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Culture The shuttering of Absolute Bagels on NYC’s Upper West Side is driving some to anguish — others to poetry
An elegy for the loss of the best bagel in New York — and maybe the universe
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Fast Forward How a Jewish teen’s description of New York City life in 1945 found a contemporary audience of millions
Charlotte Buchsbaum, a teen in 1945 New York, wrote about going to bar mitzvahs, celebrating Passover, and heading to Times Square to celebrate the U.S. victory over Japan.
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Fast Forward Jewish ace Max Fried signs record-breaking contract with the New York Yankees
Fried’s eight-year, $218 million deal is the largest contract in baseball history both for a Jewish player and for a left-handed pitcher
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Fast Forward Charges dismissed against Reuven Kahane, NY rabbi and developer accused of hitting Columbia protesters with his car
Prosecutors drop charges in incident that drew widespread attention as university protests rocked Columbia campus.
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Fast Forward A very Jewish, very New York gift guide for Hanukkah 2024
From a bagel-and-lox hair clip to a Statue of Liberty menorah, these 12 items are sure to bring NYC-style holiday happiness to everyone on your list.
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Culture Ripped, dipped, sliced and shmeared — what makes a bagel a bagel?
Rippable bagels are the newest controversy in the world of bagels, but far from the first
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Culture How the biggest antisemitic riot in America transformed Jewish history
Scott Seligman's new book looks back at the events surrounding the New York funeral of Rabbi Jacob Joseph
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Theater They created a musical about the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. Today’s activists are listening
"We Live in Cairo," now playing at the New York Theatre Workshop, takes on new resonance in light of pro-Palestinian protests
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Culture 70 years ago, this Jewish choreographer predicted our epidemic of loneliness and isolation
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Culture Gene Shalit, a mensch with a personality as big as his mustache, turns 100
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