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Fast Forward Alvin Kass, long-serving NYPD rabbi, mugged on Upper West Side
NYPD Chief Chaplain Rabbi Alvin Kass was mugged near his home on Manhattan’s Upper West Side early Tuesday morning, the New York Post reported. Kass, 84, was confronted by a man saying he was hungry, who went into Kass’ pockets. The assailant grabbed Kass’ wallet, but it dropped to the ground, and the assailant left…
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News Jewish nursing homes struggle with extra costs from COVID-19
Jewish nursing homes are hurting. Even as some of their clients fight the coronavirus itself, the homes are struggling with the extra financial burdens that come from preventing the virus’s spread: •Miami Jewish Health, the largest nursing home in southeast Florida, has laid off about 30 employees and furloughed another 10. Though it has received…
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Fast Forward “Do you pledge not to travel to Israel:” Democratic Socialists asks NYC council candidates
(JTA) – Lots of candidates for New York City Council are expected to seek an endorsement from the local Democratic Socialists of America chapter, a rising force in city politics, in next year’s elections. To apply for the endorsement, the candidates will have to decide if they will pledge not to travel to Israel if…
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News Jewish schools across the country are opening in-person — but planning for a second wave
A lifetime ago, SAR Academy in the Bronx became one of the first schools in the country to close down due to the coronavirus. A parent had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, and his daughter, who attends SAR’s high school, was showing symptoms as well. Without warning, the school was forced to figure out how to…
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Fast Forward Pandemic reinvigorates push to ban chicken-swinging ritual in NYC
(JTA) — An organization that objects to a pre-Yom Kippur ritual that involves swinging live chickens is renewing its legal effort to stop the religious rite in New York City, citing the coronavirus pandemic. Kapparot involves swinging a live chicken over one’s head three times and reciting a prayer to transfer sins to the bird. The…
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Fast Forward NY Jewish security patrol member stabbed while stopping gang attack
(JTA) — A member of the private Jewish security patrol group Shomrim was slashed in the leg while intervening to stop a gang assault on an unidentified man in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park. The volunteer, 33, was transported to a local hospital, where he was treated and released. The victim of the attack…
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Culture What’s the best New York Jewish book of all time?
Literary cities are many, but there’s only one New York. Now, philanthropists Bradley Tusk and Howard Wolfson are acknowledging that fact with a new award for books set in or about the Big Apple, which will come complete with a $50,000 prize. The news of the Gotham Book Prize arrives at a time when the…
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Fast Forward New York’s Tenement Museum lays off 76 employees amid indefinite closure
(JTA) — The Tenement Museum, which tells the stories of Jewish and other immigrants who lived on New York City’s Lower East Side, announced that it is laying off its tour guides and other part-time workers — a total of 76 employees. The museum, like most cultural institutions in New York City, has no firm…
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