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Jun 8, 2026, 5:23 AM

BDS Was Never About Groceries

Two weeks ago, members of the Park Slope Food Coop — a roughly 17,000-member cooperative grocery store in Brooklyn better known for kombucha than geopolitics — voted to advance a referendum on whether the co-op should join the Boycott,...

Jun 3, 2026, 9:19 PM

Micros and Macros in Chelsea, New York

Walking peacefully through Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood this spring, I felt unexpectedly content. A melody kept following me: “I want you, I want you…” That romantic song by Bob Dylan had always embodied New York for me. Yet this visit felt far more...

Daphne Lazar Price

Jun 1, 2026, 4:15 AM

What I Didn’t See at the Israel Day Parade

Thousands upon thousands gathered in New York on Sunday for the Israel Day Parade. For the first time in years, I was not one of them. Instead, I followed from afar, watching seas of people of every age. I...

Menachem Creditor

Jun 1, 2026, 4:13 AM

Today, 60,000 Voices for Zionism Marched Up Fifth Avenue

Some have suggested that the Israel Day Parade should be transformed into a broader celebration of Jewish diversity, one in which Israel is merely one thread among many. That sounds generous. It sounds inclusive. It is also a profound...

Gina Friedlander

May 31, 2026, 3:48 PM

When a Parade Becomes Something More

The Israel Parade will be here this Sunday and I'm ready to march. My only dilemma was deciding, not whether to march, but which group to go with. There were five that invited me to join them: Hadassah, Israel...

May 19, 2026, 2:21 PM

The Politics of “Nakba:” Why Mamdani’s Rhetoric Matters

Zohran Mamdani’s recent invocation of the term “Nakba” ( is not just another progressive soundbite in the endless social media war over Israel. It is part of a rhetorical pattern in American politics, particularly on the activist left, where...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

May 19, 2026, 2:13 PM

Mamdani Hates Israel. Stop Pretending Otherwise.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, right, and his wife Rama Duwaji wave at members of media after a news conference at Gracie Mansion, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

American Democratic Jews who consider themselves Zionists must abandon Zohran Mamdani. He advances a clear anti-Israel agenda while using a small circle of extreme-left Jewish activists as political cover. This tactic allows him to claim immunity from accusations of...

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

May 19, 2026, 12:07 AM

Still an Activist, Not Yet New York’s Mayor

There are official acts that reveal more about what their author thinks an office is for than any speech could. The video released by the mayor of New York City on Friday evening, in the hour before Jewish New...

Aaron T. Walter

May 18, 2026, 4:42 AM

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There are moments in history when societies reveal not merely their political divisions but also their moral collapse. New York City, once the symbolic capital of Jewish security in the Diaspora, is beginning to show signs of such a...

May 16, 2026, 11:16 PM

NY Times Insults Jewish-Americans with Blood Libel

New York Jews have come to a crossroads. It’s one they’ve avoided for decades, but they’ve no other choice now, not after the New York Times days ago ("The Horror of Sexual Assault in Israeli Prisons," May 11, 2026)...

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