LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN — January 2, 2020 — The last two festivals to be added to the Jewish calendar prior to modern times — Purim and Hanukkah — are both about anti-Semitism. There is one obvious difference between them: Haman, of the Purim story, wanted to kill Jews. Antiochus, of the Hanukkah story, wanted to kill Judaism. It was the difference …
By Rabbi Lord JONATHAN SACKS
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Directs State Police Hate Crimes Task Force to Investigate Stabbing at Synagogue in Monsey, Rockland County, NY
RAMAPO, NY — December 29, 2019 —Ramapo Police Chief Brad Weidel divulged that Grafton E. Thomas, 37, of Greenwood Lake, NY, stabbed and wounded five people attending a Hanukkah celebration at the residence of Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg. Governor Cuomo had stated that the incident was fed by intolerance that is a “cancer” in American politics. The “knife” used in the …
Happy Hanukkah
By City of Mount Vernon Mayor-elect SHAWYN PATTERSON-HOWARD
A Dear Friends Message MOUNT VERNON, NY — December 22, 2019 — Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday dedicated to family and faith. The eight day Festival of Lights is an annual commemoration of the hard-won victory against an oppressive majority attempting to impose its values and religious beliefs on the Jewish people. It is a testament to the power of …
By City of Mount Vernon Mayor-elect SHAWYN PATTERSON-HOWARD
Chabad of Yonkers’ Schedule for Chanukah
YONKERS, NY — December 21, 2019 — Chabad of Yonkers’ Rabbi Mendy Hurwitz has an outreach effort that engages the City of Yonkers during the eight days of celebrating Chanukah, known as the Miracle of Lights, throughout the City of Yonkers, the fourth largest city in New York State Schedule for Chanukah: Sunday, December 22nd Chanukah City @ Ridge Hill …
Kay’s Story
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — December 17, 2019 — An anniversary is typically a happy occasion with fond memories. This week, Kay observes an auspicious anniversary, one which she’s just grateful to be alive to experience, despite the many challenges that befell her in 2010. I suspect that she’d rather not have had the experience to be observing the anniversary to begin …
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
Hijacking Jesus’ Jewishness
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — December 11, 2019 — Just as sure as millions decorate trees, buy (and return) presents, and track Santa’s every move by GPS, get ready for what’s become a new vulgar Christmas tradition; propagating the delusional denial that Jesus was a Jew. The denial of Jesus’ Jewishness gets “better” by making up the claim not only that Jesus …
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
Rose Statement on Jersey City Shooting which Appeared to Target Jewish Deli
Congressman Rose: ‘As a Jewish American I am deeply alarmed to once more see fellow Jews targeted for murder in places they once considered safe’ WASHINGTON, DC — December 11, 2019 – Congressman Max Rose issued the following statement on the tragic attack in Jersey City yesterday: “Yesterday’s attack was a tragedy, one more in a line of tragedies that …
Major Polish Jewish Festival Coming This Year to New York Seeking Bigger Audience
By BEN HARRIS
NEW YORK, NY — November 10, 2019 — Every year in late summer, the streets around Grzybowski Square ring with the sounds of klezmer. A triangular patch of land in the heart of downtown Warsaw, Grzybowski Square was part of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II and is just a stone’s throw from the Nozyk Synagogue, the city’s only …
By BEN HARRIS