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A new program addresses a growing opioid crisis in the Bukharian community

“Everybody in the community has either been touched by this issue or knows someone that has been touched," said David Aronov, UJA-Federation of New York's liaison to the Queens-centered Bukharian community.

New York

Gov. Hochul unveils new plan to combat antisemitism in New York

Hochul portrayed the initiative as a response to the Biden administration’s national plan to counter antisemitism.

Global

In New York, Lithuania’s president honors those who saved Jewish artifacts during and after the Holocaust

YIVO event celebrates the Jewish "Paper Brigade" and a non-Jewish librarian who kept priceless books and documents out of the hands of the Nazis and Soviets.