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An estimated 25,000 people marched across the Brooklyn Bridge and held a rally on Jan. 5 to protest rising anti-Semitism in and around New York City. (Ben Sales)
The rally comes following a spate of attacks on Jews, including most recently a stabbing attack at a rabbi’s home in the New York City suburb of Monsey.
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Ceen Gabbai was born and raised as a Jew in Iraq, and received asylum in the United States in 2015. She now lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. (Courtesy of Ceen Gabbai)
Born and raised as a Jew in Iraq, Ceen Gabbai received asylum in the United States in 2015. “I was born as an Arab Jew for a reason,” she says, “to take this thing … and make the best out of it and be good at it.”
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People aged 65 and older make up more than a quarter of the U.S. Jewish population, according to a new study conducted by Brandeis University’s Steinhardt Social Research Institute. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Getty Images)
The American Jewish population grew 10 percent over the past seven years, according to a new study conducted by Brandeis University’s Steinhardt Social Research Institute.
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Undocumented Mexican immigrants are photographed while being processed at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement center in Phoenix, Ariz., in 2010. (John Moore/Getty Images)
Five protesters in Rhode Island were hospitalized after run over by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official.
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A demonstrator speaks at a Jewish protest against Amazon at one of the company’s brick-and-mortar stores in New York City. (Screenshot from Facebook video)
Demonstrations held in opposition to U.S. immigration policy.
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U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on July 12, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
In a wide-ranging interview, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke about Jewish topics including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and anti-Semitism.
Read MoreA Pew Research Center survey finds that Jews are generally respected by their non-Jewish counterparts.
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A sign warns people of measles in the Orthodox Jewish community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, April 10, 2019. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Williamsburg, which has a large Orthodox population, has been experiencing a measles outbreak since last year that has infected 588 people in New York City.
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Rep. Jerry Nadler, seated, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Jamie Raskin at a hearing on Capitol Hill, May 8, 2019. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Across the entire House Democratic caucus, and among some presidential candidates, there’s a chorus of progressives calling for impeachment.
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The Sackler name is on a number of institutions, including this wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
The Sacklers’ giant pharmaceutical company, Purdue Pharma, is the manufacturer of OxyContin, one of the leading opioids on the market.
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Eli Valley, a Jewish cartoonist whose work has long taken aim at Jewish leaders and institutions, has broadeded his scope during the Trump era. (Screenshot from Vimeo)
Is Eli Valley a brave Jewish artist speaking truth to power at a moment of national crisis?
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