Doree Lewak
Background
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.
Latest Articles
Trump fan electrifies his campaign signs to keep Hamptons haters at bay
October 19, 2024 | 9:45amAndy Sabin of Amagansett has installed electrical wiring around his numerous political signs supporting the Republican presidential nominee -- ready to deliver 14,000 bolts to anyone who might try to...
Outspoken Columbia prof banned from campus for 'harassing' school officials over anti-Israel protesters
October 16, 2024 | 1:16am"I am feeling broken," he said Tuesday, but stressed, "But I'm not stopping the fight – because it’s not about me."
Biden sabotaging Kamala Harris' presidential campaign after being forced to drop re-election bid, pundits say
October 12, 2024 | 10:15amPresident Joe Biden is so bitter about being forced to drop his re-election bid, that he’s deliberately sabotaging Kamala Harris’ campaign, according to a growing chorus of political pundits.
Late wife and husband with same names as Hurricane Helene and Milton would be 'mortified' over storms' destruction, loved ones say
October 11, 2024 | 7:00am"I thought, 'I'm glad they’re not here – they’d be so embarrassed,’” daughter Davidene Alpart told The Post. “They’d never want to hurt anybody.”
Brooklyn spa owner believes her business was target of antisemitic vandals on Oct. 7 anniversary: 'Absolutely felt like Kristallnacht'
October 7, 2024 | 9:03pm“I’ve never been scared. I’ve always been a proud Jew,” Allison Tray said defiantly. “They’re not going to scare me.”
New Yorker who survived Oct. 7 turns to advocacy work to find strength: 'That's why I'm here today'
October 7, 2024 | 6:51am“I was actually in the right places at all the right times and that's why I survived. That's why I'm here today," she said.
Meet the NYPD detective keeping the Big Apple safe — from the war torn Middle East: 'Different ballgame'
October 5, 2024 | 4:31pmA veteran NYPD detective stationed in Israel said millions of Israelis are “on edge” in the wake of Iran’s massive retaliatory missile attack.
Israelis who fled their homes after Oct. 7 seek refuge in NYC: 'Different kind of danger'
October 5, 2024 | 4:11pmThey’re strangers in a strange land – Israelis who fled their homes in the wake of the Oct. 7 massacre and ensuing war against Hamas and Hezbollah.
Jews embrace tattoos to cope with pain, heartbreak of Hamas terror attack: 'My way to remember'
October 5, 2024 | 3:35pmThe words “tattoo” and “Jew” have traditionally been considered taboo, but the atrocity of Oct. 7 has changed a lot of minds about how pain leaves its mark.
The tragic reason behind an Israeli jeweler giving free engagement diamonds to soldiers in love
October 5, 2024 | 7:27amAlon Mesika will provide free engagement rings to any soldier or reservist looking to pop the question.
Fox News reporter details 'gruesome' task of covering Oct. 7 terror attack: 'We were so close to dying'
October 4, 2024 | 12:45pm“I lived through the massacre, watching people die in front of us,” war reporter Trey Yingst told The Post. “I feel even more driven to make sure that this story...
Brother of Navy diver killed in 1985 Hezbollah hijacking reacts to longtime leader Nasrallah's death
September 28, 2024 | 4:09pmNavy SEAL Kenneth Stethem's brother, Robbie, was killed by Hezbollah terrorists in June 1985.
NYC halal restaurant's anti-Israel 'war criminal' sidewalk display sparks fury as owner remains defiant
September 23, 2024 | 7:33pm“This was nothing more than a cheap publicity stunt to display hatred — of Jews and America. These actors of hate are fundamentally un-American and have no place in New...
I lost my dad on 9/11. Now I'm fighting terrorism as an IDF soldier in Israel
September 18, 2024 | 1:33pm"When it gets tough, especially in the army, I think about him and how his life was taken. And that’s why I'm here," Jamie Gartenberg Pila told The Post.
9/11 victim’s son claims fiery 2019 remarks targeted at Rep. Ilhan Omar at Ground Zero got him banned from annual ceremony
September 11, 2024 | 7:00am“Maybe I was just a little too controversial," he said.
High-school seniors are carrying the same 'Little Mermaid' and Marvel backpacks as kindergarteners
September 3, 2024 | 5:02pmThey’re going “back” in time.
Upstate NY imam encourages Columbia students to 'take out' pro-Israel professor
August 31, 2024 | 12:44pmAn upstate imam urged student activists to "take out" an outspoken, pro-Israel Columbia University professor who's returning to the embattled Ivy this fall after a year of antisemitic hate.
Meet the NYPD's highest-ever-ranking Orthodox Jew — a 9/11 hero who vows to fight antisemitic hate crime
August 25, 2024 | 1:57pmRichie “Yechiel” Taylor was bumped up to deputy chief of the NYPD's Community Affairs Bureau in February and is now urging New Yorkers to proudly show off the thing that...
Chicago trucker vows to keep Oct. 7 Hamas captives' plight alive at DNC with 'hostage truck'
August 18, 2024 | 1:35pm“The DNC is a big opportunity – to show attendees and politicians that we want these hostages home,” Smith told The Post on his morning route. “This is my way...
MAGA gays feel left out of LGBT movement
July 6, 2024 | 10:01amThey're here, they're queer — and they're not invited.