Opinion

As a black woman in New York State, I believe there are protections in place to protect myself and my family from intimidation and violence. But, as a Jew, our new state budget has a weak and pathetic mask law that says, “We don’t care.” In fact, it gives a green light to masked protesters who prey upon Jews throughout our State.

At a time of crisis for the Jewish people, with an existential war in Israel and anti-Semitism on the rise, we have the opportunity to influence the Jewish future by voting in the elections for the World Zionist Congress. You can vote online at azm.org. Voting closes on May 4, so be sure to make your voice heard right away.

The administration’s demands to elite universities go beyond the narrow question of antisemitism. If DEI and woke ideology are spared, then Jew-hatred will continue to thrive.

(April 21, 2025 / JNS) Critics of the Trump administration’s offensive against antisemitism in academia are right about one thing. The list of demands that President Donald Trump’s Joint Task Force to Combat Antisemitism sent to Harvard University, as well as those sent to other schools under intense scrutiny for their tolerance and encouragement of Jew-hatred, do go beyond that issue.

New Jersey’s two senators made history in Washington last week by standing out in their defiance of President Donald Trump’s policies. Freshman Andy Kim joined 14 of his Democratic colleagues in an unsuccessful resolution calling to cancel $8.8 billion in bombs and munitions sales to Israel. He argued that while supportive of Israel, the damage that the bombs could create outweighs their contribution to the war effort.

A year ago, the biggest story in America was the rash of college campus protests that was breaking out all over the country. Colloquially termed the “tentifada,” this outbreak was the result of left-wing states and the feckless Biden administration’s refusal to protect Jewish students on college campuses in the way that they would any other minority group that was targeted for harassment and abuse by their fellow students and faculty members. A lot can change in a year, however, and now Donald Trump is President, and he is taking on these universities that refuse to abide by Civil Rights Law and protect students who are attacked on the basis of nationality.

When New York City Mayor Eric Adams looked at the political realities and realized that his bid for re-election would not survive past the June Democratic primary, he threw a Hail Mary pass to stay in power going forward. Instead of trying to compete against former Governor Andrew Cuomo and Democratic Socialist upstart Zohran Mamdani, he’s skipping the primary and will run for reelection as an independent. This move not only extends his campaign past June, but it also opens the field up to a potential Republican candidate.