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Debra Nussbaum Cohen

Debra Nussbaum Cohen

Debra Nussbaum Cohen is the New York correspondent for JNS.org. She is an award-winning journalist, who has written about Jewish issues for The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and New York magazine, as well as many Jewish publications. She is also author of Celebrating Your New Jewish Daughter: Creating Jewish Ways to Welcome Baby Girls into the Covenant.

Nicole Gelinas, of Manhattan Institute, told JNS that the move from Albany and City Hall is a “gimmicky tax-the-rich idea” that’s a “marketing ploy” amid a stalled state budget.
The mayor has shown “a troubling mix of naïveté and negligence toward the very communities he has been entrusted to protect,” Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, of Park Avenue Synagogue, told JNS.
Goldman’s campaign said that it raised nearly $2.3 million from more than 5,200 contributions in the quarter, and that three-quarters of the donations were under $100.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani dodged a question about restoring bike lanes in Williamsburg during a press conference on March 31.
A small business owner in the Big Apple told JNS that she is being hurt by tariffs more than by the credit rating.
The pro-Israel group “has become increasingly problematic for many American Jews and for many candidates running for office,” Lauren Strauss, of American University, told JNS.
“Leaders who claim to stand for human rights should not use rhetoric that puts Jewish communities at risk,” the AJC said.
“I want to make no apology about insisting on a proportionate response to disproportionate discrimination,” Julie Menin said.
The added cost “puts an enormous strain on school budgets,” Prizmah CEO Paul Bernstein told JNS.
Despite the new approach, 55% of the confirmed hate crimes in New York City in February targeted Jews.
“Despite the geopolitical pressures of the Gaza war and last year’s credit rating actions, Israel Bonds recorded three consecutive years of more than $2 billion in global sales and has raised over $5.7 billion since Oct. 7, 2023,” according to Israel Bonds.
“No Jew, no Muslim, no Christian, no Catholic should ever have to calculate risk before entering their house of worship,” said Mark Treyger, CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York.