Washington Heights Y Receives $5 Million ‘Transformational’ Gift
The donation from Norman E. Alexander Family G Foundation ‘puts us on the map,’ CEO says.
News
The latest news from the New York Jewish Week.
Advertisement
McGill U Jewish Student Gov’t Member Threatened W/ Impeachment Over Israel Trip
MONTREAL (JTA) — A Jewish student leader at McGill University in Montreal is fighting efforts to oust her from the student union for accepting a trip to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Jordyn Wright, a member of the Student Society of McGill University’s legislative council and board of directors, said she is “outraged and disgusted” […]
Belgian Parade That Mocked Jews Gives Up Its UNESCO Endorsement
(JTA) — The U.N.’s leading cultural body was scheduled to vote this month on whether to remove a Belgian carnival that had hosted a float seen as mocking Jews from its list of important human cultural expressions. But the carnival’s organizers decided they wouldn’t wait for a possible censure and instead gave up the designation […]