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Silver Moon Bakery, an UWS spot known for its challah, reopens on Broadway

Silver Moon Bakery announced via Instagram Thursday that the new bakery would be opening Friday, but with a twist: The new location at 2664 Broadway.

Hungry customers line up outside the new Silver Moon and Buttercup Bake Shop collaboration at 2664 Broadway.
‘IF MAMDANI wins, there will be an exodus of Jews from New York City,’ according to political strategist and consultant Rabbi Dr. Hank Sheinkopf. Here, Mamdani speaks during a press conference celebrating his primary victory with leaders and members of the city’s labor unions earlier this month.

'If New York falls, the country follows': Is the future of American Jewry at risk? - interview

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris, Ambler, Pennsylvania, July 29, 2024.

Josh Shapiro accuses Zohran Mamdani of condoning ‘blatantly antisemitic’ supporters

 Protesters supporting Mahmoud Khalil march in Manhattan the day after a US immigration judge ruled that Columbia student Khalil, who led pro Palestine student protests on campus last spring, can be deported, in New York City, New York, US, April 12, 2025.

From campus radicalism to City Hall, why I fear for my children’s future - opinion


'Globalize the intifada': Mamdani says he will curb use of phrase in closed-door meeting - report

He has not publicly commented on the meeting or made a public statement urging pro-Palestinian demonstrators to stop using the phrase. 

 NYC democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani against backdrop of pro-Palestinian protesters. (illustration)

Columbia adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism, ADL programming amid battle with Trump admin.

Columbia's Interim President Claire Shipman stressed that there was "no place for intimidation, hateful language, or targeting of Jews or Israelis at Columbia."

 Protesters supporting Mahmoud Khalil march in Manhattan the day after a US immigration judge ruled that Columbia student Khalil, who led pro Palestine student protests on campus last spring, can be deported, in New York City, New York, US, April 12, 2025.

NYC mayor accuses Jewish comptroller of politically motivated Israel bonds divestment

“You appear to be asking that the city’s pension funds treat Israel better than all other countries," Lander wrote. "That would also be politically motivated, and inconsistent with fiduciary duty."

 New York City Mayor Eric Adams addresses reporters at a Feb. 2025 press conference.

'It's not safe': Two killed as flash floods hit NYC, New Jersey amid summer storm chaos

“New York City is currently under a Flood Watch until midnight tonight as storms come through our area. Keep an eye on the weather and stay safe," Mayor Eric Adams shared.

 A view shows a flooded subway station in New York, U.S., July 14, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.

Zohran Mamdani’s father calls suicide bombers ‘soldiers,’ intifada ‘meaningful’

Mahmood Mamdani, the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government at Columbia University, is one of The Gaza Tribunal’s 29-member advisory policy council.

 Zohran Mamdani reacts next to his parents Mahmood Mamdani and Mira Nair and wife Rama Duwaji during a watch party for his primary election, which includes his bid to become the Democratic candidate for New York City mayor in the upcoming November 2025 election, in New York City, US, June 25, 2025.

Pandering to BDS: NYC comptroller withdraws tens of millions of city funding from Israel Bonds

The office of New York Mayor Eric Adams wrote a letter to Comptroller Brad Lander requesting a review into the divestment, claims public records are incomplete.

New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander visits the U.S. immigration court in Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., June 20, 2025.

Religious institutions may endorse candidates in US, undoing a longstanding ban by IRS

The IRS has decreed that rabbis and other clergy members in the United States may endorse candidates without jeopardizing their tax-exemptions.

 A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, D.C., United States, on May 28, 2025.

Leading by example: How NYC is shaping the fight against antisemitism - interview

"Keeping the Jewish community safe in NYC, and setting groundwork for the future, is the most important thing," said Rabbi Moshe Davis.

 Mayor Adams appointed a senior liaison in his Community Affairs Unit, Moshe Davis, as the first executive director of the office.

Pro-Israel Jewish Democrats say Zohran Mamdani’s Israel stances are cause for concern but not panic

Jewish Democratic activists said Mamdani’s victory is not the national disaster for the century-long Jewish-Democratic alignment that Republicans are making it out to be, but it's not good either.

 Zohran Mamdani during an interview.

Trump threatens to arrest Mamdani over immigration stance

“Look, we don’t need a communist in this country. But if we have one, I’m going to be watching over him very carefully on behalf of the nation," Trump said.

 US President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during the opening of a temporary migrant detention center informally known as "Alligator Alcatraz" in Ochopee, Florida, US, July 1, 2025.

Pro-Palestinian activist yells at Mamdani for saying 'Israel has the right to exist'

"Don't be hypocritical. It [Israel] does not have the right to exist. It's not your land to say that Israel has the right to exist," the activist yelled before walking off.

NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani against backdrop of pro-Palestinian protest in New York. (illustration)