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A lifelong Jewish activist, new NYC comptroller vows to lead on progressive issues
Comptroller Brad Lander became the highest-ranking Jewish official in New York City when he took office on Jan. 1. He’s also considered among the most progressive, and can point to a long resume of activism – much of it honed with Jewish groups. “I find a lot of the values that undergird my progressive politics…
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Nazi collaborator monuments Nazi collaborator monuments in Germany
The country where Adolf Hitler came to power has a mixed history on Holocaust memory
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Nazi collaborator monuments Nazi collaborator monuments in the Czech Republic
Overlooking the Jizera Mountains is a massive granite statue of the 1939 Iron Cross, the Second Class Nazi military award
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Nazi collaborator monuments Nazi collaborator monuments in Austria
Multiple honors for Ferdinand Porsche and his son, Ferry
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L.A.’s Got Kosher closes restaurant to focus on challah
A stalwart of the Los Angeles kosher restaurant scene has closed its doors, citing the pandemic’s effect on business. The kosher Tunisian restaurant Harissa and its adjoining bakery and deli Got Kosher have closed for good, chef and owner Alain Cohen announced on Sunday. “We have been losing money for months and it is not…
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Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver dead at age 77
Sheldon Silver, the former Speaker of the New York Assembly who was serving a 6 1/2-year sentence on federal corruption charges, died Monday at a federal medical center in Massachusetts after battling cancer and kidney disease. He was 77. An Orthodox Jew born to Russian immigrants, and Democrat from the Lower East Side of Manhattan,…
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Colleyville intensifies the debate on guns in synagogues
The four hostages held inside Congregation Beth Israel for 11 hours had furniture. Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, who ultimately threw a chair at the gunman and sprinted out a door, wished that one of his congregants had a more potent weapon. “I would have hoped that one of the people in the synagogue that morning, one…
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Skating to ‘Schindler’s List,’ figure skater Jason Brown to make second trip to Winter Olympics
Jewish figure skater Jason Brown has competed around the world to the musical stylings of Simon and Garfunkel, “Hamilton” and Prince, but says no program has meant more to him than the one he’s taking to the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games: a free skate routine to the soundtrack of “Schindler’s List.” “‘Schindler’s List’ is a…
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Jewish progressive group endorses Jamaal Bowman for re-election
Jamaal Bowman, a first-term congressman from New York, has earned the backing of a local Jewish progressive group in his re-election bid this year amid fierce criticism from his left-wing and Socialist allies over his support of Israel. The Jewish Vote, formed in 2018 by leaders of Jews For Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ), made…
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After Texas hostage crisis, a volunteer patrol seeks to comfort L.A. Jews
Hanna Leah didn’t ask for the Shabbat Angels to show up on the street outside her synagogue Friday night, but she was relieved to see them. “It gives us a sense of security knowing that they are here for us,” she said as she pushed a stroller and walked with her two little girls to…
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NBA player who used antisemitic slur says incident traumatized him
An NBA player who used an antisemitic slur while livestreaming a videogame suggested this week that he had suicidal thoughts in the aftermath of the incident. Meyers Leonard, a seven-foot-tall center who at the time was a player for the Miami Heat, described his regret and his efforts to repent during an appearance at University…
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