Jackie Hajdenberg
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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Fast Forward Schumer and Nadler race to endorse Mamdani, in sharp contrast to Jewish establishment worries
'There is a lot of concern right now,' UJA-Federation of New York said in a statement
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Fast Forward Helena Weinrauch, Holocaust survivor and ‘dancing angel,’ dies at 100
The beloved New Yorker was known for her late-in-life passion for ballroom dancing, as well as for wearing the same hand-knit sweater at Passover every year
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Fast Forward Israelis in New York, no strangers to violence, say they are undeterred by DC Jewish Museum shooting
‘It’s frightening and it’s difficult,’ one woman said. ‘These things happen from time to time, and Israelis know that life must go on'
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Fast Forward Yeshiva University rescinds approval for LGBTQ+ student club
The club has vowed to keep operating
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Fast Forward These Jewish arts organizations have been defunded by the Trump administration
“This is enormously concerning,” said one local National Endowment for the Arts grantee
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Culture This Jewish New Yorker survived the Holocaust and the Hungarian Revolution, and is still helping others today
Longtime Washington Heights resident Susan Kalev, 80, who is still working as a social worker, shares her family’s story of survival
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Fast Forward Is ‘New Absolute Bagel’ real? A sign stirs fretful optimism on the Upper West Side.
Despite its name and address, ‘New Absolute Bagel’ does not appear to have any particular relation to the old one
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Fast Forward Rabbi Eliyahu Fink, compassionate voice in the Orthodox world, dies in road accident at 43
The Monsey, New York resident was an early and outspoken voice about LGBTQ inclusion in the Orthodox Jewish community
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