attack and have donated more than $21 million for the...

Qualcomm Founder Donates $133 million to Cornell-Technion

Irwin Jacobs, the founding chairman and CEO emeritus of Qualcomm, is making a $133 million gift to Cornell University and the Technion-Israel Institute of...

Robert Sugarman to Chair Conference of Major Jewish Organizations

Robert G. Sugarman, the immediate past chairman of the Anti-Defamation League, has been nominated by a committee of the Conference of Presidents of Major...

American Friends of IDF Open up New Home for Lone Soldiers

A new home for Lone Soldiers in Israel was opened in Ramat Gan with a special ceremony marking the conclusion of the $5 million...

Subway Chaos over Arrest of Teen Harassing Jewish Rider (Video)

When he received no reply, the young man said "You think you're better than me? We are cousins."

CUNY Claim of No Constitutional Violations at BC BDS Event Flawed

The standard for judging whether constitutional rights can be abrogated is not, as the Investigators claimed in their Report, based on sincerity, but on whether or not, at the very least, there is a reasonable belief that the Four were about to disrupt the BC BDS event. The Investigators stated clearly that there was no such reasonable belief at the time the Four were ejected from the event. Therefore, based on the evidence provided in the CUNY Report, it would appear that the constitutional rights of the four Jewish pro-Israel students were violated.

Brooklyn Woman Admits Stealing $1 Million from Jewish Cemetery

A Brooklyn woman pleaded guilty to charges that she stole $1 million from a Jewish cemetery on Staten Island. Ilana Friedman, 51, admitted to grand...

Peter Vallone, Jr. Visits The Jewish Press

Peter Vallone Jr., the frontrunner in the Queens Borough President’s race this fall, met last week with the editorial board of The Jewish Press at the newspaper’s Boro Park office. Vallone, a city councilman representing Astoria, Queens, touted his strong backgrounds in both public safety and running a small business, as well as his being a longtime supporter of Israel and of more funding and benefits for private schools.

On First Day of Trading, Fairway Shares Up 33%

I think this means they're doing fabulously well.

Peres: Torah Does Not Ban Women Wearing Tallis at Western Wall

President Peres showed off his lack of knowledge of Jewish law and told the NY UJA, “The Torah does not ban women from wearing a tallis.”

Rabbi Broyde Admits To Using Fake Internet Persona, Takes Leave From RCA

Rabbi Michael Broyde, a leading Modern Orthodox rabbi and dayan, admitted to using a fake persona to join a rival rabbinic organization and herald his own work in scholarly journals.

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