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NY City Council Speaker Corey Johnson on Tuesday suggested the Department of Education should offer kosher and halal meals in city schools. Speaking on...

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NYU adjunct instructor Amin Husain boasts about participation in first intifada: “I was throwing rocks, Molotov cocktails and the like.”

Born in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn, he spent most of his life in Midwood, and co-founded the Neginah Orchestra in 1970.

The fundraiser was held to express the appreciation of the Jewish community for law enforcement and to honor the fallen hero.

The music video urges children to reach out and communicate when they're in need. It's not Operation Survival's first music video.

In 2007, Olmert and Abbas met in Annapolis, Maryland for peace talks where he agreed that Israel would share Jerusalem as the joint capital with a Palestinian state. Abbas balked.

Jamaal Bowman, a progressive Democrat running to unseat incumbent Rep. Eliot Engel

“We know that education and awareness are essential in the journey towards ensuring our health and the health of our families,” said Karen Arnovitz Grinzaid, executive director of JScreen.

Addressing the deeper issues that may lay behind the recent surge in anti-Semitic violence, Barr said that strengthening religious values within society may be necessary.

The Maccabees are ranked No. 24 in a listing on D3hoops.com, voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, sports-information directors and reporters.

"He got away with rape because all the Hollywood liberals who attack comedy enjoy rooting for the Lakers more than they dislike rape ... What a great day!"

The NYPD vowed that anti-Semitic acts “would not be tolerated in our community” and the incident “will be thoroughly investigated."

Thomas could be charged with murder, which is punishable by death under US law.

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Critics say the pendulum has swung too wide, and individuals are being released despite posing a danger to others, including some who have been accused of committing anti-Semitic crimes.

Police said Stevens is a career criminal with more than 30 prior arrests for charges such as assault, criminal trespass, petite larceny, and harassment.

The museum visits are the second step in the new anti-hate crimes curriculum for New York City public schools introduced by city officials

The federal charges could lead to a death penalty charge against Thomas if Josef Neumann, 72, who is comatose with a fractured skull from the attack, dies, God forbid.

Police waited to release the surveillance video, but are doing so now, hoping someone will recognize the perpetrator.

License-plate readers will be installed on street lights, street poles, highway overpasses, mobile trailers and police squad cars.

In addition to that first powerful bomb, there was enough material in the van to create a second bomb like it.

100 new cameras will be installed in Williamsburg, Crown Heights and Borough Park. The first 30 cameras will be operational by March.

The campaign website also states that “the U.S. government needs to stop enabling conflicts by reducing aid from nations committing human rights violations,” a reference implied of Israel.

One of Grafton's victims, Josef Neumann, 70, has not regained consciousness after suffering a skull fracture in the attack. He remains in dire condition.

A concern, especially amid the spate of attacks against Orthodox Jews, is that those who allegedly commit nonviolent hate crimes would remain on the streets, putting the public at risk.

The Guardian Angels’ ultimate aim is to “engage Jews to get more involved, to be more vigilant – and not be as dependent on the mayor, governor, and the police,” Sliwa told The Jewish Press.

“You can’t begin addressing the problem of hate violence on the street until you can track it, identify its source, frequency and where it is occurring.”

"An increase in swastikas, an increase in hate speech, escalation into shoving, some assaults and a 21% increase in anti-Semitic hate crimes in New York City.”

Their Facebook page even offers sage advice: "How to address Anti-Semitism."