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Israel News $2 Billion Israeli-American Research Campus Opens In New York City
A $2 billion high-tech university research campus built by two prestigious universities, one in the United States and one in Israel, of has opened on New York City’s Roosevelt Island. Cornell Tech, a joint venture between Cornell University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, held its grand opening on Wednesday with remarks by New York…
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Fast Forward Man Caught Wearing Swastika Chain On New York Subway
It’s not only in Charlottesville that neo-Nazis are feeling emboldened to walk around sporting their hate in the light of day. A concerned citizen snapped a photo Monday of a creep in Queens wearing a Nazi necklace – with a swastika on it – inside the Queensborough Plaza station of the New York City subway….
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Fast Forward Financier Plunges To Death From Fourth Floor On Upper East Side
An Upper East Side woman leapt to her death in a harrowing incident on Monday morning, in the usually tranquil Manhattan neighborhood. Lindsay Jacoby jumped from the balcony of her fourth-floor apartment on Henderson Place after a career as a Wall Street recruiter, working for JPMorgan and Citigroup, the New York Post reported. “It was…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Ambulance Service Faces Scrutiny After 7-Year-Old Girl Drowns
Hatzolah, private ambulance service run by ultra-Orthodox Jews, is being accused of failing to notify police after a 7-year-old girl drowned in New York’s Rockland County. Responders from Hatzolah took the girl, who drowned in a private pool in Pomona, New York, to a local medical center. Police have ruled the death an accident. Police…
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Fast Forward Should New York Remove Statues Of Its Anti-Semitic Governor?
(JTA) — Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson … and Peter Stuyvesant? One of these things is not like the others. Amid the impassioned debate over whether, when and how to remove statues memorializing the Confederacy, an Israeli nonprofit is seeking a piece of the action. On Tuesday, Shurat HaDin, which represents terror victims…
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Culture From The Archives: Riot In New York At German Ship Bremen; Swastika Torn Down And Thrown Into Hudson River
The following article was published on the front page above the fold on July 28, 1935 — two days after the Bremen incident. Riot In New York At German Ship Bremen; Swastika Torn Down And Thrown Into Hudson River Around 2,000 anti-Nazis, communists, Catholics and sailors participated in yesterday’s dreadful riot that took place at…
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Culture From The Archives: How Mayor La Guardia Laughed Off The Nazis
The following article was published on the front page above the fold on July 31, 1935 — five days after the Bremen incident. Berliners Send Protest Of Damaged Swastika Flag On The Bremen Ship To Governor Lehman On July 30, the State Department received an official protest of the Nazi government in Berlin against the…
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Culture From The Archives: America Regrets, No Apologies For The Bremen Demonstration; Germany Experiencing New Pogrom
The following article was published on the front page above the fold on August 2, 1935 — seven days after the Brenen incident. America Regrets, No Apologies For The Bremen Demonstration; Berlin Experiencing New Pogrom Terror State Department Defends Police Answer To Berlin’s Protest — Says German Ship Company Owners Are Guilty Ones Who Were…
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