Confederate Flag Tied to Front Door of NYC Holocaust Museum
BY BEN SALES
(JTA) — A Confederate flag was found tied to the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City on Friday morning.
The...
Antisemitic Flyers Found Around Staten Island
BY BEN SALES
(JTA) — A white supremacist group from New Jersey posted more than a dozen antisemitic flyers on Staten Island.
The flyers, found over the weekend in the New York...
NY Attorney General Recuses Herself From Vaccine-Fraud Investigation
BY SHIRA HANAU
(JTA) — New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, won’t participate in the investigation into ParCare, the network of health clinics under scrutiny for potential fraud related to the...
Cuomo Promises Consequences for Vaccine Fraud
BY ABRAHAM GROSS
(JTA) — When David first saw the advertisement on his local Long Island community Whatsapp group inviting people like him and his wife, both over 65, to sign...
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down NY’s Capacity Limits on Houses of Worship
(JTA) — A federal court of appeals ruled that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s capacity limits on houses of worship in areas with rising COVID-19 cases constituted a violation...
ParCare Health Investigated for Misuse of COVID-19 Vaccines
BY SHIRA HANAU
(JTA) — A network of health clinics owned by a Hasidic man and serving a number of Hasidic communities in Brooklyn and upstate New York is under investigation...
Chevra Hatzalah of NY Hires Rabbi Yehiel Kalish as CEO
Chevra Hatzalah, the largest volunteer ambulance corps in the United States, is pleased to announce the hiring of Rabbi Yehiel Kalish as CEO. The board’s choice follows a comprehensive...
2 Men Spray Swastika on Brooklyn Bais Yaakov
(JTA) — Two men spray painted a swastika onto a Brooklyn yeshiva last weekend in an apparent hate crime, authorities said Saturday as they released surveillance video of the...
Toras Emes of Oakwood Lights Up First Night of Chanukah
On December 10, the first night of Chanukah, Congregation Toras Emes, located in the Oakwood section of Staten Island, held its annual menorah lighting at Richmond Town’s NetCost Market....
Turkey, PPE, Love Take Center Stage at COJO Turkey Giveaway
On Tuesday, November 24, Captain Bruce Ceparano, commanding officer of Pct. 121 located in the Graniteville section of Staten Island, opened his precinct once again to the annual Staten...