Jewish Harlem Archives - Harlem World Magazine

Israel’s Independence Day Celebrated In The Great New York State Capitol

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

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

The Legendary Marx Brothers, Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo, And Zeppo Born In Harlem, 1905

Harlem Marx Brothers were a family comedy act that was successful in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in motion pictures from 1905 to 1949.Continue reading

Morris Schinasi, Harlem Mansion Owner And Wealthy American Tobacco Businessman, 1855 – 1928

Morris Schinasi, Turkish: Moris Şinasi; born Musa Eskenazi; 1855 – September 10, 1928,Continue reading

Harlem’s Rabbi Arnold Josiah Ford Prominent Member Of Jewish Community 1887-1935

Rabbi Arnold Josiah Ford, 23 April 1877 – 16 September 1935, was a self-proclaimed Rabbi and the founder of a black synagogue in Harlem.Continue reading

Old Broadway Synagogue In Harlem, New York 1923

Old Broadway Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in the Manhattanville in Harlem in New York City incorporated in 1911 under the name Chevra Talmud Torah Anshei Marovi, by an immigrant named Morris Schiff. Continue reading

Abraham Joshua Heschel, Harlem Rabi, Civil Rights Advocate And More, 1907 – 1972

Abraham Joshua Heschel, January 11, 1907 – December 23, 1972, was a Polish-born American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians and Jewish philosophers of the 20th century. Continue reading

Join The “Meet A Jew” Pop-Up In Harlem To Combat The Wave Of Anti-Semitic Incidents

It's a “Meet a Jew. Make a Friend,” pop-up, with Allison Josephs aka Jew in the City and a small group of ordinary people who happen to be Hasidic and a cross-section of other Orthodox Jews.Continue reading

Unity Shabbat With NYS Senate Leader And Senators Show Solidarity Against Anti-Semitism

Last night, New York State Senators from across the region joined local officials and the Jewish Community of Nassau County for a Unity Shabbat at Temple Beth-El of Great Neck.Continue reading