NEW YORK (JTA) — New York state has awarded $10 million for the protection of “religious-based institutions and non-public schools from hate crimes,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday. The money, which marks the second round of funding under New York’s Securing Communities Against Hate Crimes Grant Program, will fund more than 200 projects, the Governor’s […]

KVIV (JTA) – A Ukrainian court ruling called for the reinstatement of a diplomat who was fired for making anti-Semitic remarks. Israel has expressed its consternation over the ruling, saying it was “confused.” Vasyl Marushchynets, then the Ukrainian consul in Hamburg, Germany, was dismissed last year after his social media posts came to light. Writing […]

LONDON (JNS) — Two teenagers turned themselves into police on Tuesday and were charged allegedly shouted “kill the Jews” before punching a rabbi last month in an anti-Semitic attack in North London. “Detectives investigating a racially aggravated assault on a 54-year-old man in Stamford Hill have charged two boys,” said Met Police in a statement. […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com A recent article published by JTA highlighted a Siyum HaShas for women only – spearheaded by an orthodox woman. Michelle Cohen Farber, founder of Hadran: Advancing Talmud Study for Women and Daf Yomi for Women is organizing the first ever global daf yomi siyum for women.  Farber has rented […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Mayor deBlasio was fully aware of an attempt by city officials to delay the release of a report which contained the results of an investigation into the quality of private Yeshiva education for his own political gain, according to the New York Post. The damning allegations against the mayor have come […]

LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Three Los Angeles Jewish schools were tagged with anti-Semitic graffiti days after a synagogue in Beverly Hills was found vandalized. A swastika and hateful messages including the phrase “time to pay” were found spray-painted at the American Jewish University in Bel Air, the Westwood Charter School and Milken Community High School […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Members of Williamsburg’s Jewish community took steps to take their safety into their own hands on Monday, as they attended axe-throwing self-defense classes in New York City, in the wake of the recent deadly anti-Semitic shooting in Jersey City. The classes are led by former NYPD officer and martial arts expert […]

NEW YORK (JTA) — Park Avenue Synagogue reopened here after a $96 million expansion. The prominent Conservative synagogue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side held a rededication ceremony earlier this month to open an expanded campus, which took six years to build. The building, which was constructed in 1927, had not been renovated since 1981. The […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — A Jewish woman was assaulted in the NYC subway, after first being told “it’s good the they killed Jews in New Jersey, they should have killed all of you”. Lihi Aharon got onto the NYC Subway station by Tribeca, Manhattan after her school’s induction ceremony. She got onto the number 2 […]