Helen Leshinsky
By Helen Leshinsky
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Opinion Bill De Blasio’s Plan To Desegregate Schools Is A Band-Aid On A Bullet Wound
On February 3, 1964, nearly half a million of New York City’s black and Puerto Rican children were kept home from school. The boycott was part of a demand for the desegregation of New York City’s public schools. It was the largest civil rights action in United States history, and a plan was drafted to…
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Opinion Lakewood Medicaid Fraudsters Get Amnesty — Proving Jews Are On The White Side Of The Law
Earlier this summer, we read about the arrest of 26 members of Lakewood’s ultra Orthodox community for an alleged $2 million in welfare fraud. That may sound like a lot of people, but apparently, the government is preparing for much, much more. Last week, the state comptroller’s office announced that it would roll out a…
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Opinion It’s time for the pro-Palestinian movement to make a radical change
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News Should synagogues remove the Israeli flag from bimahs now? How a New York shul made the decision
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News An Israeli restaurant chain said it closed due to boycotts. Protesters are celebrating.
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Film & TV What the new season of ‘Nobody Wants This’ gets right — and very wrong — about Judaism
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Fast Forward The World War II origins of the White House East Wing, now demolished
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