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Fast Forward Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Plotting To Bomb New York Synagogues
A man was sentenced on Friday to five years in prison for plotting to blow up synagogues in New York City, only the third conviction under a state terror statute passed in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks. Mohamed Mamdouh, 22, a Moroccan-born U.S. citizen, appeared in a state court…
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Fast Forward Boston Marathon Terror Brothers Eyed New York With 7 Bombs
The two men suspected of carrying out last week’s deadly Boston Marathon bombing decided after authorities identified them to drive to New York and set off additional explosives in Times Square, New York City officials said on Thursday. Their plan unraveled only when they realized that a Mercedes sports-utility vehicle they had hijacked on April…
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The Schmooze Singer Einat Sarouf Leads A Hora At Weizmann Institute Gala
There was some heavy duty mingling between super scientists and mere mortals at the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Gala held at The Pierre on April 17. Shmoozers included Sam Waksal, Edith Everett and Sir James Wolfensohn. Sinuous Israeli singer Einat Sarouf launched the evening with her rendition of the Star Spangled…
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Fast Forward Anthony Weiner Faces Skeptical New York Voters
Democrat Anthony Weiner, who resigned from Congress in disgrace two years ago, is weighing a bid for New York mayor, but a poll released on Tuesday suggests his political comeback would be an uphill battle. Only 40 percent of city voters say they would consider voting for him, while 52 percent said they would not,…
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News Hasidic Fixer Key to Sprawling Corruption Probe — But Are They Dying Breed?
Mark Stern likely cut a familiar figure when he approached several New York politicians offering cash and lucrative real estate deals. A member of the Satmar community, Stern is one of scores of fixers on the New York political scene, bearded men who serve as go-betweens connecting ultra-Orthodox Hasidic groups with elected officials. Unlike other…
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Opinion Mayor Anthony Weiner? It Could Happen.
A ho-hum New York City mayoral race just got a whole lot more interesting. Sext scandal-ridden former congressman Anthony Weiner announced, a few paragraphs into a laudatory New York Times Magazine profile, that he’s considering joining the crowded Democratic field. That could shake up allegiances among New York City’s political clans, including some city Jews….
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News Anthony Weiner, Sext-Happy Lawmaker, Considers Comeback New York Mayor Bid
Former U.S. Congressman Anthony Weiner, who resigned after tweeting lewd pictures of himself, is considering a run for New York City mayor, in what many see as wide open race for one of the highest-profile offices in the United States. In a lengthy interview with The New York Times magazine, posted online on Wednesday, Weiner…
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News Black Market Sales of Jewish Cemetery Plots Blocked by Regulators
New York State officials have interceded in the case of a defunct Jewish burial society that was selling graves on the open market, effectively forcing the society to give up its remaining plots. At least eight people who purchased graves at Beth David Cemetery in Elmont, N.Y., from the Przedborzer Friends Society received letters in…
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