On Wednesday, May 4, 2022, New York State Senator Anna M. Kaplan held a celebration of Israel’s Independence Day (Yom Ha’atzmaut) in the New York State Capitol. Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Jewish Harlem
University Presidents Learn New Tools From Harlem To Hollywood To Address Antisemitism At Summit
College and university presidents and diversity officers from across North America learned best practices and new tactics. Continue Reading →
Congregation Ramath Orah The Orthodox Synagogue On A Mountain Of Light, Harlem, 1921
Congregation Ramath Orah is an Orthodox synagogue located at West 110th Street on the Upper West Side, close to Columbia University in Harlem. Continue Reading →
WJC President Ronald S. Lauder Stands With 50 CUNY Professors
The World Jewish Congress publicly shared its full support of the 50 City University of New York (CUNY) professors who resigned en masse from the school’s faculty union after it adopted a resolution condemning Israel. Continue Reading →
Anti-Semitism In CUNY-PSC From Harlem To Hollis Has To Go
Today, State Senator Anna M. Kaplan issued the following statement in response to reports of CUNY professors leaving the CUNY-PSC in protest over an anti-Semitic resolution passed last month: Continue Reading →
Harlemite Frank Henry Loesser, Guys And Dolls Writer, Tony And Pulitzer Prize Winner, 1910 – 1969
Frank Henry Loesser, June 29, 1910 – July 28, 1969, was a songwriter who lived in Harlem, New York. Continue Reading →
Harlem’s Stanley Levison, Businessman, Lawyer, Progessive And Friend Of Dr. King, 1912 – 1979
Stanley David Levison, May 2, 1912 – September 12, 1979, businessman and lawyer who lived at 309 West 104th Street, in Harlem, NY. Continue Reading →