Jenny Powers
By Jenny Powers
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Life Breaking The Glass Ceiling For Female Cantors
Rebecca Garfein was fifteen years old when the man seated in front of her turned around, at the sound of her pleasant singing voice, and offered her an opportunity that would lead her on the path to become a cantor. At the time, Garfein didn’t even know what a cantor was. Throughout her childhood, Garfein…
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Life Orthodox Accounting Students Win $500K In Tax Refunds For Low-Income New Yorkers
A group of low-income-earning New Yorkers received $500,000 in tax refunds last year when fifteen accounting majors from Touro’s Lander College of Arts & Sciences in Brooklyn gave up their weekends to prepare and file online income tax returns for free. The college students, all Orthodox Jews, are part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance…
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Life Historic Lower East Side Streit’s Matzo Bakery Has Found A New Home — In Rockland County
For a century, the Streit’s matzo bakery was a Lower East Side landmark, operating inside converted tenements on Rivington Street since 1916. The last family-owned and run matzo company in America, Streit’s recently sacrificed tradition for efficiency and made its exodus to the suburbs – up north to Rockland County. Their once state-of-the-art machinery, paled…
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