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Culture This Jewish New Yorker survived the Holocaust and the Hungarian Revolution, and is still helping others today
Longtime Washington Heights resident Susan Kalev, 80, who is still working as a social worker, shares her family’s story of survival
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Fast Forward Simcha Felder beats Heshy Tischler in lopsided NY City Council election
Felder took upwards of 80% of the vote Tuesday
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Fast Forward In New York City, 2 former allies divided by Trumpian style are vying to represent their Orthodox neighborhood
Simcha Felder is a career politician. Heshy Tishler is best known as rabble-rouser who embraces the MAGA mantle
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Culture A truck of kosher knishes and matzo ball soup rolls into New York
Hot dogs, babka and egg rolls are all made hot-to-go in the Manischewitz Deli on Wheels
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Fast Forward Three more New York City yeshivas lose status and funding over secular education standards
Parents are being told to find another school for their children next year
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Fast Forward Where do NYC’s Democratic mayoral candidates stand on Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest?
Of the 10 candidates running, several have condemned the arrest, while others have yet to comment
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News Andrew Cuomo and the Jews: 4 things to know about the candidate for NYC mayor
Before he resigned as governor in 2021, Cuomo partnered and clashed with New York’s Jewish communities on a bevy of issues — from COVID to supporting Israel to fighting antisemitism
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Fast Forward Eric Adams stands by comparing calls for his resignation to ‘Mein Kampf’
Adams brought up the 'Mein Kampf' remark when asked whether he was concerned about President Trump posting 'Long live the king'
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Culture In Germany, a Jewish family is reunited with a treasured family object — but also a sense of exile
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Fast Forward In NYC, Itamar Ben-Gvir says he’s changed — and wants ‘the Trump plan’ in Gaza
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Opinion Itamar Ben-Gvir’s visit to a Jewish society at Yale exposed deep rifts between US Jews
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