@DebraNC

Possibly only journalist to have been NY Correspondent for both Haaretz & JNS. Bylines also in NYT, WSJ, NY mag & many others. Now NY Correspondent for JNS.

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Joined December 2011
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Debra Nussbaum Cohen retweeted
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@JNS_orgOct 23
Brad Lander, Democratic nominee for New York’s 12th Congressional District, said on Wednesday that once he is sworn in as a member of Congress, he will co-sponsor legislation that would ban the United States from importing items produced in Judea and Samaria. by @DebraNC eu1.hubs.ly/H0zkyRv0

Lander says he will co-sponsor anti-settlement bill in Congress

The presumptive next representative of New York’s 12th Congressional District spoke with reporters after being detained by the Israeli military for harvesting olives without permission.

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Ah le fameux apartheid d’Israël de @RimaHas et de LFI. Nous sommes au Fairouz Café que je connais bien : il se trouve dans le sud de Tel-Aviv. Arabes et juifs y viennent pour écouter cette musique que j’adore. Kippas et keffiehs.
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NYC public school suddenly ended longstanding rental of Reform synagogue for graduation ‘because of Israel’ jns.org/news/u-s-news/nyc-pu… @Ramonmaislen @rtimoner @PS321

NYC public school suddenly ended longstanding rental of Reform synagogue for graduation ‘because of...

Rabbi Rachel Timoner, of Congregation Beth Elohim, told JNS that there ought to be a conversation “to break down assumptions.”

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This may be the quote of the day, from @RabbiCosgrove of Park Avenue Synagogue. Of yesterday’s mayoral plan to combat antisemitism, he told me: “Grateful as I am for the steps outlined, to construct a plan to address NY Jewish insecurity without addressing anti-Zionism is like writing a report on lung cancer without mentioning smoking.”
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Menachem Wecker@mweckerSep 30
"Grateful as I am for the steps outlined," @RabbiCosgrove told @DebraNC about @NYCMayor, "to construct a plan to address N.Y. Jewish insecurity without addressing anti-Zionism is like writing a report on lung cancer without mentioning smoking." jns.org/news/u-s-news/us-jew…

US Jewish leaders slam new Mamdani plan to fight Jew-hatred

Ignoring the connection between anti-Zionism and Jew-hatred “is a big evasion, very disappointing,” Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch told JNS. “I think that the mayor knows better.”

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US Jewish leaders slam new Mamdani plan to fight Jew-hatred jns.org/news/u-s-news/us-jew…

US Jewish leaders slam new Mamdani plan to fight Jew-hatred

Ignoring the connection between anti-Zionism and Jew-hatred “is a big evasion, very disappointing,” Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch told JNS. “I think that the mayor knows better.”

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Manhattan Institute sues to force Mamdani admin to release documents jns.org/news/u-s-news/manhat… @NYCMayor @ManhattanInst @SantiVidalC #antisemitism

Manhattan Institute sues to force Mamdani admin to release documents

City Hall is making “a mockery of open government, at least when it comes to the administration’s relationship with the Jewish community,” attorney Jack Lester told JNS.

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This is turning into quite an imbroglio: Modern Orthodox Jewish day schools planning to pray outside NYC mayor's residence on Friday jns.org/news/u-s-news/modern…

Modern Orthodox Jewish day schools planning to pray outside NYC mayor's residence on Friday

Rabbi Binyamin Krauss, principal of SAR Academy, told JNS that the gathering is meant to be a "positive statement" that "We’re here. We’re Jewish. We want to be safe and express our Zionism."

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Jon Polin ג'ון פולין@JonPolin20Sep 13
ביקשו ממני לקרוא את ההפטרה ביום שני של ראש השנה. לפעם ראשונה בחיי אמרתי לא לבקשה כזו. לא רציתי לקרוא את המילים של "רחל מבכה על בניה" או "ויש תקווה לאחריתך, ושבו בנים לגבולם."
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Debra Nussbaum Cohen retweeted
Jerusalem News Syndicate
@JNS_orgSep 10
Lower Manhattan Jews expect challenges when area shuts for 9/11 commemoration on eve of Rosh Hashanah @DebraNC reports for JNS. jns.org/news/u-s-news/lower-…

Lower Manhattan Jews expect challenges when area shuts down for 9/11 memorial on eve of Rosh...

