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Fast Forward NY man charged with harassment for claiming Jews responsible for coronavirus
(JTA) — Claiming Jews are responsible for the coronavirus, a New York City man has been charged with bias intimidation and harassment following two confrontations with a Jewish man at a Dunkin’ Donuts in New Jersey. Afrim Haxhaj, 30, of Queens, told the Jewish man at a Dunkin’ Donuts in Fort Lee on Monday to…
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Fast Forward Kosher meals now available as part of NYC’s hunger relief efforts
(JTA) — New York City is now distributing kosher food through the meals program launched to keep city residents fed during the current coronavirus-induced upheaval. The city began giving out three meals a day to children and their family members after schools closed in mid-March. In early April, the city began offering the meals to…
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Fast Forward More than 100 Jewish leaders urge Cuomo not to undo bail reform
More than 100 New York Jewish organizations and leaders, including dozens of rabbis, signed a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo urging him not to undo the state’s bail reform law. “To undo these measures now, returning us to jailing hundreds or thousands of presumptively innocent New Yorkers who have not been convicted or had a…
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News At least 100 test positive for coronavirus in Hasidic Brooklyn neighborhood
At least 100 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Brooklyn’s Hasidic Borough Park neighborhood, amid intense debates within and around such communities over continued gatherings for prayer, study and celebrations like weddings. The news of the outbreak was first reported by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, which cited an official at Asisa, an urgent-care clinic…
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News In containment zone around synagogue, National Guard serves amid eerie stillness
New Rochelle High School was almost lifeless on Thursday. A school normally filled with more than 3,000 students was empty, the front gates tightly shut with a chain and a lock. But around the back of the school was a sign of life that is emblematic of these strange times — men and women in…
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Fast Forward Woman indicted on hate crime charge in subway attack on Israeli college student
(JTA) — A woman who is seen on video verbally and physically attacking an Israeli college student on the New York City subway has been indicted. In the video Zarinah Ali, 38, uses anti-Semitic epithets including “You f—-in’ nasty a— Jews” and “You stinking a— Jew” while assaulting Lihi Aharon in December. A friend of…
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News Live coronavirus updates: AIPAC says 2 conference attendees tested positive for coronavirus
We are closely monitoring the coronavirus outbreak within the Jewish community in New York and beyond, and are posting updates as they happen here. If you are being affected by the virus we would like to speak to you, please email reporter Ari Feldman at feldman[at]forward.com. Has the spread of #coronavirus made you change your…
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Fast Forward NYC Jewish day school closed due to ‘suspected case of coronavirus’
Update: Yeshiva University reports student is son of man infected with coronavirus (JTA) — A Jewish day school in New York City is closed Tuesday due to a “suspected case of coronavirus in our community.” In a letter addressed to parents and faculty, the SAR Academy in the Riverdale section of the Bronx announced that…
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