Focus on hostages, hope at annual Israel parade in New York City “There are still 58 hostages in Gaza. We hope that at the next parade, and much sooner, they are all back home,” Eric Goldstein, the CEO of the UJA-Federation of New York, told JNS. Mike Wagenheim May 19, 2025
UJA Federation opens $12.5 million social-service center in south Brooklyn “We wanted people as soon as they walk into the space to see themselves as their future self and imagine that their vulnerability is in the past,” Alex Roth-Kahn, of the UJA, told JNS. Vita Fellig Nov. 21, 2024
Sephardim, Mizrachim in NY more conservative, less likely to intermarry than peers, per UJA study N.Y. Sephardim “are seriously Jewish, worldly, cosmopolitan, entrepreneurial,” Jason Guberman, who leads the American Sephardi Federation, told JNS. Vita Fellig Nov. 13, 2024
Israel’s UN envoy ends tenure serving ‘most moral country in the world’ Ambassador Gilad Erdan said it was easy to defend the Jewish state in a hostile forum like the U.N. because he knew the truth was on his side. David Isaac Aug. 7, 2024
‘New York Times’ has ‘unconscious’ bias against Jewish community, says UJA-Federation of NY “There is no excuse for a prominent headline stating Mr. Bowman was ‘overtaken by flood of pro-Israel money,” the Federation’s CEO stated. July 2, 2024
Israel parade in NY drew 100,000, broke records, UJA Federation says Federal, state and local officials attended the event, as did Eden Golan, Israel’s Eurovision star. June 4, 2024
Jewish population of Greater New York reaches 1.4 million The eight-county New York area continues to be home to the greatest concentration of Jews in the United States. May 14, 2024
‘We do not scare. We stand by Israel,’ Schumer says at vigil a month after Oct. 7 “The time for talk ended 30 days ago. The time for action is now,” Gilad Erdan, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, told the audience of more than 10,000. Elishama Marmon Nov. 7, 2023
Eric Adams to visit Israel on first overseas trip since becoming NYC mayor He is slated to discuss antisemitism and other topics with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other leaders. Bradley Martin Aug. 17, 2023
