Julia Gergely is a former National Desk Intern at The Forward. She now reports for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Julia Gergely
By Julia Gergely
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Culture An exhibit recreating the Oct. 7 Nova Music Festival massacre arrives in NYC
The Nova Musical Festival exhibition, “October 7th, 06:29AM,” debuted in Tel Aviv and will now open in New York
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Fast Forward At Rikers Island, Jewish volunteers find a ‘powerful connection’ with inmates by leading prayer services
Jewish young adults from UWS Base offer company, conversation and Torah to those in custody at the city’s most notorious jail
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News The New York Public Library’s Jewish division digitized 800 years of Jewish history
Discover Jewish artifacts from every period of Jewish history through the library’s new online exhibit
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Culture Meet the Jewish family that operates Manhattan’s oldest and only typewriter repair shop
The Gramercy Typewriter Company was founded by Abraham Schweitzer in 1932; today, his grandson, Jay Schweitzer, is the third-generation owner
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Fast Forward These New York City buildings will be lit up in yellow in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Sites include municipal buildings in all five boroughs as well as the Empire State Building
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Fast Forward ‘Club 2600’ is Brooklyn’s hottest party — for Holocaust survivors
Scenes from a monthly gathering thrown by the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island, which serves some 3,000 survivors in the borough.
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Fast Forward A 35-foot challah in NYC attempts to break a Guinness World Record
The gargantuan loaf was a collaboration between Congregation Rodeph Sholom, Jewish Federations of North America and the Orthodox Union
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Fast Forward A messy morning commute in NYC as pro-Palestinian protests shut down East River bridges and Holland Tunnel
The closures drew ire from commuters and some government officials
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