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Bondi survivor gives thanks at the Rebbe’s grave

Yanky Super, a 24-year-old paramedic and volunteer on duty with Sydney’s Hatzalah emergency medical services, didn’t even hear a...

Bondi hero Ahmed al-Ahmed and Sydney rabbi visit Rebbe’s resting place

Fresh off the 22-hour flight from Sydney to New York, Ahmed al-Ahmed and Rabbi Yehoram Ulman paused on Tuesday...

Titanic passenger’s watch sets record at UK auction

A world record price has been set for Titanic memorabilia, with the sale of a gold pocket watch at...

The coming four-year nightmare in the Big Apple

The four-year New York City nightmare commences on Jan. 1. But whose nightmare? The reign of Zohran Mamdani as Gotham’s...

Work is just beginning for New York City Jews

Months’ worth of handwringing ended on Election Day, only to usher in a more vigorous form of it. The fear...

The Islamist capture of New York

The victory of New York state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral election was long heralded...

Diaspora Affairs Minister urges New York Jews to move to Israel

Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Minister, Amichai Chikli, expressed alarm over the election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York...

Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race, as Jewish leaders say historic civic engagement

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee who has a history of anti-Israel rhetoric, won the New York City mayoral race,...

The threat posed by Zohan Mamdani

By publicly and forcefully denouncing Zohran Mamdani as "a danger to the security of New York's Jewish community," Rabbi...

What would a Mayor Mamdani mean for American Jews?

The most famous former resident of New York City summed up the state of the mayor’s race succinctly. In...

Anti-Israel demonstrators want to erase Jewish existence, including its music

Israel-haters had been advocating for a ceasefire in Gaza ever since the Hamas-led mobs of Palestinians completed their orgy...

Elegy for New York

I made the mistake, once, of thinking New York was the best place for Jews outside Israel. This Shabbat afternoon,...

In UN speech, Netanyahu threatens Iran with ‘credible nuclear threat’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to threaten Tehran with nuclear weapons in his Sept. 22 address at the...

A minute’s silence

The traditional Celebrate Israel Parade in New York began with a minute's silence observed by the thousands of marchers...

Yad Vashem unveils ‘The Book of Names’ at the United Nations

It’s a book filled with the names of 4.8 million murder victims. The blank pages at the end, though,...

President Rivlin meets WJC President Lauder

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has met Israeli President Reuven Rivlinprivately in New York to thank him for his many years of dedicated service to the State of Israel and the Jewish people.

Two Israelis retell how they battled against attack by pro-Palestinians in New York City

Alan Zeitlin: “The message to Palestinians in New York and everywhere: We don’t hate you. We want to live peacefully. Wake up. We hate Hamas, who does not want people to live peacefully.”

Jewish reporter attacked in Brooklyn during protests against COVID restrictions

Jacob Kornbluh intends to file charges “for incitement and physical assault, and will seek charges against any individual who hit me.”

A first Rosh Hashanah

Sydney's Great Synagogue's new Chief Minister Rabbi Dr Ben Elton was inducted less than a week before Rosh Hashanah...he tells J-Wire of his first Rosh Hashanah in Sydney.

You’ve got a friend

For young Australian Jews working in New York City, a new initiative offering a social centre and mentoring has been launched by Sydney;s Central Synagogue's Rabbi Levi Wolff.