Oct. 8, 2024 By Ethan Marshall and Paul Frangipane Several Queens leaders joined a ceremony held by the American Jewish Committee and the Queens Jewish Community Council at Queens Theatre on Monday, Oct. 7, to mark the first anniversary of the Hamas terrorist attack in Israel that resulted in 1,200 deaths and 250 people…
Sep. 2, 2024 By Paul Frangipane and Robert Pozarycki They came to mourn — and demand freedom. Thousands came to Columbus Circle on Sunday night to honor the memory of six hostages abducted in the Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist attacks on Israel who were found slain in Gaza on Saturday. The murder of the…
Apr. 7, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki and Paul Frangipane
They will not be forgotten.
Mar. 6, 2024 By Adam Daly
The Met Council on Jewish Poverty, America’s largest Jewish charity dedicated to fighting poverty, announced Tuesday that it will distribute $1 million worth of halal food to pantries across the city during Ramadan this year.
Dec. 18, 2023 By Gabriele Holtermann More than 1,000 pro-Palestinian supporters rallied in Queens on Saturday, calling for a ceasefire in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. The protest, dubbed Flood Queens for Gaza, kicked off in Astoria, with pitstops in Sunnyside and Long Island City, before making its way into Manhattan. The crowd, chanting “From the River… Read more »
Nov. 10, 2023 By Aidan Graham
Queens Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, an outspoken critic of the Israeli government, took to social media to share a profanity-laced voicemail his office received from a man advocating for the “death of all Muslims.”
Oct. 31, 2023 By Rabbi Marc Schneier
I just returned from the Republic of Kazakhstan — a most prominent Muslim-majority country in Central Asia, a paradigm of interreligious cooperation, a nation that is supportive of both the State of Israel and the plight of the Palestinian people.
Oct. 31, 2023 amNewYork Metro
The ongoing wars in Israel and Ukraine are not only about the preservation of two great nations, but also the fate of democracy itself — and the basic, eternal battle between might and right.
Oct. 27, 2023 By Rabbi Yossi Blesofsky It has been just over two weeks since the catastrophic and devastating attacks in Israel. These attacks have hit home up close and personal. A teacher in our school received the terrible news that her precious 26-year-old daughter had been murdered in the desert at the Nova Music…
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Oct. 24, 2023 amNewYork Metro
The philosopher George Santayana famously said, “Those who fail to remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” That condemnation can also be said for those who knowingly ignore the past as well.