Yoel Lefkowitz 🇺🇸

The mosque has been there since 2016. It has coexisted with the neighboring Orthodox Jewish girls’ school ever since without incident In NYC, countless Orthodox Jewish outdoor religious events take place every year, for example Kiddush Levana, Tashlich, Hachnasat Sefer Torah, and chuppahs, often in shared public space near mosques and churches, as it should be in a free city. Manufacturing hysteria and fearmongering, even for social media clicks, is dangerous Islamophobia and antisemitism feed off each other. City Council member @innaVernikov should know better

This plot targeting Jewish New Yorkers and communities across the world is horrific. I’m grateful to the @NYPDnews and federal law enforcement for their swift response to this and I’m relieved that everyone is safe. Hate has no home in New York. nytimes.com/2026/05/15/nyr…

Thank you @NYCmayor Zohran Mamdani for addressing the antisemitic incident at NYU swiftly and speaking out against it. Antisemitism must have no home anywhere—not now, not ever

Congratulations to Michael Kay on his appointment as the new CEO of @UJAfedNY. I don’t know him personally, but I love the idea of a teacher and head of a school appointed to lead one of the most important NY Jewish organizations and the world’s largest local Jewish philanthropy

Best part of @GovKathyHochul’s Jewish leadership event? Seeing my friend @YLefkowitz up and running again! With some very serious Gabbaim, I might add! Joel, you look great! Refuah Shelayma!

@JakeSherman Shameful

"That's right, ditto. Yes, yes to that" Jen Kiggans says after a radio host says Hakeem Jeffries should get his "cotton-picking hands" off of Virginia.

@NYCMayor At a 1991 meeting at 770 Eastern Parkway, the Lubavitcher Rebbe said to Mayor David Dinkins: we are one people, living in one city, under one administration and under one G-d True then, true now

Devorah Halberstam has spent her life advocating for the safety and well-being of Jewish New Yorkers. This morning, she welcomed me, Commissioner Tisch, and Council Member Hudson to the Jewish Children’s Museum, where we discussed the importance of ensuring this city remains a place where Jewish history can be celebrated and shared with everyone — including young New Yorkers. This Jewish American Heritage Month, we honor the rich culture and history that Jewish New Yorkers contribute to our city daily.

Score one for the good guys!!

Incredible. Hopefully this will rid the world of this devastating disease, pancreatic cancer

@YossiGoldstein8 Fish & Kotchonya

@weijia Awesome!

The Hilton donated the ~2600 dinners that went unserved at WHCD. They freeze dried the steak and lobster for longer shelf life before giving them to 2 shelters for abused women and children. HUGE thank you to the staff that worked through the night under terrible circumstances.

Great work by the officers of @NYPD90Pct and the amazing volunteers of @WspuShomrim. Thank you for keeping our community safe

@NicoPerrino I’m sure the White House Correspondents’ Association didn’t let it go to waste and donated the food to a soup kitchen or people in need

My wife and I are wondering what happened to the steak and lobster for 2,600 ppl that never got served at last night’s #WHCD?

Virginia is the Commonwealth of yes

This evening marks Yom HaShoah, where we honor and remember the six million Jews who were killed and the survivors whose lives were never the same. We say their names and tell their stories. We must stand united to fight antisemitism and hate in all its forms.

how I’m following the Hungarian elections on a side note it would be cool for democracy if Péter Magyar wins this

@EuropeElects Democracy is cool!

Hungary: National parliament election Turnout at 3:00 PM CEST 2010: 46.78% 2014: 45.02% 2018: 53.64% 2022: 52.75% 2026: 66.01% Source: Nemzeti Választási Iroda ➤ europeelects.eu/hungary #Hungary

@evawyner double blessings baked right in

@YLefkowitz Key inside and shaped like a key! (Pre baked photo…)

Shlissel challah: (Key challah) an Ashkenazi tradition for the first Shabbos after Pesach. The dough is shaped like a key or a real key is inserted in the challah loaf before baking. Shabbat Shalom

Eliot Engel, who served in Congress from 1989 to 2020, died today at age 79. He spent decades serving people. He helped save and restore countless Jewish cemeteries across Europe and stood up against antisemitism wherever it reared its ugly head. May his memory be a blessing