Gary Shapiro
ARTICLES BY: Gary Shapiro
Rabbi Yeshayahu Heber, 55, Facilitated Hundreds of Kidney Donations
Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Heber, the founder of a nonprofit that helps with kidney transplants, passed away in Israel on April 23. Through his organization Matnat...
Rabbi Don Yoel Levy, 72, Leading Authority on Kosher Food Certification
Rabbi Don Yoel Levy, who was known for his uncompromisingly high standards in the field of kosher food supervision, died on April 16, the final...
Noach Dear, 66, Jurist, Politician and Advocate for Orthodox Jewry
Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Noach Dear, who was a strong voice for Israel and Orthodox Jewry while on the City Council for nearly two decades,...
William Richard Harrell Jr., 63, Harlem Pastor Who Spoke Fluent Yiddish
William Richard Harrell Jr. William Richard Harrell Jr., 63, a Harlem pastor who was a rarity in being an African American clergyman who was adept at...
Israeli NGO Steps Up to Help Americans in Time of Need During Coronavirus Pandemic
Twenty-two-year-old Amir Kashfi arrives early in the morning around 6:30 a.m. outside a Los Angeles school to set up boxes of canned goods, pasta, rice...
Stanley Chera, 77, Real Estate Developer, Philanthropist and Friend of the President
Stanley Chera, whose family went from his father operating a children’s department store on Fulton Street in Brooklyn into their owning a wide portfolio of...
New Jersey Middle School Students Keep Holocaust Memories Alive With Documentaries on Survivors
“Kids can change the world,” said Tova Fish-Rosenberg, founder of Names, Not Numbers -- a national non-profit that is an intergenerational Holocaust oral history film...
Popular Blogger Hosts ‘Meet a Jew’ Pop-Up in Midtown Manhattan to Fight Rising Antisemitism
Call it sidewalk schmoozing. A tent with the words “Meet a Jew, Make a Friend” stood on 42nd Street at Third Avenue on Thursday in an...
‘Each One of Us Is a Slap in the Face of Hitler’
"This document saved my life." This is what Kurt Maier tells schoolchildren in Germany about his multi-stamped visa when he speaks to them regarding his successful...
New Film Explores the ‘Virus’ of Global Antisemitism
Why has the virus of antisemitism endured so long and spread so far? "It is because of its power to adapt and deceive," concludes director...
At Launch of New York Cyber Center, Gwyneth Paltrow Says She Would Like to Visit Israel
Something that a Kabbalistic rabbi once told Gwyneth Paltrow has always stuck with the actress: "Jerusalem is the energetic center of the world. If a...
From Harlem to Tel Aviv: Aulcie Perry’s Basketball Journey
Legendary basketball player Aulcie Perry’s life has been remarkable on and off the court. This African-American athlete’s life changed dramatically after playing basketball on a court...
‘We Are Praying With Our Feet’: Interfaith Voices Join New York Rally Against Antisemitism
Fighting antisemitism is not just a matter for the Jews. The number of non-Jewish speakers at the podium expressing solidarity with the Jewish community at...
