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July 20, 2026, 9:15 am
The Sydney woman behind New York’s tahini obsession
Rachel Simons built a cult tahini brand in New York. Now she's fighting back as BDS targets her proudly Israeli-made products.
By Jessica Abeslohn
Photos by Christina Horsten/picture alliance via Getty Images; The New York Public Library Digital Collections; The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre via the NYT
May 4, 2026, 10:30 am
The Jewish Roots of the Met Gala
Behind all the spectacle and glamour is a story that begins with two Jewish women, Irene Lewisohn and Aline Bernstein.
By Darina Granik
Daniel Aghion (centre) at the ADL summit in New York. Photo: Facebook
March 20, 2026, 12:08 pm
Aghion represents Australia at global antisemitism summit
'Jewish communities around the world are seeing an unprecedented rise in antisemitism and its normalisation,' ECAJ president says
Photo: screenshot
December 21, 2025, 4:00 pm
NYC honours the Chanukah massacre victims
Australians, both Jewish and non-Jewish gathered in New York at the iconic Old Mates Pub for a Chanukah vigil, in honour of the Bondi Beach terror attack.
By Jessica Abelsohn
The lighting of the world's largest menorah in New York City. Photo: Luke Tress/Times of Israel
December 18, 2025, 9:59 am
‘More light’: NYC’s defiant Chanukah celebration
Jewish communities around the world, stepped up security around Chanukah events following the Bondi attack.
By LUKE TRESS 
Protesters at the Park East Synagogue. Photo: Luke Tress/Times of Israel
November 27, 2025, 12:26 pm
Shules and Israel are inseparably connected
Any suggestion that promoting Israel in a shule is misuse of a sacred space is patently false.
By YOSSI ARON
Messages projected onto a building at George Washington University on October 24. Photo: StopAntisemitism via X
November 7, 2023, 6:56 am
Wave of antisemitism unleashed
By Jacob Magid, TOI STAFF, JTA and CANAAN LIDOR
Photo: Instagram
October 31, 2023, 6:56 am
Debra Messing hangs posters across NYC
"Please pray for the hostages safe return and the defeat of Hamas. Pray for the physical safety of all the innocent Palestinians and Israelis who are suffering," she wrote.
From left: Pete Chelala, Angelique Lenox, Julian Voloj and Bryan Master at the Cornell Benjamin street renaming ceremony in the Bronx, June 2, 2023.
September 18, 2023, 12:02 pm
A Jewish gang leader and the start of hip-hop
Voloj, who lives in Queens, spoke with the New York Jewish Week about hip-hop history and how Melendez’s Jewishness has inspired his own projects on the genre.
By Andrew Esensten
William Sharp and Oliver Cave as Simon and Garfunkel.
August 7, 2023, 7:12 am
From childhood to stardom
They had a troubled relationship and very public artistic disagreements before their break-up in 1970, but Simon and Garfunkel were about so much more than their differences, and their history goes way back to their primary school days. Jessica Abelsohn explores the duo's history and partnership.
By Jessica Abelsohn
Cillian Murphy plays J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's film Oppenheimer. Photo: Universal Pictures
July 27, 2023, 2:43 pm
The Jewish story behind Oppenheimer
With a new film about the scientist's life now in cinemas, Shira Li Bartov and Andrew Lapin explore the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the Jewish man whose invention changed history.
By AJN STAFF
Presidents Isaac Herzog (left) and Joe Biden at the White House on October 26, 2022. Photo: GPO
July 10, 2023, 6:55 am
Herzog officially set to address US Congress
The invitation to address Congress was extended to Herzog when he was in Washington last October by US Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Schumer. Herzog met with Pelosi during that trip and also with Biden at the White House.
By LAZAR BERMAN
Marchers in the Celebrate Israel Parade in NYC on June 4. Photo: Luke Tress/Times of Israel
June 12, 2023, 7:10 am
New York holds annual Israel parade
US Congressman Jerry Nadler, a New York Democrat who is Jewish, joined the group, saying he was "proud to march and fight for Israel's democracy".
By LUKE TRESS 
JEMs attended a CTeen International Shabbaton in New York. Photo: JEMs.
March 2, 2023, 12:47 pm
JEMs take part in Shabbaton
Over 3000 Jewish teenagers from 30 different countries gathered together, where they visited Ground Zero, enjoyed a concert at Times Square and visited the Rebbe's resting place
By AJN STAFF
Shayna Maydele on Shabbat.
February 15, 2023, 6:59 am
Meet the ‘Jewish’ dog with 12,000 Instagram followers
Shayna Maydele has captured the hearts of thousands of adoring fans with her Jewish-themed posts. Lisa Keys, who recently met the scruffy social media influencer, shares her tale.
By Lisa Keys
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