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Art The most beautiful new bagel shop in New York doesn’t have any bagels in it
British artist Lucy Sparrow’s Lower East Side pop-up, Feltz Bagels, is made completely out of felt and paint, down to the last sesame seed
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Culture How a new generation of labor organizers is using the legacy of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire
A long-awaited memorial opens in New York as high-profile unionization campaigns at companies like Amazon and Starbucks stoke interest in labor history
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Food How did a Muslim-owned delicatessen wind up making some of New York’s best Jewish pastrami and brisket?
New York's Jewish, Muslim, and Black communities converge around deli sandwiches at David's Brisket House, where everything is strictly halal
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News She voted against creating a day to end ‘Jew hatred.’ Now she’s introducing a bill to combat antisemitism.
Shahana Hanif said she has spent her life working with Muslims and Jews to counter the hate that affects both groups
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Culture He walked every block of the Bronx and found traces of a vanished Jewish world
William Helmreich died of COVID-19 before his book, ‘The Bronx Nobody Knows,’ was published. His wife is keeping his work alive
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Fast Forward NYC mayor to meet with Israeli protest leaders ahead of Netanyahu sit-down
Eric Adams’ interaction with a diverse cross-section of Israeli society showcases his decades-long backing of Israel, said one Jewish leader
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Fast Forward NYC Mayor Eric Adams is heading to Israel next week
Adams calls New York City the ‘Tel Aviv of America’
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Music Ecstatic, spiritual, Jewish music — only this time with a more diverse audience and a lot more bass
As the leader of Raza, Chana Raskin sings nigunim as a way to connect with the divine
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