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As America Marks 250 Years, a Historic Recognition of Shabbos Highlights Religious Liberty and Jewish Unity
This Friday night, across Queens, thousands of tiny flames will flicker to life almost simultaneously.
Editor’s Note: This article is based on a 36-minute video interview conducted by Izzo Zwiren with Curtis Sliwa two weeks ago. It has been edited and shortened for clarity and brevity. The entire interview is available to view on our website.
Dominos? You, WE, and NYC need more dominos to fall so we can have the one on one vote we want in November against socialism.
In the wake of the October 7, 2023 Hamas terrorist massacre—the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust—New York City became the epicenter of a disturbing surge in antisemitism. In the year that followed, antisemitic incidents in the city reached a historic high, with Jews targeted in 54% of all reported hate crimes, according to NYPD statistics.
New York City - and the Jewish world - is in mourning after a mass shooting at a Midtown Manhattan office building on Monday left four people dead and one critically wounded. Among the victims were two young Jewish professionals: Wesley LePatner, 43, a senior managing director at Blackstone, and Julia Hyman, 27, an associate at Rudin Management.
According to Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) National President Morton A. Klein, Trump’s Wednesday statement condemning and threatening Hamas is the greatest and most important statement against Arab Islamic Terrorism ever made by a US President and any other political leader.
