Religion

he daughter of a man gravely wounded in an attack on a Hanukkah celebration north of New York City made an emotional plea Thursday to end hatred and anti-Semitism, saying she hopes her father regains consciousness “to a changed world.”

The expansion of Hasidic communities in New York's Hudson Valley, the Catskills and northern New Jersey has led to predictable sparring over new housing development and local political control. It has also led to flare-ups of rhetoric that some say is cloaked anti-Semitism.

A woman behind a barrier reached out and grabbed the pope's hand, pulling him violently toward her. Francis reacted sharply, exclaimed something and then slapped her hand so she would let him go.

More than 92,000 Jewish people will congregate Wednesday at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey to celebrate the reading of the entire Talmud in an event called Siyum HaShas — and will draw a significant security presence after recent anti-Semitic attacks in the area.

Officials honored Yosef Gluck with the Ramapo Freedom Award.

In the wake of several incidents of violence against Jews, several elected and community leaders in New York are proposing ways to fight hate crimes and foster greater understanding.

Grafton Thomas appeared in federal court in White Plains to face five counts of obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs by attempting to kill with a dangerous weapon and causing injuries.

As people gathered at a rabbi's home north of New York City to celebrate the seventh night of Hanukkah, police said a man stabbed and wounded five before fleeing in a vehicle.

When a suspect walked into the home of a rabbi celebrating Hanukkah and stabbed five celebrants it was the latest in a week of anti-Semitic attacks in the nation’s most demographically diverse area — and an incident that reverberated across the country.

New York City is increasing its police presence in some Brooklyn neighborhoods with large Jewish populations after possibly anti-Semitic attacks during the Hanukkah holiday, Mayor Bill de Blasio said after the latest episode happened Friday.

Wall Street Grill is an upscale Kosher restaurant in Manhattan.

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Cardinal Dolan, the archbishop of New York, celebrated Christmas mass at Patrick's Cathedral.

Many Italian Americans celebrate Christmas Eve with the Feast of the Seven Fishes.

For the 15th year in a row, the Westbury United Methodist Church and the Islamic Center of Long Island united on Christmas Day for a common purpose: caring for those in need.

All across the area, churches spent the day busy with families and parishioners streaming in to observe Christmas Eve.