President Donald Trump’s frequent criticism of the media and of judges who rule against his policies undermines the public’s confidence, New York state’s top legal officer said Wednesday amid several state investigations of him or entities linked to him.
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A property under development in Jackson NJ was found defaced with Swastikas and anti-Semitic slurs earlier this week.
The hate was found in the vicinity of South New Prospect Road.

Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand has announced a plan to give every voter up to $600 in vouchers to donate to a spate of federal candidates.
But those candidates accepting such contributions would have to forgo contributions larger than $200 per donor.

When Najibullah Zazi pleaded guilty to being the ringleader in a foiled plot to bomb New York City’s subway system, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said he was responsible for “one of the most serious terrorist threats to our nation” since the 9/11 attacks.
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(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com)
Those who grew up in the nineteen fifties remember it well. The fear throughout the country was palpable. True, polio epidemics had been in the United States since 1894, but the epidemic was never so virulent.
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Rabbi Uriel Vigler of Chabad Israel Center on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, found himself at the receiving end of an anti-Semitic tirade Tuesday morning.
It started as Rabbi Vigler was heading off to Shachris just before 7:00AM.
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New York City has banned alcohol advertising on city property, citing health risks posed by excessive drinking.
“This order banning alcohol ads from City property reaffirms our commitment to health equity and our stand to protect the well-being of all New Yorkers,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat, said Tuesday.

Several hundred people gathered on one day’s notice in Midtown Manhattan at The New York Times office building to send the publication a strong message: Jews will not tolerate the mainstreaming and globalization of antisemitic hatred in any form be it overt or disguised as cartoon social commentary.

(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com)
In 1951, an article in Life Magazine celebrated the 100th year anniversary of the New York Times and called her “the grey lady.”
But now, the grey lady has slipped and fallen and the whole world has seen her hidden swastika tattoos.

A fire ripped through a Jewish-owned home in Monroe, NY, Tuesday morning, causing serious damage.
It was unknown if there were any injuries.

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