New York City subway cars were filled with dangerous, hateful, and threatening antisemites on Monday before and following a protest outside the a memorial for the victims of the Nova music festival who were murdered in cold blood on October 7. Footage from the subways show shocking scenes, including one in which one antisemite announces, “Raise your hands if you’re a Zionist. This is your chance to get out.” Imagine changing the word “Zionist” to “Black” and see what reaction politicians would have. In another clip, filmed near the site of the Oct. 7 memorial, a protestor made clear what the “river to the sea” chanters mean. “I wish Hitler was still here. He would have wiped all of you out,” the man said.

Anti-Israel protesters chanted “Long live the Intifada” and waved a Hezbollah flag outside a memorial exhibit honoring the 364 victims of the October 7 Nova Music Festival attack on Monday night in downtown Manhattan. The protesters, organized by the pro-Palestinian group Within Our Lifetime, clashed with police and yelled “Kill another Zionist now”, “long live the Intifada”, “Israel go to hell” during the “citywide day of rage for Gaza” demonstration. Six people were issued summonses for disorderly conduct and jumping turnstiles. “When the Zionists decided to rave,” a woman leading the chanting yelled and the crowd repeated after her, word for word, “next to a concentration camp, that’s exactly what this music festival was.

A heartwarming scene unfolded at Five Towns Premier Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Monday as a large crowd gathered to welcome Yonatan, an IDF soldier who had been grievously wounded in the Gaza Strip. Yonatan suffered severe injuries and underwent initial surgery in Israel, but due to the overwhelming number of casualties from the war, his necessary follow-up surgeries were put on hold. In a remarkable display of compassion, a doctor at Hudson Regional Hospital in Secaucus, NJ, learned of Yonatan’s situation and generously offered to take him on as a patient. Now, as Yonatan requirs rehabilitation, Five Towns Premier Nursing and Rehabilitation Center was contacted and kindly agreed to admit him.

The great Abie Rotenberg immortalized the importance of the annual Lag Ba’Omer Yeshiva and Beis Yaakov trips of our youth with his song The Ninth Man. After all, it was the bases loaded homerun hit by their Rebbe that changed the lives of those “Bums from the East Side” forever. For most, that trip was last week, but for a select group of special children, they finally had their opportunity to experience their trip earlier today. You see, the children that we speak of are not regular Yeshiva kids, rather these are the children of the Ditmas Children’s Center. Most of them have never seen the outside of their adopted home, other than for medical appointments and Chas V’Shalom hospital visits.

Thousands gathered at Chabad World Headquarters in Crown Heights on Wednesday to pay give Kavod Acharon to Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky z”l, a beloved and key figure in the Chabad movement and global Jewish community. Tens of thousands more joined via live broadcast to honor the life and legacy of Rabbi Kotlarsky, who was niftar on Tuesday at the age of 74. Rabbi Kotlarsky was a pioneer of Jewish life around the globe, serving as the Vice Chairman of Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch (Chabad’s Outreach Division) and Chairman of the International Conference of Shluchim. For over 50 years, he worked tirelessly to expand the Chabad network, which now includes nearly 6,000 centers in over 110 countries.

New York’s congestion pricing plan will not begin as scheduled and appears to be postponed indefinitely, just weeks before it was set to launch. New York Governor Kathy Hochul was considering a delay to the state’s congestion pricing plan, set to take effect June 30, due to concerns it could harm Democratic candidates in competitive House races this year, multiple outlets reported late Tuesday night. Hochul and her aides have recently expressed concerns about the plan, which would charge drivers entering parts of Manhattan. Her potential move is seen as a response to worries raised by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who is working to regain a Democratic majority in the House.

New York lawmakers on Tuesday said they were finalizing legislation that would allow parents to block their children from getting social media posts curated by a platform’s algorithm, a move to rein in feeds that critics argue keep young users glued to their screens. Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James have been advocating for the regulations since October, facing strong pushback from the tech industry. The amended version removes provisions that would have limited the hours a child could spend on a site. With the legislative session ending this week, Albany lawmakers are making a final push to get it passed. “The algorithmic feeds are designed as dopamine for kids,” Assembly sponsor Nily Rozic, a Democrat, said Tuesday.

Democratic Rep. Andy Kim won his party’s nomination for a U.S. Senate seat Tuesday in New Jersey, setting up a general election contest against wealthy hotel operator Curtis Bashaw, who defeated a Trump-backed candidate for the Republican nomination. Incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez will also be on the ballot after declaring his intention to run as an independent on Monday in the midst of a federal corruption trial. The turmoil surrounding the embattled senator has created the possibility of a headache for Democrats in a state where they haven’t lost an election for Senate since 1972.

(By: Sandy Eller) It was an epic celebration of food at Kosherpalooza 2024, as 4,000 people flocked to the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus to see, be seen, and be part of the foodie scene. Debuting last year after the official retirement of the long-running Kosherfest food show, the theme of Kosherpalooza this year was “Back for Seconds,” the event’s lighthearted approach evident throughout the day. From a water cooler decked out in a cover that said “Use your kup,” to a purple apron available for sale at the official show swag shop that had Kosherpalooza spelled out in yellow Hebrew letters accompanied by the words of the Hadran, it was clear that while business may have been conducted on the show floor, the day was equal parts food and fun.

Donald Trump’s lawyers are asking a New York judge to lift the gag order that barred the former president from commenting about witnesses, jurors and others tied to the criminal case that led to his conviction for falsifying records to cover up a scandal. In a letter Tuesday, Trump lawyers Todd Blanche and Emil Bove asked Judge Juan M. Merchan to end the gag order, arguing there is nothing to justify “continued restrictions on the First Amendment rights of President Trump” now that the trial is over. Among other reasons, the lawyers said Trump is entitled to “unrestrained campaign advocacy” in light of President Joe Biden’s public comments about the verdict last Friday, and continued public criticism of him by his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen and a woman, both key prosecution witnesses.