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The Schmooze I Went To A Comedy Show Called ‘LOL Nidre’ And I’m Not Sorry
I learned about the all-Jewish comedy show “LOL Nidrei” just hours before it occurred. Yet I was determined to face any water, fire, storm, wild beast, famine, or thirst in my way to get there. My reasons follow: 1.Much like a gift horse, you don’t look an Aramaic pun in the mouth. You accept the…
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News Pressure For Yeshiva Reform Grows After New York City Report
New York’s Hasidic community is facing unprecedented pressure over the quality of secular education in their religious schools this week, following the release of a letter on the issue by New York City’s schools chancellor. In recent days, three of the city’s four leading newspapers have published editorials calling for improved secular education standards in…
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Sponsored City Point’s Back-to-School Shopping and Stress Reduction Guide
For parents, the end of summer brings a mixture of stress and relief. The relief comes with knowing that school is around the corner. There’s nothing better than spending time with your kids, but it’s nice to look forward to getting a little of your own life back as well. The stress comes with knowing…
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News A Predator Roamed Jewish Schools. Why Wasn’t He Stopped?
In the winter of 1970-71, when Michael Rabin was 12 years old, Stanley Rosenfeld invited him home for a sleepover. Rosenfeld, in his late thirties, was the beloved assistant principal of Westchester Day School in Mamaroneck, New York. He was known for having boys in the middle school over to spend the night; the invitation…
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The Schmooze A Rare Holocaust Opera, ‘Spiral’ And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
While the week has been full of difficult and strange news, there’s been a bright spot for the Forward amongst it all: We walked away with 12 of this year’s Rockowers, the annual journalism awards of the American Jewish Press Association. If you want to revisit some of our most important recent work, those award-winning…
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Fast Forward Former Soviet Refugee Sues Manhattan Day Care For Removing Son’s Star Of David
(JTA) — A former Soviet refugee is suing his son’s day care for refusing to allow the four-year-old to wear a Star of David pendant. Isaac Goldin attended the Bright Minds Center in Manhattan, which provides “European Education” and “Russian Traditions” for kids, the New York Post reported. Beginning in November 2016 until Isaac left…
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Fast Forward New Yorkers In Religious Garb Subjected To ‘Rampant’ Harassment
Residents of New York City who wear religious clothing faced “rampant” physical and verbal harassment before and after the 2016 election, BuzzFeed News reported Tuesday, citing a new study by the New York City Commission on Human Rights (NYCCHR). The survey, which examined incidents from July 2016 to late 2017, found that one in five…
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Fast Forward De Blasio Hoped To Use Israel Trip For ‘Bulletproofness’ From Tabloids: Emails
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s 2015 trip to Israel was not as bulletproof as he first thought. De Blasio, under fire at the time from local news outlets, first broached the subject of a visit to the Jewish state as part of a summer 2015 family excursion that included speaking at the Vatican,…
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