WASHINGTON (JTA) — Bernie Sanders published an essay titled “How to Fight Antisemitism” — perhaps his most expansive written consideration of his Jewish identity — in a Jewish publication on Monday. In the article for the left-wing magazine Jewish Currents, the Democratic presidential candidate says he is firmly proud to be Jewish and to support […]

Democratic nominee for president, Bernie Sanders, has surrounded himself with notorious antisemites (celebrating their endorsements) and threatened to divert military aid from Israel to Hamas-run Gaza (which uses its budget to create attack tunnels and launch missiles indiscriminately at Israeli population centers). We have a message to Bernie from a Holocaust survivor who was a […]

SAN FRANCISCO (VosIzNeias) – Retail giant and online marketplace Amazon.com is offering free shipping to Israel on orders which exceed $49. Amazon also said, that it has launched an international Amazon website which is available now in Hebrew. This is in addition to Amazon’s recently launched Israeli platform, which contains only sellers in Israel. The […]

BORO PARK (VosIzNeias) — A Jewish mother and child became the victim of an egging attack in Boro Park on Sunday, becoming the fifth egging attack in recent days. The mother and child were walking on 38th Street when they were confronted by a group of youths who run up behind them and pelt them […]

LONDON (JTA) – Cars and garages were spray painted with red swastikas and messages described as anti-Semitic and racist by local media. The messages were discovered on Sunday morning in Ferrymead, Canvey Island, in Essex, England, located northeast of London. Sunday was observed in the United Kingdom as Remembrance Sunday, which is a day to […]

JERUSALEM (VosIzNeias)— As tens of thousands of people converge on Kever Rachel to mark her Yahrzeit, (which this year fell on Shabbos, meaning that people came on Thursday, Friday, Motzei Shabbos and Sunday), many of them are unaware that there is a permanent Yeshiva community adjacent to the tomb which has existed for the last […]

JERUSALEM (VosIzNeias) — My name is Kalanit Taub, I am a new EMT with United Hatzalah. Recently an incident occurred that really brought home what I, as a woman, have to offer in the field of EMS in my own community and in general. The incident occurred recently at 1:00 a.m. in the morning. I […]

BROOKLYN (JTA) — A teenager was arrested in connection with a series of attacks on Jewish men in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. The teen, said to be 16 and not named because he is a juvenile, turned himself in to police on Friday and was arrested, PIX11 reported. It is not known which […]

BORO PARK (VosIzNeias) — Saturday night saw a group of youths target multiple Boro Park locations in an egging spree. All the targets were in the Dahill Rd area, and included a shul, a girls school, a bus, and multiple residences. Khal Bnei Torah Sanz on Dahill Rd near Cortelyou Rd and 37th St was […]

At the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island (JCCGCI), our mission is to improve the quality of life of the frail elderly, vocationally disadvantaged poor, underprivileged immigrants and educationally at-risk youth of our city. With forty (40) service sites throughout the five boroughs staffed by almost 350 social service professionals, JCCGCI believes that strengthening […]