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Menachem Creditor

Aug 11, 2026, 5:04 PM

Strip Away the Glamor: October 7 Was Pure Ugliness

I am a proud Jewish New Yorker and a proud Zionist. I believe deeply in the dignity of cultures, the necessity of human rights, and the power of communities to build beauty from pain. Precisely because I hold those...

Aug 11, 2026, 3:54 PM

Meet NY Gubernatorial Republican Candidate Bruce Blakeman, a defender of Israel

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As a Jewish Republican, Zionist, community leader and Israel advocate living in NYC, I recently had the honor of meeting fellow Republican Bruce Blakeman, the Republican nominee for Governor of New York (and current Nassau County Executive) at a...

Aug 11, 2026, 10:38 AM

A Torah response to El-Sayed, Hamawy and Mamdani

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This week, in our Torah reading, Parshat Re’eh, the people of Israel are once again standing on the plains of Moab, overlooking the Land of Israel. They are still waiting to enter the Land. Day by day, Torah reading...

Aug 6, 2026, 10:19 PM

What’s New With Jewish New Yorkers?

The Office of the New York Mayor recently released a map illustrating the many immigrant enclaves that make up Manhattan. When I first saw this, I loved the idea of shedding light on the countless immigrant communities that make...

Jul 28, 2026, 1:47 PM

It’s Never Just About Israel: Four Tests, One Erasure

Last fall I taught our eighth grade Israel class, and something had changed. Students who once wore their Jewish stars or kippot proudly now told me they hid them, or thought about hiding them, when they went into New...

Jul 28, 2026, 1:39 PM

Mamdani’s Netanyahu Arrest Fantasy

Close-up of a hand holding a small Israeli flag with American flag blurred in the background, from the website Pexels (https://www.pexels.com/photo/crop-person-showing-handmade-flag-of-israel-4386403/). This image is free to use for non-commercial use.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani's threat to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was never grounded in law—only ideology. His embarrassing retreat exposes not only the emptiness of performative anti-Israel politics, but also the growing politicization of international justice. New...

Stephanie Z. Bonder

Jul 27, 2026, 3:46 PM

A Letter to the Mayor of NYC

To the Mayor of NY, I am writing to you as a teacher who has spent most of my life educating children. A lesson I have always tried to convey to my students is that leadership comes with responsibility. Merriam-Webster defines...

Mihran Kalaydjian

Jul 27, 2026, 8:53 AM

The Higher the Office, the Greater the Responsibility: Why Zohran Mamdani’s Rhetoric Matters

Every elected official has the right to express deeply held political convictions. Not every elected official serves the largest Jewish community outside Israel. That distinction is what makes New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani's rhetoric about Israel worthy of far greater scrutiny...

Andy Blumenthal

Jul 26, 2026, 6:45 AM

From Freebies to Control: The Mechanics of the Mamdani Agenda

In the tight-knit Jewish neighborhoods of New York, humor has always been our primary armor against hardship. Growing up, I remember neighbors joking through grit and gritted teeth that they were so poor they "couldn’t afford the o or...

Jul 25, 2026, 5:00 PM

Mamdani to Jews: Have A Nice Tisha B’Av, and Drop Dead

Words matter. They can cut like a knife. And they can rally gullible, foolish, addle-brained, TikTok minions to join the already vile radical Islamic creatures, whom without check, were allowed to infect Western cultures from seas to turbulent seas...

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