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News What’s Behind Bill de Blasio’s Concern For European Jews?
Bill de Blasio seems to be spending a lot of time worrying about Jews in Europe. The New York City mayor has visited two different Upper East Side synagogues in the past month to deliver addresses about attacks on French Jews. He went to Paris for less than 24 hours in January to lay wreaths…
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Food Kosher Vegan Food Truck Rolls to a Stop
Cinnamon Snail food truck in happier times. Facebook Vegans and omnivores alike are in mourning. Cinnamon Snail, the popular kosher, vegan food truck, will no longer roam the streets of New York City. For five years, the truck, which Yelp named the 4th best eatery in America in 2014, has served up creative, gourmet vegan…
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News The Secrets of Jewish Brownsville
In the past five or six years, William Helmreich has walked a total of 6,048 miles in New York City, covering every block of the city landscape, at an average of 30 miles per week. It wasn’t just for kicks, it was also for research. The longtime sociology professor at the City University of New…
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Fast Forward Conservative Judaism’s Leading Rabbinic School Selling Off Real Estate Assets
The leading rabbinical school of Conservative Judaism will sell development rights at its historic Upper West Side property, and plans to use the proceeds to build a new library and conference center. The Jewish Theological Seminary of America is contacting bidders to offer two residence halls and air rights to its main campus, a total…
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The Schmooze Joan Rivers Remembers Jewish Groups in Will
Getty Images Comedian Joan Rivers’ will left money to several charitable organizations to which she was connected. Among the Jewish organizations which received bequests were the Jewish Guild for the Blind, Jewish Home and Hospital Foundation, and the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. The amount received by each organization is unknown, since they will…
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The Schmooze Bono Likes To Bike Around Dressed as A Hasidic Jew
Getty Images I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I hate Bono. And now, he’s just given me another reason. In an interview with CBS radio station KROQ’s Kevin & Bean Show, fellow U2 band-member The Edge mentioned that the lead singer casually dresses up as a Hasidic Jew while cycling around New York…
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The Schmooze Lauren Bacall’s Swank Apartment Hits Market — For $26M
Getting tired of your windowless closet, better known as a New York apartment? Or maybe you’ve decided to give your roommate — or uninvited guests (mice I’m looking at you) — some space and are on the market for a new home. Well, if you have a spare $26 million to drop on a new…
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Fast Forward N.Y. Clinic That Treated Joan Rivers Made Mistakes, Federal Investigation Finds
The New York City clinic that treated comedian Joan Rivers made several errors, including not noticing her deteriorating vital signs during surgery, according to a federal investigation. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released its report on Monday. Rivers, 81, died on Sept. 4, a week after being rushed to Manhattan’s Mount Sinai…
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