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Vita Fellig

Vita Fellig

Vita Fellig is a writer in New York City.

Mark Treyger, of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, told JNS that the legislative package “will help ensure the safety and security of our community.”
Rep. Elise Stefanik called the political bias in the foundation’s scholarship award process a “disturbing ideological litmus test.”
“The demands on local and state law enforcement far outpace their capacity to meet the need,” the 44 Jewish groups stated, after a gunman killed two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington.
Elias Rodriguez, 31, told officers on site: “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza. I am unarmed,” the complaint states.
City officials and faith leaders gathered at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan the day after a gunman killed two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington.
“Mamdani is a demagogue and an opportunist,” New York state assemblyman Charles Lavine told JNS.
The NYPD told JNS that two people were arrested and issued desk appearances after altercations with police.
Jason Kao was charged with criminal trespassing in the third degree during an anti-Israel protest at the school on May 7, the NYPD told JNS.
“Grant dollars should only support institutions that comply with principles and laws of nondiscrimination,” Jamie Legier, of the CDC, wrote to Harvard.