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New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams waves to supporters as he takes the stage during his election night party at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, Nov. 2, 2021. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Eric Adams will be New York City’s next mayor, without Hasidic Borough Park’s support, and other election results

November 3, 2021
Democratic NYC mayoral candidate Eric Adams, center, speaks during a Get Out the Vote rally with New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, right, and New York City Public Advocate and comptroller candidate Brad Lander, left, in front of Brooklyn Borough Hall, Oct. 22, 2021. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

NYC elections: Here’s what Jewish voters need to know

November 1, 2021
Rabbi Guy Austrian of the Fort Tryon Jewish Center in Upper Manhattan, in hat and prayer shawl, is among those arrested for blocking the West Side Highway in a protest demanding action on climate change, Oct. 25, 2021. (Courtesy William Bozian)

Sunrise NYC rejects decision by DC affiliate that shunned ‘Zionist’ groups

October 27, 2021
A demonstrator kneels in front of the headquarters of BlackRock in Manhattan, demanding the investment firms CEO Larry Fink defund the fossil fuel industry, Oct. 18, 2021. (Erik McGregor)

Rabbis arrested demanding climate action by Wall Street giant’s Jewish CEO

October 20, 2021
Amare Stoudemire, assistant coach of the Brooklyn Nets, samples one of his own signature Stoudemire Farms burgers at his booth at the Union Square Greenmarket in Manhattan, Oct. 15, 2021. (Julia Gergely)

Amar’e Stoudemire adds ‘farmer’ to his list of post-basketball careers

October 18, 2021
Sam Sidneys felt portraits of Fran Lebowitz, left, and an iconic New York City coffee cup are featured in New York Never Felt So Good, at Manhattans Eerdmans gallery. (Courtesy of Eerdmans New York)

Lockdown inspires an artist’s loving tribute to an older, grittier New York

October 18, 2021
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York reached into its archives and invited guest speakers for an all-day event on the history of Yiddish anarchism, Jan. 20, 2019. (JTA Photo)

Conference to muster archives and libraries in the fight against antisemitism

October 15, 2021
A volunteer helps package emergency food deliveries for Holocaust survivors at the Greenpoint, Brooklyn Fulfillment Center of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, a beneficiary agency of the UJA-Federation of New York, Jan. 18, 2021. (Met Council)

Survey: Jewish New Yorkers’ employment, mental health suffered during pandemic

October 14, 2021
A man takes a selfie while visiting the grave of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the former head of the Lubavitch movement, on November 2, 2018 in Queens, New York. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

For Orthodox Jews and Israelis, Whatsapp outage highlighted basic community infrastructure — and its vulnerability

October 7, 2021
New York State Governor Kathy Hochul. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

‘I will protect you’: At Jewish museum, NY Gov. Hochul unveils $25M for nonprofit security

October 6, 2021
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