New York News

Weiner And Liu Fervently Court Frum Vote

06/07/2013 | Adam Dickter | Assistant Managing Editor

Naturally, all the Democrat candidates for mayor tried to score points with the mostly Orthodox audience at a debate sponsored by the Flatbush Jewish Community Coalition earlier this week.

But Anthony Weiner and Jon Liu seemed to be the most over the top in trying to connect.

Satmar Custody Case Hinges On Value Of Religious Community

06/05/2013 | Orli Santo | Special To The Jewish Week

When a chasidic husband and wife in the midst of a bitter custody battle want to go their own very separate ways, what’s in the “best interest” of their three young children who have only known the religious and cultural cocoon of upstate Monsey?

Fifth Avenue Turns Blue And White

06/04/2013 | Chavie Lieber | Special To The Jewish Week

A sea of blue and white blurred across Fifth Avenue as tens of thousands of people attended the Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City Sunday, June 2.

Students, schools and organizations from all over the tri-state area were some of the 35,000 people that marched in the parade to celebrate Israel’s 65th anniversary, as well as 30 floats and 17 marching bands.

Israel Is Pitch Perfect

06/04/2013 | Steve Lipman | Staff Writer

Sunday was a day of pride in Israel, along Fifth Avenue in the annual Celebrate Israel parade, and in Central Park in a concert that complements the parade each year.

‘We Cannot Investigate Ourselves … And Expect To Resolve Doubts’

06/04/2013 | Stewart Ain | Staff Writer

Pressure mounted Monday on the Claims Conference to launch a new probe into how the organization handled a tip in 2001 about fraud within the organization — eight years before the fraud was discovered at a cost of $57.3 million.

Forum Ponders Israeli Innovation, Isolation

06/04/2013 | Doug Chandler | Jewish Week Correspondent

Still marveling over what he saw and heard, Ido Aharoni, Israel’s consul general in New York, told an audience in Westchester last week about the Israeli theater group he hosted three months ago — a troupe whose entire cast is deaf and blind.