Posts Tagged: Park East Synagogue
Mamdani Hedges in Response to Mob Targeting New York City Synagogue
Protests targeting an Israeli real estate event at a New York City synagogue have put Mayor Zohran Mamdani's leadership under renewed scrutiny after demonstrators returned...
New York City Mayor’s Office Releases Antisemitism Report as Jews Brace for Mamdani Administration
New York City on Wednesday released its first mayoral report on antisemitism amid major looming changes to the city's government, which will soon be in...
US Justice Department Launches Probe Into Anti-Israel Mob Targeting New York City Synagogue
The US Justice Department has started an investigation into a gathering of demonstrators who called for violence against Jews outside a prominent New York City...
Mamdani Under Fire for Response to Mob Targeting New York City Synagogue
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is facing intense criticism from Jewish leaders and pro-Israel advocates after issuing a statement that appeared to legitimize a...
Campus Groups Promote Targeting of NYC Synagogue, Where Mob Chants Antisemitic Death Threats
At least two anti-Israel student groups at Columbia University promoted a riotous demonstration in which hundreds of people amassed outside a prominent New York City...
At Manhattan Synagogue Holocaust Commemoration, UN Secretary-General Decries ‘Global Crisis of Antisemitic Hatred’
The United Nations Secretary General marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day at a Manhattan synagogue on Saturday, vowing to fight antisemitism around the world and pledging,...
Alan Dershowitz on Iran Nuclear Deal: ‘I’m Furious With President Obama’
Long-time Democrat, Israel defender and famed law professor Alan Dershowitz told a synagogue audience on Saturday night that he was "furious" with President Obama over...
New York Rabbi to Receive Knighthood From Pope Francis
JNS.org - Rabbi Arthur Schneier of Park East Synagogue in New York is slated to receive knighthood from Pope Francis later this month. Schneier, who...
Brooklyn’s Barclays Center to Host Jewish Music Concert
New York Times - The arena he built in Brooklyn has hosted concerts of hip-hop, Latin salsa and reggae, not to mention performances by...
“Rabbi to the Diplomats” Honored by South Korean President in Seoul
Arthur Schneier, the "Rabbi to the Diplomats", was in South Korea recently following a personal invitation from President Lee Myung Bak. "President Lee and First Lady,...
‘Rabbi to the Diplomats’ Hosts Ban Ki-moon for Shoah Service
Rabbi Arthur Schneier 'Rabbi to the Diplomats' and the Upper East Side's Park East Synagogue hosted over forty diplomats including UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon...
Holocaust Remembrances Commemorate Righteous, Focus on Life
It is "the courage to stand up for what is right" that characterizes a Hero. Carl Lutz, a Swiss diplomat, Vice Consul in Budapest, Hungary...
