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What you have to know right now
- Jewish establishments in NYC are dealing with stress from elevated safety prices. A survey by the UJA-Federation of New York’s Neighborhood Safety Initiative discovered that 39 establishments, together with synagogues, Jewish colleges and group facilities, have greater than doubled their annual safety spending for the reason that Hamas assaults on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, reported Haaretz. The surveyed establishments noticed their median safety spending rise from $50,000 earlier than Oct. 7 to $152,470 afterwards.
- Excessive Line Publishing launched a line of Jewish-focused books. The worldwide publishing home unveiled Odessa Editions, which it’s calling the “new world dwelling for Jewish and Israeli fiction and non-fiction,” this week on the Mediterranean restaurant Port Sa’id in Manhattan, reported The Jewish Chronicle. CBS information editor and Free Press founder Bari Weiss was among the many attendees.
- Billy Crystal’s one-man present has opened on Broadway. The beloved Jewish actor and comic’s present “860,” named after the road variety of the home that Crystal misplaced throughout the Palisades Fireplace in 2025, opened on the Imperial Theatre this week. It’s working by means of Jan. 3, 2027.
- The Jewish indie comedy “Yaniv” is coming to NYC. The movie, about two lecturers who break into an underground playing circle run by Hasidic Jews to win cash on the Israeli card recreation Yaniv, is opening at New Plaza Cinema on Sunday.
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