Tag: New York
New York Synagogues Offered Phones That Connect Instantly to Emergency Services
Some 200 synagogues have expressed interest in the 'shul phones,' according to the New York Post
Special phones that connect instantly to emergency services are...
Family of Hanukkah attack victim calls for end of hatred
By JIM MUSTIAN
NEW YORK (AP) — The daughter of a man gravely wounded in an attack on a Hanukkah celebration north of New York...
‘No Hate, No Fear’ Solidarity March To Take Place Sunday In...
By Hana Levi Julian - 5 Tevet 5780 – January 1, 2020
Jewish leaders are calling for tri-state Jews, “our friends in the Black community” and friends and...
Security A Top Priority AT MetLife Siyum HaShas Event In Wake...
December 31, 2019 5:00 pm
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Nearly 100,000 attendees are expected to arrive at MetLife stadium on Wednesday for the highly anticipated...
Mayor De Blasio Launches New Crime Prevention Efforts To Combat Hate...
NEW YORK (VINnews) – Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today the creation of new multi-ethnic interfaith Neighborhood Safety Coalitions, increased NYPD presence, and new...
Guardian Angels to patrol Jewish neighborhoods in New York City after...
"We're a visual deterrence," said Curtis Sliwa, who founded the unarmed crime prevention group.
The Guardian Angels, a private, unarmed crime prevention group,...
Post-shooting at Jersey kosher market, NYPD forms unit to combat extremism
The Racially and Ethnically Motivated Extremism (REME) unit will be “focused on any trends, and any signs of racially and ethnically motivated extremism”
(December 12,...
Hundreds come out to fight for protection of Jews in New...
Protesters at City Hall demand action against a spate of anti-Semitic crime, especially in Brooklyn, saying: “Where are our elected officials?”
BY SHIRYN GHERMEZIAN
(September 25, 2019 / JNS) Hundreds...
New York governor urges halt to all vaping amid lung disease...
"Our health guidance is no one should be using vaping products, period, until we know what it is," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said of the...
Body Of HaRav Dovid Traube Z”L Has Been Found By NY...
August 19, 2019 11:32 am
With a heavy heart, YWN regrets to report that the body of HaRav Dovid Hakohen Traube Z”L who went missing on...