Jackie Hajdenberg

2 weeks ago | forward.com | Jackie Hajdenberg

( New York Jewish Week) - When he arrived Thursday morning at Taboonia, the Druze restaurant he owns in Chelsea, Raif Rashed still didn't know that two Israeli embassy employees had been gunned down outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C.When he was told of the attack by a reporter, he exhaled: "Wow, wow, wow."Then, half-jokingly, he said his restaurant was open for anyone who needed a warm and safe space. "I mean, when is all that going to be done?" he said.

2 weeks ago | timesofisrael.com | Jackie Hajdenberg

JTA — When he arrived Thursday morning at Taboonia, the Druze restaurant he owns in Chelsea, Raif Rashed still didn’t know that two Israeli embassy employees had been gunned down outside a Jewish museum in Washington, DC. When he was told of the attack by a reporter, he exhaled: “Wow, wow, wow.”Then, half-jokingly, he said his restaurant was open for anyone who needed a warm and safe space. “I mean, when is all that going to be done?” he said.

2 weeks ago | qoshe.com | Jackie Hajdenberg

2 weeks ago | jpost.com | Jackie Hajdenberg

(New York Jewish Week) — When he arrived Thursday morning at Taboonia, the Druze restaurant he owns in Chelsea, Raif Rashed still didn’t know that two Israeli embassy employees had been gunned down outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C.When he was told of the attack by a reporter, he exhaled: “Wow, wow, wow.”Then, half-jokingly, he said his restaurant was open for anyone who needed a warm and safe space. “I mean, when is all that going to be done?” he said.

2 weeks ago | clevelandjewishnews.com | Jackie Hajdenberg

In a crowded field of candidates vying to become the Democratic candidate for New York City mayor — a virtual guarantee of getting the job — Zohran Mamdani stands out in more ways than one. At 33, Mamdani is the youngest candidate by far. A state Assembly member from Queens affiliated with the left-wing Democratic Socialists of America, he also has less experience in elected office than many of his competitors.