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The New York Jewish Week is the home of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency’s New York coverage.

Worshipers at the resting place of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher rebbe, on the 30th anniversary of his passing, in Queens, July 8, 2024. (Luke Tress)

Tens of thousands visit gravesite of Lubavitcher rebbe on 30th anniversary of his death

An estimated 50,000 worshipers visit Queens gravesite as a younger generation takes up the Rebbe’s teachings.

The Jewish mother who became a crime boss in Gilded Age New York

“Marm” Mandelbaum is the subject of a new biography by Margalit Fox, the celebrated obituary writer.

Four Questions

A new memoir, ‘The Punk Rock Queen of the Jews,’ explores traumatic teenage years in Hasidic Crown Heights

In her second memoir, Chef Rossi explores her very unorthodox arrival to New York City: She was sent to live with a Chabad rabbi known for reforming wayward girls.

Protesters outside Columbia University, April 30, 2024. (Luke Tress)

Columbia removes 3 deans over text exchange deriding concerns of campus antisemitism

Police at a Jewish community event in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, June 5, 2024. (Luke Tress)

NYPD reports 45 antisemitic incidents last month, 57% of all hate crimes in the city

A Guardian Self Defense Krav Maga class in the basement of a Manhattan synagogue, May 21, 2024. (Luke Tress)

NY Jews unnerved by spike in antisemitism and raucous protests take to krav maga for self-defense

Andy Cohen offers advice to pro-Israel influencers at a New York strategy conference

Pro-Palestinian activists outside Columbia University, February 2, 2024. (Luke Tress)

New Columbia administrator texts show deans discussing Jewish student ‘privilege’ and ‘$$$$,’ and bashing Hillel leader as a ‘problem’

Feeling excluded from this year’s NYC Dyke March, Jewish lesbians host their own Pride party

Protesters wearing Hamas headbands and masks at Baruch College in Manhattan, June 5, 2024. (Luke Tress)

As calls for NYC mask ban gain momentum, Jewish and Black advocacy groups announce their support

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