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Eric Adams, one of the leading candidates running to be mayor of New York City toured a Brooklyn yeshiva on Monday that had been on a list of schools subject to investigation over adequate secular education standards and came away with a positive impression. ”I was really impressed by what I saw,” Adams told the Forward on Monday night. “Watching those children understand grammar, understand English, saying they like writing and reading, it was amazing.” Adams, the Brooklyn borough ...

(Lucas Jackson/Reuters) New polling suggests that beleaguered New York governor Andrew Cuomo could be a drag on New York Democrats in 2022 if he remains in office. Cuomo, whose administration is in the midst of at least three federal probes into its handling of nursing homes during COVID-19 and who is himself facing multiple allegations of sexual harassment, has so far refused to leave office. Advertisement “No, there is no way I resign,” Cuomo said Monday, even after New York State Senate...

Community By Reuvain Borchardt Updated Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 9:30 pm NEW YORK - Updated Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 9:30 pm An executive at a voter- and government-reform organization who referred to the Orthodox Jewish community in New York City as “an extremist bloc” due to its support for yeshiva independence, has apologized and said her comments were taken out of context, more than a week after doubling down on remarks for which she received sharp criticism. “I apologize for ...

Harsh words exchanged over issues involving yeshiva education.

CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS TRY TO VASTLY TOUGHEN RULES FOR PRIMARY SEASON MATCHING FUNDS Starting in 1984, minor party presidential candidates have used primary season matching funds to help pay for petitioners to get on the ballot. Now, Democrats in Congress propose to make eligibility for primary season matching funds five times more difficult. H.R. 1 and S.1 make many election law changes. Among the changes are increasing the difficulty of receiving primary season matching funds. Current law r...

Lerner’s blanket labeling offended observers inside and outside the Jewish community. Freshman Congressional Rep. Richie Torres (D), who represents The Bronx borough on Capitol Hill, said on Twitter that “Calling Orthodox Jews an ‘extremist bloc’ is appalling and antisemitic. It should be possible to disagree on policy without demonizing a whole class of people.” “We cannot accept labeling the Orthodox Community as ‘extremist,” NY State Sen. Brian Benjamin, who represents Harlem...

Community By Reuvain Borchardt Updated Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 12:19 pm NEW YORK - Updated Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 12:19 pm Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein An executive at a voter- and government-reform organization is coming under criticism for referring to the Orthodox Jewish community in New York City as “an extremist bloc.” Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause New York, made the comments to Gothamist for an article posted Friday about mayoral candidate Andr...

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323 shares Emergency responders work at a kosher supermarket, the site of a shooting in Jersey City, New Jersey, December 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) NEW YORK (JTA) — When 25,000 Jews marched across the Brooklyn Bridge on January 5, 2020, Evan Bernstein felt something he hadn’t experienced in weeks: optimism. Not even a month earlier, he had prayed with the small Orthodox community in Jersey City, New Jersey, next to the spot where shooters had just killed three people at a kosher...