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Bamba blankets NYC after Park Slope Food Coop vote to boycott Israeli products. What’s next?

Four thousand free bags of the Israeli peanut butter-flavored snack made their way Sunday along the Celebrate Israel Day Parade route up Fifth Avenue, passed around by volunteers.

The exterior of the Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn.
The exterior of the Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn.

Jewish group files cease and desist order against Park Slope Food Co-op for its Israel boycott

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers his 100 Days Address, a speech dedicated to outline the progress made on his core campaign promises since taking office, in Queens, New York City, US, April 12, 2026.

Mamdani to appoint anti-Israel JVP rabbi to taxpayer-funded city hall faith liaison role

Photographs Maniac Murder Cult members shared on their Telegram channel from the criminal complaint, November 17, 2025.

White supremacist leader sentenced to 15 years in prison for plot to poison NYC Jewish kids


Jewish man hospitalized after stabbing near Chabad headquarters in Crown Heights

Officials said the victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was treated and released from Kings County Hospital.

 A New York City Police (NYPD) vehicle drives on the corner where a 13-year-old boy was found after being shot and killed, in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, US, March 1, 2024.

NYC mayor elect Zohran Mamdani visits Chabad Ohel after Sydney Hanukkah attack

Zohran Mamdani paid a visit to the Chabad Ohel following the Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack, as Jewish leaders across New York expand public menorah events.

Some Chabad chapters shared the photo of Mamdani at the Lubavitcher Rebbe's gravesite, known as the Ohel.

Avdija shines as Wolf and Saraf lift Nets in breakout night for Israeli NBA talent

Avdija powered Portland to a key win as Wolf and Saraf helped Brooklyn notch back-to-back victories.

Brooklyn Nets' Danny Wolf, December 5, 2025.

Who are the anti-Israel activists on key committees of Mamdani's transition team? - explainer

Waleed Shahid describes himself as a democratic political strategist. He has a track record of mocking Jewish outlets and making anti-Israel comments on social media.

Zohran Mamdani speaks at a rally (Illustrative).

Rabbis, Jewish New Yorkers join Mamdani’s mayoral transition committees

Jewish rabbis and leaders join Zohran Mamdani’s 400-member transition committees ahead of his inauguration as NYC mayor in January.

New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference in Central Park in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York City, US, November 24, 2025.

Ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn man who abused child may see 103-year sentence reduced - NYT

The message Brooklyn's district attorney was sending was that “politics matters more than protecting children,” said Boorey Deutsch, the husband of the woman who Weberman abused when she was a girl.

Nechemya Weberman convicted for 103 years in prison.

Vandals graffiti swastikas on Brooklyn Jewish school, sparking outrage, blame

The NYPD became aware of the graffiti on a Magen David Yeshiva school in Brooklyn in the morning after the election.

Swastika graffitied on Magen David Yeshiva school in Brooklyn, November 5, 2025.

Zohran Mamdani is not antisemitic, Satmar's Brooklyn leadership says

NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a liberal muslim, and not antisemitic, Satmar's Williamsburg, Brooklyn, community leadership wrote in newsletter Der Blatt.

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (R) visits a sukkah of Satmar community leaders in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, October 10, 2025; illustrative.

As Greenpoint’s Jewish community grows, so does this shul’s Hebrew school

Greenpoint, Brooklyn, an area once lacking in Jewish life, is now becoming a thriving community.

Yoni Kretzmer (standing) teaches the children at the Greenpoint Shul's newly incorporated Hebrew school.

Jewish Holocaust survivor beaten to death, nursing home roommate charged

Nina Kravtsov was from a small Ukrainian town. She was forced into a ghetto with several other family members when her town was invaded.

Kings County Supreme Court building. (illustrative)