Doree Lewak

About the Author

Doree Lewak is a regular contributor to The New York Post, where she previously served as a senior writer. She has also written for the Daily Mail, The New York Times, The Jerusalem Post, and the Los Angeles Times. She covers local and national news, pop culture, Jewish interest and education.

The Archive

Arab peace activist blasts 'privileged' anti-Israel US college students for blindly supporting Hamas: 'Betraying all of us — Gazans included'

“You should know that you're supporting our oppressors, that you are betraying us, all of us — the Gazans included.” 

Miami investor bets on Israeli tech firms: 'Battlefield becomes ultimate sandbox for innovation'

Much of the defense technology Israel uses to root out Hamas in Gaza and ward off Hezbollah in Lebanon could soon be deployed across the US, said Aaron Kaplowitz, founder...

'Guerrilla journalist' says he was beaten by anti-Israel protesters at CUNY for waving US flag on campus: video

A New York filmmaker claims to have been beaten by an aggressive pro-Palestinian mob at CUNY's City College on Friday after bearing the U.S. flag saying it was obvious they...

What happens when a black and a Jew come together to talk antisemitism

As he was stepping out of a sushi restaurant in North Hollywood earlier this month, TV host and sports analyst Emmanuel Acho was stopped and verbally accosted. Tishby and Acho...

Columbia rabbi warns Jewish students to go home, don't come back to campus because of 'extreme antisemitism'

A prominent rabbi for Columbia University has warned Jewish students to go home and not return to campus because of "extreme antisemitism" at the Ivy League university.

Widow of Israeli bus driver speaks after husband killed himself following bloody Oct. 7 attack

“He kept everybody safe but himself -- he kept it silent. ...Hamas took his soul, his happiness," Irit Ben Arye said of her husband of 30 years.

NYC exhibit reveals painful details of the Nova Music Festival massacre

"It's not an exhibition about Nova. It is Nova. We want them to feel the journey, the light in their hearts before" the attack, said exhibit creator Reut Feingold.

Ad guru behind famed Manhattan Storage billboards now making pro-Israel advertisements

Archie Gottesman, the advertising guru behind Manhattan Mini Storage's iconic billboard ads, is now focusing her talents on a new campaign — calling out the growing hatred against Jews.

Author promotes hate-free world after learning about his father's harrowing past in the Holocaust

Allen Hershkowitz is bringing the story of his parents, who survived the Holocaust, to hate-filled Nashville.

NYC beauty-pageant hopeful, 44, gets second chance at fulfilling childhood dream: 'This is my year'

Maura Matlak is throwing her tiara in the ring and suiting up to compete in the Miss New York USA pageant, a preliminary for Miss USA, about two decades after she...

Bone marrow recipient meets wife, children of donor who died saving lives in Oct. 7 Hamas attack

They were supposed to be brothers for life, but October 7 made sure they never met.

NYC native who survived Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas returns to destroyed kibbutz after months of being a 'refugee in your own land'

It’s been six months since October 7 and Adele Raemer still feels like a “refugee in your own land,” displaced from the Gaza border kibbutz she’s called home since 1975.

TikToker who cuffed herself to NYC subway pole to avoid shoves boycotts transit system after latest fatal push

A Bronx woman who famously chained herself to a subway pole to avoid being pushed on the tracks is flipping out over the latest random subway killing -- and boycotting...

Hamas blew off his arm, fellow IDF soldiers mistook him for enemy —now combat medic gets state-of-the art robotic prosthetic in NYC: 'I will have a normal life'

When he woke up from the coma and realized his arm was gone, “The first thing I said was, ‘OK, cool — I’ll be bionic.’ I have no choice. It’s...

NYC's hottest nightlife scene is a literal candy shop

"Saturday night is the rowdiest it gets – like a rowdy, drunk party,” said the shop's bouncer. "It's fun."

How Jewish comedians are helping keep hope alive post-October 7

From Brett Gelman to Judy Gold, how Jewish comics are keeping the Chosen People smiling.

Teen Vogue quietly tweaks article on US airman's self-immolation after 'glorifying suicide'

The article focused on Aaron Bushnell sparked an immediate backlash, with many raising concerns about the takeaway among Teen Vogue’s “impressionable” teenage readers. 

Israeli-born Columbia prof who called out rampant campus antisemitism being investigated in 'clear act of retaliation'

An Israeli Columbia professor who gained notoriety for ripping the school’s failure to address rampant antisemitism on campus revealed he’s under investigation by the embattled Ivy League institution.

Jewish singles flock to Philadelphia matchmaking conference ‘YentaCon’ to meet that special someone

"YentaCon," billed as the "first Jewish matchmaking conference" in the country, descended on Philadelphia Thursday and Friday.

Rogue anti-Israel group SUNY BDS hosts 'launch event' despite cease-and-desist letter

The anti-Israeli organization SUNY BDS went ahead and hosted a “launch event” on Tuesday one day after it was issued a cease-and-desist letter by SUNY lawyers.