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By John A. Oswald
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News Historic New York Shul Considers, Then Rejects, ‘SynaCondo’ Plan
A storied New York Orthodox synagogue, just blocks from the Empire State Building, is looking to its future, but says a report that it may build a gleaming 19-story ‘SynaCondo’ is wrong. The – Congregation Beth Israel was founded by immigrant German Jews in 1890 on Manhattan’s W. 35th Street, around the block from its…
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Breaking News Missing Orthodox Woman Found Dead in New Jersey River
Mourners bid farewell Sunday to 22-year-old Devorah Stubin, whose body was found in her submerged car in New Jersey’s Passaic River the day before. Details are emerging about the final hours before Stubin, who was known to suffer seizures, vanished. CBS2 in New York reports that she was stopped by cops in Maywood, N.J. around…
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The Schmooze Ted Cruz’s Jewish College Roomie Remembers When — With Acid Tongue
“Hangover” screenwriter Craig Mazin has plenty of material should he ever decide to do a Ted Cruz biopic. You see, Mazin was the Republican presidential contender’s freshman college roommate at Princeton — a fact that came to light more than two years ago when about some of the right=winger’s bizarre ways at the Ivy League…
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Breaking News Rahm Emanuel Chides Fickle Chicago Media for Acting Like a Jewish Mother
Politicians have a lot of choice words for the media — but embattled Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has a whole new view of the press corps that we’ve, frankly, not heard before. The other day he mocked fickle reporters as acting like Jewish mothers. He may, of course, have some experience on the subject: He’s…
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Breaking News Jewish Columbia Student Among 3 Killed In Honduras Crash
They were there on a mission of mercy — and it ended in a heartbreaking tragedy. Three Columbia University students, including an Orthodox Jewish college junior who wanted to be a pediatrician, were killed when their bus fell off a rural road in Honduras Wednesday, down into a ravine. The body of Barnard College junior…
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Breaking News VIDEO: Baltimore Jews Converge On ‘Crime Town Hall’
Dozens of members of Baltimore’s Jewish community came together for a Town Hall meeting with cops to address a recent spike in armed muggings and home break-ins. Even Captain Jason Yerg, of the Northwest District, where the crime wave is the worst, called the situation “alarming.” “What’s alarming is it was occurring during the day,…
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The Schmooze Bette Midler, Sandra Bernhard and 7 Other Jewish Celebs React to SOTU
Bette Midler weighs in on the State of the Union and the President. Jewish celebrities and other famous Tribe voices took to social media largely to praise President Barack Obama for what was his final State of the Union address. Some were overtly political; others funny; and some took aim at the Republican delivering the…
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The Schmooze Actor David Margulies, the Mayor in ‘Ghostbusters,’ Dies at 78
David Margulies (R) and Lois Smith. Brooklyn-born character actor David Margulies, best known for his movie role as the Ed Koch-like mayor in a ghost-besieged New York City, has died at 78. The ‘Ghostbusters’ star also appeared as Tony Soprano’s ace lawyer Neil Mink in multiple episodes of the seminal HBO series “The Sopranos.” He…
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