The Granddaughter of a Cambodian Princess Had a Bat Mitzvah Members of the Cambodian royal family gathered last month at the Raffles Hotel Le Royal in Phnom Penh for a celebration. It was a bat mitzvah party of the granddaughter of one of the princesses. Elior Koroghli, is the great-granddaughter of the late King Sisowath […]
Yale, Al Sharpton and the Attacks on New York’s Jews My entering class at Yale Law School in 2002 had one Jew who might be called “ultra-Orthodox.” He traveled some two hours to campus each Monday from Brooklyn, N.Y., and before the weekend, as far as I knew, he headed back. Photos: Global Siyum HaShas […]
NYPD Stepping Up Presence in Brooklyn After a Series of Possible Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes This Week The New York Police Department will increase its presence in several Brooklyn neighborhoods after at least eight possible anti-Semitic incidents this week, Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted Friday morning. More police will be seen in Borough Park, Crown Heights […]
This Portuguese Jewish Community Couldn’t Afford a Rabbi. Now It Made a $1 Million Movie Coming to Amazon. A decade ago, the tiny Jewish Community of Porto didn’t have enough money to hire a rabbi or even fix the roof of its synagogue. Today, this Orthodox congregation of 400 people in northern Portugal has enough […]
American Dream: Meadowlands Megamall Nears Finish Line Though the Munchies food hall (a partnership with the popular food website) was still mostly a shell, it too will be big: 38,000 square feet, with 18 yet-to-be-named vendors. If you have the wherewithal, you won’t go hungry at American Dream, which promises Coca-Cola-branded and kosher food courts, […]
Normally Hush-Hush NSA Opens Doors of New Cyber Directorate The NSA’s Cybersecurity Directorate, a newly minted organization that began operations this month to protect the U.S. against emerging cyber threats. “This is a little bit of a different approach for us from the traditional No Such Agency approach,” said Anne Neuberger, the head of the […]
