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Mamdani’s Israel comments ‘incited antisemitic violence’ claims US Jewish leader

Eric Fingerhut, CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America, claimed the New York mayor’s rhetoric has ‘hurt the Jewish community’

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

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August 19, 2026 16:22

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives for the annual New York State Financial Control Board meeting on August 12, 2026 (Getty Images)

Arrest after man ‘storms bimah’ in attack during Shabbat service at Manhattan synagogue

Police charged Larry Montes with 14 offences after he allegedly hit a woman and headbutted a guard

By JC Reporter

4 min read

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August 16, 2026 10:37

Central Synagogue, Lexington Avenue NYC (By Kenneth C. Zirkel / Wikimedia)

By Michelle Wolodarsky

God save New York – a love letter to the capital of world Jewry (sorry, Tel Aviv, your day will come)

Even amid rising antisemitism also in this great city, the decay need not turn to rot. America still has free speech, robust democracy, economic dynamism and a constitution steeped in admiration for us – freedoms and attitudes Europe is losing, or never truly had

7 min read

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August 13, 2026 17:30

Temple Emanu-El in New York City. (Image: Getty Images)

By Libbi Myers

It’s time to strengthen links across the Jewish diaspora

UJS leadership fellow Libbi Myers reflects on a recent trip to New York City to visit the Jewish community there

2 min read

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August 12, 2026 12:20

Mamdani accused of excluding prominent rabbis from Jewish community roundtable

One rabbi called the New York mayor’s decision not to invite the New York Board of Rabbis ‘classic Mamdani’

By Rikki Zagelbaum

1 min read

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August 11, 2026 11:08

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference on Universal Child Care at Bedrock Preschool in the Bronx on August 4, 2026 (Getty Images)

Jews targeted in nearly 70 per cent of New York hate crimes in July

The number of anti-Jewish incidents saw a more than 50 per cent increase compared to the same time last year

By Menachem Wecker

2 min read

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August 4, 2026 16:37

The crest on the jacket of a New York City Police Officer while on patrol (Getty Images)

Herzog accuses NYC Mayor Mamdani of ‘spreading blasphemy, hate, antisemitic rhetoric’

His comments came after Mamdani called Prime Minister Netanyahu a ‘war criminal’ and ‘the architect of a horrific genocide against the Palestinian people’

By Gabrielle Apfel

2 min read

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August 3, 2026 16:31

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at a food distribution center in Brooklyn on July 27, 2026 (Getty Images)

Met Gala 2027 to honour British fashion designer John Galliano despite antisemitic outburst

Galliano was arrested in 2011 over an anti-Jewish tirade in Paris, an incident for which he has since repeatedly apologised

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

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August 3, 2026 15:32

British designer John Galliano gives a press conference on his new work as a consultant for Russian cosmetics retailer L'Etoile in at the Barvikha Luxury Village Concert Hall, Moscow, May 22, 2014 (Credit: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

New York legal coalition complain to Mamdani as ‘representative’ committee has no Jews on it

The mayor originally promised that the judiciary committee would be ‘reflective’ of the city’s make up

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

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July 29, 2026 15:29

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (Image: Getty Images)

Trump tells UN General Assembly he faces ‘big decision’ to ‘rebuild’ Iran or ‘annihilate’ the regime

Trump administration bars Palestinian Authority President from entering US ahead of UN General Assembly

Man arrested after teen ‘slashed’ inside Brooklyn synagogue

New York Times’ reporting displayed ‘deep and systematic’ bias against Israel after October 7, study claims

‘Islamist extremism has continued to stain our world’, says Chief Rabbi at event to remember 9/11

Met cancels Galliano exhibition amid backlash over historic antisemitism

Teacher died after crashing SUV into swimming pool at Long Island home

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Mamdani’s Israel comments ‘incited antisemitic violence’ claims US Jewish leader

Arrest after man ‘storms bimah’ in attack during Shabbat service at Manhattan synagogue

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Mamdani accused of excluding prominent rabbis from Jewish community roundtable

Jews targeted in nearly 70 per cent of New York hate crimes in July

Herzog accuses NYC Mayor Mamdani of ‘spreading blasphemy, hate, antisemitic rhetoric’

Met Gala 2027 to honour British fashion designer John Galliano despite antisemitic outburst

New York legal coalition complain to Mamdani as ‘representative’ committee has no Jews on it