Yeshiva U. basketball draws fans — and scrutiny • NYU Bible scholar Baruch Levine dies • Needed: kidney donors Baruch A. Levine, an emeritus professor at NYU described as “one of the great Jewish Bible scholars of his generation,” died Dec. 16.
Schools and shuls back to online only • Israeli Consulate walloped by COVID • Death of a sex therapist Over a dozen staff members of the Israeli Consulate in New York tested positive for the coronavirus.
A chat with the writer of the viral Jewish obituary • Tovah Feldshuh as Dr. Ruth • New city comptroller has message for Orthodox yeshivas Andy Corren’s colorful obituary for his 84-year-old Jewish mother went wildly viral this week. We spoke to him about it.
New York Exhibit honors Jewish designer Milton Glaser • Charging Bull statue vandalized with swastikas • Obituary for Jewish woman goes viral
Newsletter Eric Adams moves inauguration to accommodate Shabbat • Rabbis push to end solitary confinement • An ‘Unorthodox’ divorce?
Newsletter Brooklyn man sentenced for antisemitic hate crime • Being Jewish on Broadway, and off • New York bagels in Berlin
Newsletter Belz rebbe urges vaccines for Brooklyn followers • Boycott fight at CUNY Law • ‘Jeopardy!’ goes Yiddish
Newsletter How day schools handle vax mandates • The Met parts ways with Sacklers • Remembering ‘Schmulka Bernstein’s’
Newsletter Is ‘West Side Story’ too Jewish? • Fox’s ‘Hanukkah’ tree • Cupcakes too beautiful to believe
Newsletter CUNY law students back Israel boycott • Meet the ‘Vegan Boxing Rabbi’ • The new ‘antisemitism’