Rockland County Legislators Phil Soskin and Aron Wieder and Ramapo Town Supervisor Michael Specht attended the Tosh-Monsey Lag Ba’Omer holiday celebration along with more than 500 residents. Politicians came out to show support for the Hassidic community.

Hundreds of supporters for the fight against antisemitism congregated in Times Square on Monday to call for Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s removal from the Foreign Affairs committee for her repeated use of antisemitic tropes and her recent support for Hamas while they were firing rockets on Israeli civilians.

New York state agencies have saved more than $29 million in recent years by cutting back on copy paper.
The figure comes from a state report issued Wednesday that looked at steps agencies have taken over the past seven years to reduce pollution, waste and energy use.
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Recently, hundreds of anti-vaxxers gathered at an event in Monsey. Lacking any legitimate Rabbonim to address the gathering, the audience was privileged to hear from a dishonest conspiracy-theorist claiming to be a Rabbi.

Hate has reared its ugly face again in NYC, this time in Staten Island.
Hateful messages were found scrawled on the two Jewish locations.
The words “synagogue of Satan” were found painted on the Chabad of Staten Island Shul, located on Harold Street.

A 62-year-old man who spent more than half his life in prison for the 1975 murder of a high school classmate had his conviction overturned Wednesday after a case review found Long Island prosecutors had long hid the fact that police looked at another possible suspect.
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30 years from now every attendee will remember the inspiration and excitement of one of the most unique events of his childhood!
On Sunday, May 19th, 1,000 boys from around the NY/NJ and Philadelphia area attended Pirchei Agudas Yisroel’s 56th Annual National Siyum Mishnayos.

YWN regrets to inform you of the petirah of Hagaon HaRav Shlomo Teitelbaum, the Morah D’asra of Khal Adas Yereim in Kew Gardens, NY. He was 77.
Rav Teitelbaum was also a Magid Shiur in Mesivta Torah Temimah as well.
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A massive Medura lit up the sky in the Town of Palm Tree (formally known as Kiryas Joel) on Wednesday evening, as tens of thousands of Satmar Chassidim joined their Rebbe, HaRav Aharon Teitelbaum, as they celebrated Lag Baomer.

Authorities say a truck has fallen through the upper level of a parking garage in northern New Jersey.
But no injuries have been reported.
The accident happened shortly before noon Wednesday at the parking facility on Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen.