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Opinion As One Jewish Retail Empire Falls, Another Rises
Two retail empires with Jewish roots collided in New York this week — one on its deathbed, the other ready to take its place. Loehmann’s, the fashion discounter founded in 1921 by an enterprising department-store buyer named Frieda Loehmann, announced this week it will shut down its remaining 39 stores after its third bankruptcy filing….
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News Governor’s Actor Nephew Busted for Trespassing at Connecticut Yeshiva
The nephew of Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy was arrested for trespassing in a yeshiva high school in Stamford. Kerry Malloy, an actor who appears in the new movie “The Wolf of Wall Street,” was arrested Monday on the property of Yeshiva Bais Binyomin, along with his girlfriend Courtney Wilson. Both apparently were intoxicated, the Stamford…
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Fast Forward Eliot Spitzer and Wife Say Marriage Is Over
Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and his wife said on Tuesday they were ending their marriage, local media reported, more than five years after she stood by his side as the embattled Democrat resigned over a prostitution scandal. “We regret that our marital relationship has come to an end, and we have agreed not…
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Fast Forward 4 Arrested in Murder of Jewish Lawyer Dustin Friedland at New Jersey Mall
Four young men have reportedly been arrested in the senseless carjack killing of Jewish lawyer Dustin Friedland, who was shot in the parking lot of an upscale New Jersey mall in front of his horrified wife last weekend. Friedland, a beloved husband from Hoboken, had just finished loading holiday gifts into his silver 2012 Range…
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Fast Forward Michael Bloomberg Leaves Outsized New York Legacy
Love him or hate him, one thing is for sure: New Yorkers will not forget outgoing Mayor Michael Bloomberg anytime soon. As the independent billionaire politician bids farewell to City Hall by touting his accomplishments during 12 years in office, academics, urban planning experts and political pundits say the mark he made on New York…
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News Yeshiva University’s Fiscal Crisis Deepens With No End in Sight
Something drastic is happening at Yeshiva University. Financial data reviewed by the Forward indicates that Y.U.’s long-running fiscal crisis has taken a more dramatic turn than at any time in its recent history. This past spring, there were signals that the half-decade of economic free fall at Y.U. was finally easing. The board gave raises…
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News Ariela Dubler Named Head of Abraham Joshua Heschel School
Columbia law professor Ariela Dubler has been appointed as the new head of the Abraham Joshua Heschel School. Dubler, who is vice president of the school’s board, will succeed Roanna Shorofsky, at the helm of the liberal school that is considered one of New York’s leading Jewish educational institutions, Under Shorofsky’s tenure, Heschel expanded to…
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Fast Forward Michael Bloomberg Hails Urban ‘Golden Age’ in Swan Song Speech
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, in his final major policy speech before leaving office at year’s end, on Wednesday warned that a budding U.S. urban revival is threatened by mushrooming public pension and health-care costs. Bloomberg, addressing the Economic Club of New York just two weeks before his three terms in office are due to…
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