Lisa Keys
By Lisa Keys
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Fast Forward A rabbi went down with his torpedoed warship in 1943. Today, his cousin ensures his story is not forgotten.
Eighty years ago today, a rabbi, a priest and two ministers made the ultimate sacrifice
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Fast Forward ‘Developing threat’ to NYC Jewish community averted as 2 arrested at Penn Station
A man who is alleged to have posted threats to synagogues online was arrested carrying weapons and ammunition
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Fast Forward That time ‘Saturday Night Live’ celebrated Purim and St. Patrick’s Day
New York Jewish Week — The joyous and, yes, slightly drunken holidays of St. Patrick’s Day and Purim both fall on March 17 this year. The last time these Jewish and Irish festivals collided was in 1984 — and of course the funny folks over at “Saturday Night Live” had a sketch to mark the…
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Fast Forward Holocaust survivor support group asks cable giant to drop ‘Russian propaganda’ from its lineup
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Thirty-five New York politicians have signed onto a letter from The Blue Card, a nonprofit helping Holocaust survivors, asking Optimum Cable to drop Russian TV stations that the letter says are spreading “pro-Putin propaganda.” “We were shocked to learn that Optimum TV’s Russian cable package includes…
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Fast Forward Art, science, survival? At an exhibit of mathematical drawings by a Jewish inventor, it all adds up.
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — The colorful artwork on display at the National Museum of Mathematics is geometric and precise. They’ve been described by Wallpaper magazine as “the work of a Spirograph toy on an acid trip — elegantly swirling, myriad-coloured ink pens driven by gravity and precision mathematics.” The 37…
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Fast Forward ADL offers $5,000 reward following antisemitic attack in Crown Heights
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — In the wake of an assault on a Jewish man in Brooklyn early Saturday morning, the Anti-Defamation League is offering up to $5,000 for information about the person or persons responsible for the attack. The New York Police Department is seeking to identify a suspect who, on…
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Fast Forward As its profile rises, Yeshiva University launches campaign to raise $613 million
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — While its basketball team has been amassing a historic winning streak, Yeshiva University has been on a spree of its own, raising more than $250 over the last two years in the “quiet phase” of a fundraising campaign. Now, the flagship Modern Orthodox university has announced…
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Fast Forward This catchy ‘West Side Story’ Hanukkah parody was filmed on location in New York
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — The opening shot is a panorama of the George Washington Bridge, its tower and the surrounding buildings transformed into a flickering menorah with all nine of its candles lit. “A West Side Chanukah Story,” the opening text announces — and immediately, the very New York sounds…
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