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Looking Forward When the 92nd Street Y was a hub for Black innovation in dance
Rennie McDougall's 'Nonstop Bodies' recalls a time when the Jewish institution was a mecca for experimentation
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News Mamdani supersizes NYC hate crimes office, as tensions simmer over synagogue protests
The mayor stresses prevention and condemns antisemitic acts — but defends demonstrations following Brooklyn clashes
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Culture At this interfaith calligraphy class, the lines between Jew and Muslim blur
Sacred Scripts brings together young artists and community leaders to write in Hebrew and Arabic, who draw connections between the letters and themselves
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Fast Forward Jewish real estate magnate Steven Roth likens Mamdani’s ‘tax the rich’ rhetoric to ‘from the river to the sea’
The founder of Vornado Realty Trust took aim at the New York City mayor after he proposed a new tax on luxury second homes
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News Protesters picket Manhattan synagogue over Israel real estate sale, testing Mamdani and new law
The NYPD kept demonstrators and counterdemonstrators nearly a block away from Park East Synagogue, where a prior protest spurred measures to protect houses of worship
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News Most Jewish voters rate Mamdani poorly, new poll finds
A majority of Jews concerned about rising antisemitism say anti-Zionism is a driving factor as the mayor holds firm on the strategy that got him elected
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
Two opposing letters are circulating among undergrads at the college, a bastion of Israel support
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Fast Forward This Jewish feminist has been the NYC’s sanitation department’s official artist for 50 years. A new movie tells her story.
Meet Mierle Laderman Ukeles, the daughter of a rabbi whose "maintenance art" has gotten the documentary treatment
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Culture ‘My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish’ — the Knicks chant capturing New York’s soul
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Books In ‘Something We Said,’ Richard Pryor’s daughter finds words to discuss the unspeakable
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Opinion It’s time for Jews who love Israel to give up on Zionism
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News How Iran is outsourcing terror plots against Jews
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