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2024-05-08
(JTA) — I grew up in a small Syrian enclave
(JTA) — I grew up in a small Syrian enclave in Brooklyn in the 1960s. It was a wonderful community with many old-world traditions. I missed it when I grew up and moved to Manhattan. In the days before electronic marketing, I received tons of unsolicited mail. I also received mail that most people did not: donation requests from American Palestinian...
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2024-05-05
At least four in both Manhattan and Brooklyn received bomb
At least four in both Manhattan and Brooklyn received bomb threats on Saturday, but none were deemed credible by the New York Police Department, a city official said. Of , three were targeted at Congregation Rodeph Sholom on W. 83rd, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah on West 30th Street, and Chabad of Midtown on 5th Av & 43rd. A police spokesperson ...
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2024-05-05
It has emerged that one of the most violent leaders
It has emerged that one of the most violent leaders of the Columbia University protests is a professional agitator, according to a New York Post article. The riots have been at the forefront of international media for the last few weeks. It may seem that the majority of protestors are grassroots activists and students. However, according to this ...
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2024-05-03
, the new series from Peacock that became available on
, the new series from Peacock that became available on Hot and Yes on May 2, is powerful and well-acted, focusing on a unique story from the Holocaust. It’s based on the bestselling novel of the same name, which was inspired by author Heather Morris’s conversations with Lale Sokolov, a Holocaust survivor from Slovakia who settled in Australia after...
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2024-05-02
A brand-new revival of the Kander and Ebb musical “Cabaret,”
A brand-new revival of the Kander and Ebb musical “Cabaret,” about the hedonistic antics at a late Weimar-era Berlin nightclub, received a total of nine nominations at this year's . In contrast “Prayer for the French Republic,” a three-hour drama about antisemitism in France in 2016, received three. Both productions trail this year’s most-nominated...
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2024-05-01
Jewish American author has died aged 77 of lung cancer,
Jewish American author has died aged 77 of lung cancer, news agencies reported on Wednesday. The New York-based novelist, who had a large following in Europe, gained prominence in the 1980s and 1990s with New York Trilogy, an existentialist, noirish mystery. He also authored the acclaimed film Smoke, about lonely souls at a Brooklyn tobacco shop. ...
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2024-04-30
As Passover celebrations conclude on Tuesday, a noticeable shift was
As Passover celebrations conclude on Tuesday, a noticeable shift was observed in the wine choices of many Jewish American households. Traditionally, meal known as the Seder, featured Manischewitz—a sweet, budget-friendly kosher wine produced in the US. However, this year marked a significant turn towards Israeli wines, a change driven by a mix of ...
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2024-04-23
plan to risk mass arrest on Tuesday by closing down
plan to risk mass arrest on Tuesday by closing down the Brooklyn street where US Leader Chuck Schumer resides, a coalition of Jewish groups opposing Israel's actions in Gaza said. The protest, planned on the second night of the week-long Jewish feast of Passover, is one of a dozen to be held in cities around the country, including Portland, Orego...
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2024-04-19
Some 50 "Mitzvah Tanks", RVs recycled by the for the
Some 50 "Mitzvah Tanks", RVs recycled by the for the purpose of promoting Jewish values, will parade throughout New York City on Thursday ahead of Passover, the movement announced. The convoys will begin their route in Brooklyn, near Chabad’s headquarter, 770 Eastern Parkway. From there it will disperse onto the five boroughs to some 15 points th...
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2024-04-18
My son is in town from California for Passover, and
My son is in town from California for Passover, and on Tuesday night he treated the rest of the family to a Mets game. Before the first pitch, the Mets had a moment of silence for the pitcher Carl Erskine, who died that day at age 97. Erskine was a star of the storied Brooklyn Dodgers teams of the late 1940s and ’50s, when they won the National Lea...
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2024-04-12
Thirteen men were arraigned on Wednesday for a fracas that
Thirteen men were arraigned on Wednesday for a fracas that broke out over an illegal excavation in January at the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in Brooklyn. The incident, which took place at the synagogue at 770 Eastern Parkway, drew global attention and exposed rifts in the Chabad movement over the status of the building, a symbol ...
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2024-04-07
More than 7,000 people gathered Sunday afternoon near the United
More than 7,000 people gathered Sunday afternoon near the United Nations Headquarters in New York calling for the return of the remaining 133 hostages in the largest rally outside of Israel to date. Hostages' family members and rescued hostage Louis Har were joined by members of Congress, local community leaders as well as over 150 organizations i...
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2024-04-05
New York City agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle
New York City agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle a lawsuit by two Muslim-American women who said the police violated their rights after arresting them by forcing them to remove their before being photographed. The preliminary class action settlement covers men and women required to remove before being photographed. It was filed on Friday in Ma...
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2024-04-05
Our family recently spent two weeks in the US. So
Our family recently spent two weeks in the US. So you’re probably wondering whether we experienced any of the that’s been extensively reported in the news, including in my own columns. We were in fact accosted in Brooklyn, but it wasn’t from the pro-Hamas crowd. Rather, it was three young Chabad men dressed up as clowns who decided I needed to put...
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2024-04-02
(JTA) — Bert Pogrebin and Letty Jo Cottin were married
(JTA) — Bert Pogrebin and Letty Jo Cottin were married in 1963, barely six months after they met. Over the next 60 years, they modeled a symbiotic marriage that was not just the envy of their friends on New York’s Upper West Side, but that also had political weight: A powerful and one of the most influential figures in the women’s movement, the co...
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2024-04-02
Over the past five months, the amount of support the
Over the past five months, the amount of support the global Jewish community has given to Israel – financial, volunteering, and otherwise – has been unprecedented. In my role as the director of development at Colel Chabad, Israel’s oldest and largest continuously operating food security organization, I can say that the increased support I’ve seen f...
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2024-03-30
At 4024 Twelfth Avenue in New York’s Borough Park, there
At 4024 Twelfth Avenue in New York’s Borough Park, there now sits a vacant lot, steeped in local history and embroiled in an ugly real estate battle in which civil and religious law intertwine. The lot was home to Congregation Anshei Lubawitz, named for the Russian village that in the late 18th century spawned the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. Chabad,...
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2024-03-28
(JTA) — Seven major Jewish organizations that lobbied for federal
(JTA) — Seven major Jewish organizations that lobbied for federal security grants have decried $30.5 million in cuts to the program. The cut from last year’s $305 million budgeted for the nonprofit security grant program, run through the Department of Homeland Security, comes as reports of and threats have risen during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza...
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2024-03-26
A man in a Batman costume, his face concealed by
A man in a Batman costume, his face concealed by a mask, held a milk carton bearing the face of , a 4-year-old Israeli held hostage in Gaza by Hamas. Around him were hundreds of other demonstrators in black or yellow eye coverings, Batman masks and capes, many holding Israeli flags aloft. The crowd gathered in Central Park on Sunday to mark a Puri...
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2024-03-24
“I call the Golan the ‘Jewish Montana,’” says 91-year-old Stan
“I call the Golan the ‘Jewish Montana,’” says 91-year-old Stan Fischler with wry enthusiasm. “We have everything – we’ve got the big sky, we’ve got mountains, and we’ve got cattle all around.” Fischler, known as “The Hockey Maven,” one of the sport’s most acclaimed writers, broadcasters, and historians, is a household name among North American fa...
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