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Jake Cohen and his mum. (Blake Ezra Photography)
January 21, 2019, 3:07 pm
Parents of Jake, five, ask community to help him fight cancer
Yavneh Primary pupil's family fundraise to pay for treatment in the United States to fight off an aggressive form of cancer
By Jewish News Reporter
Abraham Cahan, centre, a former editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, at an event in 1957.
January 17, 2019, 12:11 pm
American Jewish newspaper halts publication after 121 years
The Forward, one of the longest-running Jewish publications, has announced it will cease its print edition and lay off 40 percent of staff.
By JTA
Michael Bloomberg
January 14, 2019, 11:07 am
 Michael Bloomberg says he would self-fund a 2020 presidential campaign
If he were to run in the 2020 presidential campaign, the former New York mayor said he would finance it himself
By JTA
Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin
January 2, 2019, 3:38 pm
Chasidic man pardoned by Trump to visit London this month
Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin, jailed for 27 years after being convicted of 86 counts of fraud, will give several speeches in the capital
By Jewish News Reporter
Ivor Baddiel and family have fun in New York  
December 2, 2018, 12:14 pm
Ivor Baddiel sees New York’s Williamsburg district
Ivor Baddiel checks out the charms of New York and the hipster chic of Williamsburg
By Ivor Baddiel
El Al plane
November 19, 2018, 3:54 pm
El Al flight forced to divert to Athens for Shabbat-observant passengers
After a plane took off five hours late in New York, it was forced to land in Greece to prevent religious Jews flying on the Sabbath
By Marcy Oster (JTA)
November 12, 2018, 6:09 pm
New York State of Mind
Familiar, but unpredictable , Brigit Grant returns to Manhattan, her former home
By Brigit Grant
Screenshot from a video showing the incident in which the man is beaten up
October 23, 2018, 11:43 am
Pakistani charged with hate crime over attack on Jewish man walking to shul
Cab driver Farrukh Afzal indicted for beating an identifiably Orthodox man at an intersection in New York
By JTA
George Soros
October 23, 2018, 9:20 am
‘Explosive device’ found near home of Jewish billionaire George Soros
New York police and the FBI are investigating after an object was found in the mailbox of the Hungarian-born philanthropist
Screenshot showing the attack
October 18, 2018, 10:31 am
Second Orthodox Jewish man attacked in New York in two days
CCTV footage shows moment an identifiably Jewish man is set upon in the diverse Crown Heights neighbourhood
By JTA
Donald Trump meeting with Bibi Netanyahu at the UN
October 10, 2018, 12:20 pm
President Donald Trump’s campaign sought help from Israeli spies, report claims
New York Times publishes reports that the US President's team asked Israeli firm Psy-Group for assistance
WJC CEO and Executive Vice President Robert Singer, center, with Seren Fryatt (right) and Alyssa Chassman (left), winners of the NY Pitch for Hope competition. (credit: Shahar Azran)
October 5, 2018, 6:51 pm
Young people win grants from Chelsea FC and WJC to combat hate in football
Alyssa Chassman of London is part of a dynamic duo to receive $10,000 from Chelsea and World Jewish Congress for a ‘hackathon of ideas’ to tackle racism
The group listens to the moving story of Leslie Kleinman, who lost seven siblings in the Holocaust
September 17, 2018, 4:40 pm
Holocaust stories inspire IVF fundraising campaign
Campaigners were motivated by the experiences of survivor Leslie Kleinman and Dr Gisella Perl
By Jenni Frazer
Michael Cohen
August 21, 2018, 8:19 pm
Trump’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen to appear in court after reaches plea deal
Former personal adviser to the president reaches agreement over a probe into financial fraud
This silver pocket watch belonging to Sinai Kantor, who lost his life in the Titanic disaster, could fetch more than £15,000 at auction. Credit: Heritage Auctions
August 15, 2018, 10:52 am
Titanic pocket watch with Hebrew numerals could fetch £15,000 at auction
Victim Sinai Kantor was a Russian-Jewish immigrant hoping to start a new life in America with his wife, Miriam
By Francine Wolfisz
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