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Fast Forward Will NYC become the largest city in America calling for a ceasefire?
The City Council may consider a ceasefire resolution next week. Eighteen of its 51 members have already called for an end to the war
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Fast Forward NYPD reports 55 antisemitic incidents in May, highest in six months
The monthly total is more than double the tally for the same period last year, indicating the surge in antisemitism after Oct. 7 has not peaked
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Fast Forward Former Rep. Mondaire Jones rips Jamaal Bowman over Israel and endorses primary competitor George Latimer
Jones’ endorsement of George Latimer in New York’s 16th Congressional District could also benefit his own campaign in a neighboring area
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Fast Forward ‘Bring them home’ chants replace usual festive mood at New York’s annual parade for Israel
Elected officials and Jewish leaders marched with relatives of Israeli and American hostages and Oct. 7 survivors
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Fast Forward 3 historic NYC synagogues receive grants for renovation projects
To be eligible for a 'Sacred Sites' grant, each site has to be a religious institution actively used for worship and listed on the state or national Register of Historic Places
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Fast Forward 7 Jewish things about the courthouse where jurors deliberated Donald Trump’s fate
What’s so Jewish about 100 Centre St.? Plenty, including its architect, a mysterious shofar and Trump invoking Soros
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Sports Why the New York Knicks have won the hearts of Jewish New York — and basketball lovers everywhere
The 2024 squad is a throwback to an earlier era
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News Columbia’s campus is rocked by protests. The surrounding neighborhood? Not so much
Residents of Morningside Heights say it's business as usual in their Upper Manhattan community
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Culture At Eurovision, Israel’s near triumph shows the limits of tolerance
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Opinion The profound internal contradiction that could spell doom for Hillel
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Sports An op-ed compared an NBA team to Israel as underdog success stories. Then the threats poured in.
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Fast Forward Talarico won’t campaign with Democratic House candidate who wants to open ‘a prison for American Zionists’
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Art This Jewish artist hadn’t painted in more than 5 decades. Then came Oct. 7.
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Opinion How can I explain to my 93-year-old mother why it suddenly seems ok to hate Jews?
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Looking Forward The bizarre antisemitic book that taught me to better understand Judaism