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Rabbi Alexander Goode was part of the famed "4 Chaplains" who sacrificed themselves during World War II. An effort is underway to preserve their story.
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Two years after Orthodox provocateur Heshy Tischler was arrested for inciting violence against Jewish reporter , the pair reconciled on Tischler's radio show.
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PopUpBagels, the bagel-delivery service that has drawn the attention of celebrity investors like Paul Rudd, announced that it will open a brick-and-mortar store in Manhattan.
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On this day in 1971, Joseph Eisner, 62, and his family landed in New York, after a nearly 15-year battle to leave the Soviet Union. The Holocaust survivor’s family thanked Gov. Nelson Rockefeller (below) for personally intervening with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin.
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New York University is investigating after a graduate student allegedly wrote “Free Palestine” and a profanity on an Israeli mail bag left in the trash.
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Ed Koch, the former New York City mayor who embodied a certain kind of brash, unapologetically Jewish New Yorker, died ten years ago today.
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Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke at Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan Monday night, telling the audience that "Israel is robust.”
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Happy birthday, Philip Glass, born on this day in 1937. The composer developed his minimalist style in NYC, going on to write acclaimed operas, symphonies and film scores. A portrait of Glass by Chuck Close adorns the 2nd Ave. subway’s 86th Street station (below).
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Opinion | shares how a thwarted subway attack led to a life-affirming meal at Katz's Deli.
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The Israeli-style Nuts Factory chain continues its expansion in New York, now with a dozen locations across the city.
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On this day in 1974, Bob Dylan performed the first of four sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden, part of his first tour in eight years (below). He was accompanied by the Band, who had begun backing up the singer in the mid-’60s. (Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns)
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The protests against Israel's right-wing government have made their way to the streets of New York City.
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On this day in 1936, the N.Y. Supreme Court ruled in favor of rabbis who required sellers to affix metal bands with their seal of approval to the legs of kosher chickens. The plaintiff complained that the bands were a money grab by the rabbis.
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The sixth annual New York Ladino Day will take place on Sunday with the theme "Kontar i Kantar," which means “Storytelling and Singing."
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Happy birthday, Jules Feiffer! The Bronx-born cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter and children’s book author was born on this day in 1929. Feiffer's whose Pulitzer Prize-winning weekly comic strip ran in the Village Voice for 42 years.
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A new exhibit at 's Heller Museum features 29 "tzedek boxes" created by contemporary Jewish artists.
On this day in 1949, German concert pianist Walter Gieseking returned to Germany after Jewish groups protested that he had been a Nazi collaborator and his American tour was canceled. (Adeline F. Harper/Wikipedia)
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As the Asian American community grapples with deadly shootings this past week, the group Jews For Asians plans to send volunteers to vigils across New York.
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Here is a roundup of the concerts, panels and exhibits happening in New York this week to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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Happy birthday, Neil Diamond, born on this day in 1941! As publicity for “A Beautiful Noise, the Neil Diamond Musical,” now on Broadway, explains, “The grandson of Jewish and Polish immigrants, Brooklyn born and raised, Neil Diamond was a New York kid down to his boots."
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Harvey Fierstein, Joel Grey, Chita Rivera and Steven Skybell are among the dozens of performers at the "We Are Here: Songs from the Holocaust" concert at Carnegie Hall on Thursday.
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60 years ago today, recording began at Columbia Records’ Studio A in New York for what would become “The Barbra Streisand Album.” The debut album by the Brooklyn-born chanteuse drew on material Streisand was performing to acclaim at New York City nightclubs such as the Bon Soir.
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Jewish reporter said his father, a Holocaust survivor, may have inspired him to strive for change at Rikers Island.
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The Hebrew Language Academy, one of three Hebrew charter schools in New York, accepted more than 60 Ukrainian students at the start of the school year.
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Jewish labor leaders, many with ties to the socialist “Bund,” did not fully embrace Zionism until the rise of Hitler and the Jewish labor movement in what became Israel in 1948.
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On this day in 1919, delegates to the First Jewish Labor Congress met at the Yorkville Casino on 86th St. and Third Ave. (below) and passed a resolution declaring that Palestine “shall be a free, independent republic in which no nationality … should have any special rights.”
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The Orthodox influencer known as Flatbush Girl is facing an outpouring of both criticism and support after a serial flasher crashed an Instagram chat she was leading last week.
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The relationship between political writer Robert Caro and his longtime editor Bob Gottlieb is the subject of "Turn Every Page," a documentary directed by Gottlieb's daughter Lizzie.
Incredibly inspiring work by this Jewish organization supporting refugees in New York. Over 120 volunteers work to help furnish homes & secure household essentials. Let this serve as a reminder to be kind & welcome refugees w/ dignity. jta.org/2023/01/13/ny/ #WelcomeWithDignity
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On this day in 2012, a collection of pre-World War II posters that were returned to the heir of Jewish dentist Hans Sachs, who fled the Nazis, sold at New York’s Guernsey’s auction house for approximately $2.5 million dollars.
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A new film about Holocaust victim and artist Charlotte Salomon premieres tomorrow at the New York Jewish Film Festival.
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In Brooklyn, some Jews are learning new ways to combat antisemitism — literally.
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Today is the birthday, in 1934, of Shari Lewis, the puppeteer and creator of award-winning children’s television shows starring her plush sidekicks Lamb Chop, Hush Puppy and Charlie Horse. Born Phyllis Naomi Hurwitz in the Bronx, she died in 1998.
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Happy 111th birthday to Rose Girone, a Holocaust survivor and beloved member of New York's knitting community!
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The Brooklyn-based Jewish non-profit Ruth's Refuge provides New York’s refugee community with items needed to help jumpstart their new lives and fill their homes.
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Today is the birthday, in 1904, of architect Percival Goodman, who designed over 50 synagogues in his lifetime. His work includes the Fifth Avenue Synagogue on the Upper East Side (below) and a Holocaust memorial for Riverside Park that was never built.
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Here are some Jewish community events surrounding Martin Luther King Day — from volunteering opportunities to an interfaith Shabbat celebration.
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Happy birthday, Howard Stern! The shock jock and self-described “King of All Media” was born in New York City on this day in 1954. Stern, who grew up on Long Island, began working as a morning show host for WNBC in in the 1980s; “The Howard Stern Show” launched on WXRK in 1986.
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