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
At Kristallnacht Memorial Service In Berlin, Jewish Leaders Sound Alarm On Anti-Semitism
By ELIANA RUDEE
“In this place, thousands of Jews prayed. … These walls speak of emotions, telling the story of a community that turned to ashes, and stood up again and was revived,” said Rabbi Yitshak Ehrenberg of the Central Orthodox Synagogue of Berlin. BERLIN, GERMANY — November 9, 2019 —It has been 81 years since Kristallnacht (“The Night of Broken Glass”), when …
By ELIANA RUDEE
More Than 600 Local Leaders to Celebrate Israeli Soldiers at FIDF’s Annual Westchester / Conneticut Gala
FIDF Westchester/Connecticut Gala Dinner Hyatt Regency, Greenwich, Ct. Sunday, November 3, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. GREENWICH, CT, — October 25, 2019 — More than 600 members of the Westchester and Connecticut communities will gather November 3, 2019, for the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) Westchester and Connecticut Gala, “A Night of Heroes,” at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich to …
Pro-Israel, Jewish Communities Mourn The Passing Of Rep. Elijah Cummings, 68
By JACKSON RICHMAN
“It is hard to measure the enormity of the loss we have just suffered. Elijah was the beloved favorite son of Maryland, and the prophetic voice of moral integrity and social rebuilding that America needs so desperately,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.). “For Elijah, it was always about the children—the messengers we send to a future we won’t see.” BALTIMORE, …
By JACKSON RICHMAN
Rose Statement on Anti-Semitic Terrorist Attack on German Synagogue which was Live-Streamed Online
Congressman Rose: ‘make no mistake—this was not an isolated incident’ STATEN ISLAND – Congressman Max Rose, Chair of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism who recently chaired a joint hearing on the challenge of white nationalist terrorism at home and abroad, issued the following statement on the recent terrorist attack on a German synagogue during the High Holy …
Bolstering Relations Between Catholics and Jews Through Firsthand Experiences
By JACKSON RICHMAN
The Foundation Stone institute was founded to strengthen ties between members of religions that have much in common. The history of the Catholic Church and Jewish people is one marked by centuries of persecution and anti-Semitism. With Nostra Aetate in 1965, the Vatican changed its relationship with the Jewish people, including beginning historic visits to Israel by Pope John Paul II, …
By JACKSON RICHMAN
Yom Kippur Message
By New York Republican Party Chairman NICK LANGWORTHY
NEW YORK STATE — October 8,2019 — Yom Kippur is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Over the course of the solemn day, Jews across New York State will spend their time in synagogue in worship, devotion, and atonement. They will ask forgiveness from God and from each other. Erin and I wish all of you a meaningful Yom Kippur and may you and your family be sealed …
By New York Republican Party Chairman NICK LANGWORTHY
Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins’ Message for Yom Kippur – WishingYou Peace and Goodness!
I would like to wish everyone observing Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, a thoughtful holiday and an easy fast – Tzom kal. Yom Kippur is a time for reflection and repentance, and an opportunity to be open and honest with ourselves and others. It provides a chance to seek and grant forgiveness, and to enter the New Year with …