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Police divers searched the waters near a beach with metal detectors Tuesday to try to locate missing artifacts that were stolen from a Jewish temple in August, including two handwritten Torahs.

Police are looking for stolen Torahs that were stolen from a Long Island synagogue. Brian Thompson reports.

New York native Jacob Steinmetz is believed to be the first known practicing Orthodox Jewish player to be selected by a major league team, going in the third round — 77th overall — to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday.

A stampede at a religious festival in northern Israel killed at least 45 people and injured dozens more early Friday, medical officials said.

A stampede at a religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel killed at least 44 people and injured about 150 early Friday, medical officials said. It was one of the country’s deadliest civilian disasters.

Passover is a Jewish holiday commemorating the exodus of the Jews from slavery in Egypt. This year, Passover begins Saturday March 27 and will end Sunday April 4.

The village has actively sought to prevent its Hasidic Jewish residents from operating home synagogues and a private religious school, according to the lawsuit filed in White Plains federal court

A leader of the Brooklyn COVID protest last week that turned into a violent attack on a well-known local journalist is in custody and facing charges of inciting to riot and unlawful imprisonment, the NYPD said late Sunday. Harold “Heshy” Tischler is expected to be arraigned Monday in the Oct. 7 attack on reporter Jacob Kornbluh, who alleged he was...

A leader of the Brooklyn protest last week that turned into a violent assault on a well-known local journalist is now in custody, the NYPD said late Sunday.

Anger and resentment flared Wednesday in New York City neighborhoods facing new coronavirus shutdowns, with some residents saying the state is unfairly targeting Orthodox Jewish communities as it tries to stamp out hot spots before they spread. Protests erupted in Brooklyn’s Borough Park neighborhood Tuesday night after Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced new restrictions on schools, businesses and houses of worship in...

The COVID-19 hotspots in New York City are largely Orthodox Jewish strongholds, and some community members are complaining of being singled out for enforcement.

Misinformation about billionaire liberal philanthropist George Soros remains common among anti-Semitic tweets directed at Jewish members of Congress, according to a new report from the Anti-Defamation League. For its report set for release Tuesday, the Jewish civil rights group used an index it’s developing that automatically analyzes online speech for potential discriminatory content. The group then added a layer...

The emphasis on the Orthodox communities was not well-received, even as civic and religious leaders acknowledge the dangers posed by a new outbreak and urged compliance with guidelines — while many say they are already straining to balance rituals and traditions centered on communal gatherings with health rules

Andrew Siff reports on the latest in the battle to stop the coronavirus in New York City.

While politicians heatedly debate over replacing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, others are reflecting on her life as an advocate for women’s rights and striving to reach just decisions as a jurist, all informed by her Jewish upbringing.

The Jewish high holy days will be very different this year, as congregations adapt during the era of COVID for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace reports.

American Jews were targets of more anti-Semitic incidents in 2019 than any other year over the past four decades, a surge marked by deadly attacks on a California synagogue, a Jewish grocery store in New Jersey and a rabbi’s New York home, the Anti-Defamation League reported Tuesday.

A co-op, with a majority of Jewish residents, has anti-Semitic messages and symbols drawn on the stairwell and hallway walls. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

A woman who had family members die in the Holocaust found anti-Semitic graffiti and Swastikas outside her apartment during a solemn day for Jews around the world

About 100 Auschwitz survivors gathered at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan to watch the events from Poland to mark 75 years since the liberation of the concentration camp. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.