Marc Gronich

Rockland County Legislator Philip Soskin, 92, (D – Monsey) shares some stories with freshman Assemblyman Patrick Carroll, 44, (D – Bardonia, Rockland County).

“No one should be surprised by the ADL’s report that revealed over 20% of Zohran Mamdani’s transition team members hold extremist views and have ties with notoriously antisemitic organizations. Mamdani is drawing a false distinction between antisemitism and criticizing the Israeli government. He is in no position to draw such a distinction when he will not even recognize Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state, which is antisemitic in of itself. If a large portion of the Arab world can recognize the Jewish state of Israel, so can he. You cannot stop antisemitism while being part of the problem.” –Rabbi Marc Schneier

Political Intrigue On the Horizon In NY for 2026 Democrats are gearing up to choose sides between incumbent Governor Kathy Hochul (D – Buffalo) and her Lt.

In the spirit of the proclamations highlighting 124 days of education in New York state in recognition of what would have been the Rebbe’s 124th birthday, Rabbi Silber connected the two points in h

“I remember seeing pictures of teenagers who looked a lot like I did and realizing that if I had simply been born at a different time, that would very likely have been me and my family,” she recou

The Albany-based New York State Bar Association has awarded attorney Rachel Chazin Halperin, a resident of White Plains, Westchester County, the prestigious W. Haywood Burns Award for her work in civil rights activism. Halperin is the CEO of Legal Services of the Hudson Valley (LSHV). Named for the civil rights attorney who worked with Rev. […]

Both Lancman and his opponent, Jake Blumencranz, will focus their campaign rhetoric on antisemitism, being pro-Zionist and the perennial issue of fighting crime.

Next month, enrolled Manhattan voters in the Democratic party will be going to the polls to take the first step deciding which one of six candidates will succeed the retiring 78-year-old Rep. Jerrold Nadler, who has represented the borough in Congress since 1992. Prior to that he was a member of the New York State […]

Six Democratic hopefuls have emerged as contenders for the seat, which Nadler described to The Jewish Press as the safest Democratic seat in the country. “If my district ever went Republican then th

How is it possible that when we’re living in a world where you need police protection to observe your faith, for Yom Kippur, for Rosh Hashanah, for any of the holy days, that’s not a scandal?