After successfully guiding the administration through a challenging period for Jewish New Yorkers, Joel Eisdorfer, senior advisor and Jewish community liaison, is leaving his role to pursue a new professional opportunity. During his tenure, Eisdorfer served as a vital link between the Adams administration and Jewish communities across the city, facilitating initiatives such as youth […]

In a move that has sparked outrage, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams has ordered the removal of all political signs from legislators’ desks, including pro-Israel posters and flyers depicting hostages being held by Hamas. Adams claims the move is aimed at reducing tensions between lawmakers over the Israel-Hamas war, but many are calling it an […]

New York City Mayor Eric Adams suggested allowing migrants to work as lifeguards to address the city’s shortage of lifeguards, citing many migrants’ excellent swimming skills. At a press conference, Adams said, “How do we have a large body of people that are in our city, and country, that are excellent swimmers and, at the […]

Sen. Bob Menendez sat by himself at a defense table Tuesday as prospective jurors who claim they can’t serve at his federal New York corruption trial were interviewed by a judge in a room just outside the courtroom. Judge Sidney H. Stein has heard a variety of reasons why individuals say they should be excused […]

A survey conducted by the UJA-Federation of New York has revealed that nearly 1.4 million Jews currently reside in New York City and its surrounding areas. The study, which covers the five boroughs of New York City (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island), as well as Westchester County and Long Island, provides valuable […]

Sen Bob Menendez, a Democrat, arrived Monday for the start of his trial on charges that he accepted bribes of gold and cash to use his influence to deliver favors that would help three New Jersey businessmen. Menendez, 70, was dropped off in front of a Manhattan federal courthouse at 8:15 a.m., forty minutes before […]

Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe, Michael Cohen, characterized his celebrity client as a hands-on manager and said he sometimes lied for him and bullied others on his behalf during highly anticipated testimony Monday in the former president’s hush money trial. Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and by far the Manhattan district attorney’s most important witness in the case, […]

Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and Donald Trump ally, announced on social media Friday that he had been “FIRED” from his WABC radio show. Giuliani claimed he was terminated for refusing to stop discussing the 2020 presidential election, which Trump lost to Joe Biden. In a statement on X, Giuliani wrote, “I […]

A thief’s installation of a credit card skimming device on a credit card reader in Brooklyn’s Pomegranate supermarket on Friday was quickly found and neutralized, thanks to the store’s proactive measures. Security camera footage from the store shows the thief – who was wearing gloves to avoid leaving fingerprints – surreptitiously slipping the credit card […]

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaRav Schneur Zalman Yudkin Zt”l, a link to to pre-war Europe whose life story and Mesirus Nefesh inspired countless people throughout his illustrious life. As a child, Shneur Zalman studied at Yeshiva Torah Im Derech Eretz, a school that operated in a gymnasium in Riga, Latvia, […]