The Florida governor received a last-minute invitation to appear at a conference at a prominent Jewish museum in New York City. Then the whole thing fell apart. Source: New York Times
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Invitation to DeSantis Creates Clash at a Jewish Museum
By Gotham Rex on May 13, 2022
The Florida governor, who signed the law that opponents call “Don’t Say Gay,” was to speak at a conservative event at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. Source: New York Times
Lufthansa Apologizes After Jewish People Were Barred From Flight
By Gotham Rex on May 11, 2022
Passengers said that after landing in Germany, more than 100 people were blocked from boarding a connecting flight to Hungary, after a handful of passengers disobeyed a mask requirement. Source: New York Times
Antisemitic Attacks in New York Are at Highest Level in Decades
By Gotham Rex on April 26, 2022
Last year there were 51 assaults across the state, a record since the Anti-Defamation League began compiling such data in 1979. Source: New York Times
Man Charged With Hate Crimes After Violent Attacks on Four Jews
By Gotham Rex on April 20, 2022
The episode, which included a carjacking, took place in and around Lakewood, N.J., which has a significant Orthodox Jewish community. Source: New York Times
Jewish New Yorkers Unite to Raise Millions for Ukraine
By Gotham Rex on March 4, 2022
New York City is home to some 300,000 Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union. Source: New York Times
How Yiddish Scholars Are Rescuing Women’s Novels From Obscurity
By Gotham Rex on February 6, 2022
Works written decades ago, often by female Jewish immigrants, were dismissed as insignificant or unmarketable. But in the past several years, translators devoted to the literature are making it available to a wider readership. Source: New York Times
New Yorkers and the Sacred Spaces in Their Homes
By Gotham Rex on December 29, 2021
Hundreds of thousands of people in the city have set aside a part of their homes to pray, meditate or give thanks for another day. Source: New York Times
How a World War II Bomber Pilot Became 'the King of Artificial Trees'
By Gotham Rex on December 17, 2021
Si Spiegel, a bomber pilot, can claim a dual legacy: as a war hero and as a father of the artificial tree. Source: New York Times
A Synagogue Feud Spills Into Public View: ‘Only Room for One Rabbi’
By Gotham Rex on December 3, 2021
Rabbi Arthur Schneier abruptly fired Rabbi Benjamin Goldschmidt from Park East Synagogue, and long-simmering tensions publicly exploded in a way rabbinic rivalries rarely do. Source: New York Times
New York City Sets Vaccine Mandate for Religious and Private School Workers
By Gotham Rex on December 2, 2021
The directive, which affects 56,000 employees, faced immediate opposition from some Jewish and Catholic leaders, who sent a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio urging him to reconsider. Source: New York Times
Online Furor Over a Student’s Hijab Engulfs a Liberal Town
By Gotham Rex on October 22, 2021
A 7-year-old told her mother that she resisted a New Jersey teacher’s attempt to pull off her Muslim head covering. It spiraled from there. Source: New York Times
Moshe Tendler, Authority on Jewish Medical Ethics, Dies at 95
By Gotham Rex on October 9, 2021
His pronouncements — on sex, death, organ transplants and more — carried weight in no small part because he was both a master of Jewish scripture and a microbiologist. Source: New York Times
New Jersey to Divest From Unilever Over Ben & Jerry’s and Israel
By Gotham Rex on September 16, 2021
After the company said it would no longer sell its ice cream in the occupied territories, New Jersey invoked a law that prohibits public investments in companies that engage in boycotts. Source: New York Times
For a Second Year, Jews Mark the High Holy Days in the Shadow of Covid
By Gotham Rex on September 6, 2021
Many synagogues are holding in-person services, but some are requiring worshipers to show proof of vaccination and to wear masks. Source: New York Times