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May 20, 2026, 9:40 PM

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a May Day rally at Washington Square Park in New York, Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

The nomination and the subsequent election of Mamdani as mayor of New York City was a dangerous and catastrophic event for the city, and arguably for the country. How did it happen? Far too many New York voters were...

Dec 18, 2025, 7:32 AM

When “Never Again” Rings Hollow

Jews in Australia, were shot down because they dared to openly celebrate the Jewish holiday of Chanukah, reminding us, yet again, that those who sought to annihilate the Jewish people in ancient times are still at large in modern...

Jul 2, 2025, 7:17 AM

Who Could Have Predicted This?

“Who would have thought this could happen?” But it is happening. New York is home to the largest Jewish population of any city in the world outside of Israel. Yet the leading candidate to win the Democrat Primary election...

Nov 1, 2023, 5:23 AM

Are Universities Breeding Antisemitism?

In a disgusting display of blatant antisemitism, the faculty at Columbia University penned a letter which justified a prior “Student Statement.” The Student Statement placed the blame for the current Israel/Hamas war, not on Hamas, but rather on Israel,...

Oct 18, 2023, 8:01 AM

Israel’s War of Survival: Good vs Evil

Our collective hearts are broken. The face of evil has surfaced to remind us of the dangerous folly of months of divisive protests masked by Israeli flags waving as one in a show of disunity. The overwhelming majority of...

Apr 28, 2022, 7:54 PM

Source: WIkimedia Commons

Holocaust Remembrance Day is internationally recognized on the 27th day of the month of Nissan on the Hebrew calendar, which also marks the date of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. On this particular day in Israel a siren is sounded...

Jan 27, 2022, 10:10 PM

Antisemitism: A recurrent theme

My mother was a young teenager who survived the Holocaust on her own. When her parents sent her to visit her aunt in Lodz over the summer of 1939, she never imagined that she wouldn't ever see her parents...

Oct 13, 2021, 9:59 AM

If Truth Be Told

In the not too distant past, when I was a student, we were taught the difference between “fact” and “fiction.” Many of our tests required answers of either “True” or “False.” During my years as a teacher, the objective...

May 31, 2021, 6:54 AM

Is There No Room in the World for Jews?

Golda Meir was exactly right, even so many years later, when she said that if Israel would put down its arms, Israel would be destroyed, but if the Arabs would put down their arms, there would be peace. Former ambassador...

Nov 3, 2020, 9:44 AM

Election 2020 An Election Like No Other

It is the day before election day. Tensions are high. Most of us realize that this election will determine the direction America will take in the next four years. Do we also realize that it is more than the...

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Ettie Kryksman is a teacher and free lance writer who whose articles have appeared in various publications.