Sara Marcus

The New York City Sanitation Department will not collect trash or recycling the next two Saturdays, December 25 or January 1. Residents who normally have

Two yeshivah students in the Skokie neighborhood of Chicago have won praise for returning hundreds of dollars they found on the street. Zev Goldstein and

Ever day, Jeremy Plemons, the owner and chef behind a food truck in Maryland, asks himself, “What am I not going to be able to find today?” Plemons told

A 23 year old Jewish man was rushed to the hospital after being shot in Crown Heights by unknown assailants on Monday, October 11. The police only now

Canada has lifted its warning against non-essential international travel, according to The Hill. The new guidance lifts the restrictions that had been in

Less than a week after Governor Kathy Hochul announced New York would allocate a further $25 million to strengthen security and prevent hate crimes,

All New York households that are enrolled in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will receive a supplemental allotment of at least $95 in

A grand jury has charged Jordan Burnette, 30, with multiple criminal charges in connection to his vandalism spree against Jewish institutions in the Bronx

The European Commission released its first-ever official strategy to fight antisemitism and foster Jewish life on the continent on Tuesday. The 26-page

A Jewish and three Muslim sailors have sued the U.S. Navy, arguing its beard policy violates their religious freedom, Religion News Service reported.

A plastics company will settle a class-action lawsuit over allegations it knowingly polluted the water supply of an upstate New York town, the Hill

State politicians have proposed legislation that would provide financial assistance to the families of those who died after contracting the coronavirus

After years of petitioning by Jewish historians and organizations, the Lithuanian government has halted its plan to build a $25 million conference center on top of Vilna’s Jewish cemetery. Vilna, once one a flourishing center of Jewish life and learning, was decimated by the Holocaust. What remained…

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced on Tuesday that all employees in most state and private healthcare facilities and high-risk settings will be required to be fully vaccinated or else be tested at least once or twice a week. High risk settings include home health agencies, behavioral health f…

California officials announced that starting in August, all state employees would be required to show evidence of their vaccine. Those who are not vaccinated will be required to wear masks and undergo frequent COVID-19 tests, ABC News reported. The new vaccination verification program applies to sta…

Chinese factories for Apple, major shoes brands and other companies are avoiding workers from Xinjiang, as the United States vows to crack down on products that utilize forced labor. The Wall Street Journal reported that Chinese suppliers are avoiding Uyghur workers from state-backed labor programs,…

Fifty-three adult staff members and college-students on a program in Oorah’s Boy Zone Camp were rushed to the hospital Thursday morning after a carbon monoxide leak in their building. Fifteen were treated with oxygen on camp grounds. They were transported from the Delaware County campgrounds to thre…

A huge 1,174-carat diamond has been uncovered in Botswana, the third diamond more than 1,000 carats found in that particular mine. It may replace a 1,098-carat stone found in the country last month as the third-largest known diamond in the world. The high-quality diamond was presented to the governm…

Cancer deaths in the United States continue to decline, with lung and severe skin cancers falling the most, ABC News reported. The Journal of the National Cancer Institute published data from 2001 to 2018, with the caveat it does not reflect information from 2020, which may have gone up do to the he…

Police have arrested Mohammed Othman, 24, of Staten Island, and charged him in connection an antisemitic hate crime that occurred Thursday May 20. Othman was accused of throwing an explosive device out of a moving truck at 37 West 47th Street while being driven through the Diamond District, injurin…