This is the Forward’s coverage of Manhattan, the urban core of New York City. Its Lower East Side neighborhood was a center of Jewish immigrant culture in the 20th century.
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Opinion Only Nice Words for Obama
You wouldn’t expect a host to say anything bad about his guest of honor. But American Council for World Jewry chairman Jack Rosen was especially gracious about the message delivered by President Obama at a fundraiser held at Rosen’s Manhattan home. “He made, I think, a solid case for having stood with Israel on the…
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News Synagogue Hopes To Build Mosque’s Trust
When members of New York City’s West End Synagogue were recently disinvited at the 11th hour from a long-anticipated Friday gathering with Muslims at Harlem’s Masjid Aqsa, some involved in organizing the meeting feared that hard-line mosque members were behind the cancelation. But at the synagogue the next morning, the mosque’s imam, Souleimane Konate, showed…
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The Schmooze Sukkah City’s Cross-Country Plans in 2011
It may be hard to believe, but Sukkah City — the ambitious, large-scale architectural competition that took over Manhattan’s Union Square Park for two days last week — came from modest beginnings. “The idea came to me this past fall while I was doing sketches for my own backyard sukkah,” co-founder Joshua Foer told the…
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The Schmooze Hummus Taste-Off Promotes Peace
At the Peace Market party at M2 Ultralounge on March 10th, a crowd of over 1,000 people gathered to support Seeds of Peace, an organization founded to promote dialogue between young people living in regions of conflict. And yet, at least one element of the event actively promoted conflict. The event was host to what…
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