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What you must know right this moment
- Mamdani allies name for Tisch to step down: A few of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s democratic socialist allies — together with congressional nominee Darializa Avila Chevalier — are calling on him to dump police commissioner Jessica Tisch, a member of a outstanding New York Jewish household. His choice to retain Tisch from the Eric Adams administration drew skepticism from progressives on the time however was seen as a reassuring transfer by institution Jewish organizations.
- Israelis for Peace responds after being protested: Israelis for Peace, the group that hosted Zohran Mamdani at its Oct. 7 vigil that was crashed by pro-Palestinian protesters, put out an announcement final night time thanking its group for “standing tall all through a really painful occasion.” The assertion additionally defined that organizers selected to not have police take away the protesters, as they felt that plan of action would “end result within the least quantity of violence.”
- UJA’s new CEO takes over: Michael Kay formally stepped into the function of CEO of UJA-Federation of New York this week. In an announcement right this moment, he wrote, “This second requires one of the transformative, ingenious, resilient, broad-based collective partnerships within the historical past of the Jewish folks, and I couldn’t be extra excited to be becoming a member of you in exactly such a partnership.” (70 Faces Media, the dad or mum firm of the New York Jewish Week, receives UJA funding.)
- Bomb risk targets 2 Orthodox Jewish faculties: Two Orthodox Jewish faculties in Brooklyn have been focused by bomb threats right this moment, the Instances of Israel studies. The scenario is “underneath management,” in accordance with Flatbush Shmira, a Jewish neighborhood watch group.
- Hochul visits the Ohel: Gov. Kathy Hochul visited the gravesite, generally known as the Ohel, of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson on Friday. Through the go to to the Ohel, which is within the Montefiore Cemetery in Queens, Hochul lit a Yahrzeit candle alongside activist Devorah Halberstam, whose son was killed in an antisemitic assault in 1994.
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