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Fast Forward Jewish-Muslim Legal Team Makes Peaceful Waves In New York
The judge is an Orthodox Jew, his clerk is a Syrian Muslim refugee, and together they’ve tackled both legal cases and stereotypes. Judge Noach Dear and his court attorney Deema Azizi have been working together for two years, and they are still shocking the masses at the New York Supreme Court, the Brooklyn Paper reported….
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News This Big Fat Greek-Jewish Street Festival Is Actually An Amazing Party
I say, “Jewish Lower East Side.” You say, “Bagels.” Or perhaps, “Katz’s corned beef.” But what if I told you, “Bourekas”? What if I told you, “Baklava”? Those foods, as Jewish and as native to LES as schmaltz and herring, were on sale by the thousands at the fifth annual Greek Jewish Festival, hosted by…
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Fast Forward Anti-Vaccine Rally Draws Hundreds Of Ultra-Orthodox Jews
Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews attended a “vaccine symposium” in New York, where leaders of the anti-vaccination movement shared false information on the measles outbreak among the Jewish community, The New York Times reported. Organized by a Jewish group in Rockland County, northwest of New York City, the event called on doctors, rabbis and lobbyists to…
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Fast Forward Victim Of Brooklyn Anti-Semitic Hate Crime Attack Shares His Story
The victim of an anti-Semitic hate crime in Brooklyn shared his story with CBS New York, detailing the day he was beaten by four men earlier this month. The 42-year-old, who is Jewish and declined to be named, said he was walking down the street in the Williamsburg neighborhood on May 4 when four men…
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Fast Forward NYC Traffic Cop Calls Driver ‘Stupid Jew’ In Manhattan
A New York City traffic cop is under scrutiny after he reportedly called a motorist a “stupid Jew” at an intersection in Manhattan on Tuesday, Yeshiva World News reported. According to YWN, two Orthodox Jewish men were driving in East Midtown during rush hour when they tried to make a turn to get out of…
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Fast Forward New York City Sees ‘Beginning Of Hope’ For Slowdown In Measles Infections
New York City health officials say there may be hope on the horizon for the ongoing measles outbreak in Brooklyn, the Daily News reported. The outbreak is stilly “highly localized,” according to Dr. Oxiris Barbot, the city health commissioner, who said Tuesday that 80% of the infections are occurring in four zip codes that have…
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Fast Forward Jewish Family Sues Spirit Airlines Over Alleged Anti-Semitic Abuse
A Jewish family from New York is suing Spirit Airlines, claiming they were harassed by flight attendants on their way to Florida in a “discriminatory campaign,” Law.com reported. The situation began over a question about safety regulations and allegedly resulted in one flight attendant labeling the family as “retarded Jews.” In January, Yisroel Sternberg and…
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The Schmooze Woody Allen’s Long-Shelved Movie To Be Released Overseas
Woody Allen’s “A Rainy Day In New York,” shelved by Amazon Studios, will have a European audience. Allen’s latest will be released in Europe this October, Variety reported. The movie, which was completed in 2018, will reach Italian audiences and will likely later be distributed in France, Belgium and the Netherlands, thanks to pre-existing distribution…
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