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At Rikers Island, Jewish volunteers connect with inmates by leading prayer services

Joining grassroots efforts to alleviate the notoriously brutal conditions at NY State’s largest jail is a group from the UWS Base that learns,...

Julia Gergely

Kobi Halperin’s first standalone show was inspired by Shabbat and had the theme of ‘hope.’ Its moving finale has been viewed more...

Digital project produced by actress Amy Schumer and digital storyteller Kira Pollack documents remaining survivors’ stories with photography,...

‘Deciding Vote’ brings new attention to decisive yet little-remembered decision by George Michaels to tip scales in favor of legislation that led...

Jack Waskal and Sam Ron were best friends working side by side in the Pioniki labor camp. Both moved to Ohio, then Florida, after liberation — but...

New York Jewish Week — The El Al desk at JFK Airport’s Terminal 4 was brimming with quiet anxiety on Monday as dozens of travelers waited to be...

New York Jewish Week via JTA – As reports from Israel and Gaza painted a picture of the region plunged into chaos, dozens of people came together...