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Fast Forward Cuomo has a commanding lead over Mamdani in NYC mayoral race, but his Jewish support is stuck
The Marist poll shows Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist with a long history of criticizing Israel, garnering 14% among Jewish voters
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Fast Forward JNF allocates $100,000 to support NYC Israel Parade for the first time
The annual parade, known as Israel Day on Fifth, will take place on Sunday with the theme “Hatikvah,” the name of Israel’s national anthem
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Fast Forward NY state budget weakens yeshiva oversight in blow to secular education advocates
The outcome represents a dramatic victory for the state’s Hasidic leaders, who oppose government intervention in yeshiva education
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Culture I have seen the future of America — in a pastrami sandwich in Queens
San Wei, which serves pastrami sandwiches along with churros and biang biang noodles, represents an immigrant's fulfillment of the American dream
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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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Culture ‘My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish’ — the Knicks chant capturing New York’s soul
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Opinion Progressive Jews are trying out post-Zionism. There’s one big flaw in their approach
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