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Fast Forward Progressive Jewish groups oppose plan to change New York’s bail reform law
A group of progressive rabbis and Jewish groups are calling on New York lawmakers to reject the governor’s plan to tweak the state’s new bail reform law in a budget deal expected to be passed by Monday. The governor’s plan would restore bail requirements for people accused of hate crimes. “As Jews, we are called…
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Culture How a radio pioneer named Steve Post set the stage for Howard Stern and Marc Maron
The best part of “Playing in the FM Band,” a new documentary about revolutionary radio personality Steve Post, finds our hero trapped in the bathroom of WNYC. “In the instant before my flesh made contact with the seat, I realized that I was clutching a cold, metal object in my right hand,” Post says in…
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Fast Forward NY lawmakers introduce legislation aimed at waiving bank fees on Holocaust reparations
Two New York lawmakers have introduced new legislation that would require the state’s department of financial services to maintain a list of banks that have agreed to waive wire transfer and other processing fees for Holocaust reparation payments. Senator Zellnor Myrie, who represents the 20th District – which includes the neighborhoods of Crown Heights, East…
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Opinion Miriam restaurant was sprayed with “f— Jews” graffiti. Here’s why we responded with white roses
At our table, we savored the plates of hummus, pita and shakshuka. It brought back wonderful memories of Jaffa and Jerusalem, places I haven’t been in a long time. My friends, colleagues and I, 11 of us in total, chose to go to Miriam restaurant as an act of friendship and solidarity with the Jewish…
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News Meet the Jewish judge who sent Michael Avenatti to jail
The recent trial of lawyer Michael Avenatti for defrauding his ex-client Stormy Daniels included the inconspicuous but influential presence of the Sabbath. In a hearing the Friday before trial began, U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman told attorneys he couldn’t work past 4 p.m. on Jan. 21 because of Shabbat. Then when jurors began deliberating, the…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn woman arrested for yelling antisemitic death threats and spitting at Jewish children
A 21-year-old woman was arrested Friday for hurling antisemitic invectives at three young Jewish children, threatening to kill them and the spitting in one of their faces. The incident, captured on surveillance video, showed a woman yelling at siblings – 8, 7, and 2 – outside a Brooklyn synagogue, “Hitler should have killed you all….
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News Mayor Adams taps 3 Jewish New Yorkers for top city jobs
Eric Adams, the new mayor of New York City, has appointed three Jews — including two members of the Orthodox community — to senior positions in his administration. Included on the mayor’s team roster, announced at City Hall Wednesday, are Fred Kreizman, who served as former Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s commissioner for community affairs; Ed Mermelstein,…
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Fast Forward Brad Lander, NYC’s next comptroller, says he will push Orthodox yeshivas to teach secular subjects
(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Brad Lander, the incoming New York City comptroller, vowed to do everything in his power to coax Orthodox yeshivas to teach a secular curriculum. Lander, who is Jewish and a Democrat, discussed the issue Thursday night in a virtual Q-and-A with the New York Jewish Agenda, a progressive…
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Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
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Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
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News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
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Fast Forward Rep. Ritchie Torres, outspoken pro-Israel advocate, is dropping hints that he could run for NY governor
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