"It may be a little harder to get our brisket order from the butcher with the street closures," Rabbi Nissi Eber, co-director of the Chabad in Manhattan's financial district, told JNS.

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Anti-dem socialists rally in Manhattan draws about 300 jns.org/news/u-s-news/anti-d… @ReneeCollymore @EndJewHatred @DemSocialists @NetureiKarta

Anti-dem socialists rally in Manhattan draws about 300

“We’re here to ensure that another 9/11 never happens again, and we’re not afraid to address that the reason 9/11 happened was because of radical Islamic terrorism,” Jayne Zirkle of Lawfare Project...

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@YWNReporterSep 3
🚨🚨SATMAR ACHDUS! TRUMP ASKS “ARE YOU TWINS?” A dramatic moment at the White House: Satmar Rebbes Rav Aharon Teitelbaum and Rav Zalman Leib Teitelbaum spoke and shook hands for the first time in decades during their meeting with President Trump. The two Rebbes exchanged greetings, with Rav Aharon wishing his brother Mazel Tov on his grandson’s engagement. Trump reportedly asked whether the two were twins, prompting Reb Aron to answer that “we are brothers”.
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Gloria Steinem, mother of Second Wave feminism who later connected to her Jewish heritage, has died at 92 jns.org/news/u-s-news/rememb… @JNS_org

Gloria Steinem, mother of Second Wave feminism who later connected to her Jewish heritage, dies at...

"Gloria was iconic," Ruth Messinger, a former Manhattan borough president, told JNS. "This is a sad day for women."

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Will Jews put @NassauExec in Albany? Crossover Democrats eager to stop Mamdani key to Bruce Blakeman winning NY governor seat jns.org/news/u-s-news/crosso… @NassauExec @BradleyHonan @JeffreyWiesenfeld

Crossover Democrats eager to stop Mamdani key to Blakeman winning NY gov seat, experts say

Many Jewish lifelong Democrats plan to vote for Blakeman because they see him as ‘the bully that’s going to stop Mamdani,” a mental health worker told JNS.

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“ Call me Baruch.” If elected, Bruce Blakeman will protect Jews forcefully, GOP NY gubernatorial hopeful challenging Hochul tells JNS jns.org/news/u-s-news/if-ele…

If elected, Bruce Blakeman will protect Jews forcefully, GOP NY gubernatorial hopeful challenging...

"I wouldn't let Zohran Mamdani get away with the virulent antisemitic comments he's made," he said. "I would tell him to stop and if he didn't, I would take action, which the governor has the power...

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More on @NassauExec coming soon
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Debra Nussbaum Cohen retweeted
Jonathan Greenblatt
@JGreenblattADLAug 28
A mom took her four-year-old to a publicly funded, family-friendly puppet festival in NYC. Instead, the performance reportedly veered into highly critical and offensive messaging about Israel, the world's only Jewish state. This is an inappropriate use of public resources. Publicly funded cultural programming should never contribute to an environment in which Jewish New Yorkers feel unsafe. jns.org/news/u-s-news/felt-l…

‘Felt like a lynch mob,’ mom of 4-year-old says of NYC-funded festival, in which performer accuses...

“I’m an immigrant from the former Soviet Union, so antisemitism is why I’m here in the first place,” the mother told JNS. “To see it out in full effect in the daylight is awful.”

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By contrast, if your name is "Cohen", odds are >50% that you descend from priests in Iron Age Jerusalem. Literally.
UBERSOY
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Not a single Roman family name survives today. Not the Julii, not the Scipios, not the Fabii who saved Rome. Caesar's own powerful bloodline was extinct within 100 years of Augustus.
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Always proud of my son, but it was nice to see him win Favorite Opera Singer of thr SF Bay Area. Go @aryehnc! Audience Choice Awards 2025–2026: Bay Area Winners sfcv.org/articles/feature/au…

Audience Choice Awards 2025–2026: Bay Area Winners

See which artists and performances topped our annual readers’ poll.

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