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News Jews Gather To Pray And Protest Immigration Crackdown At New York ICE Building
Hundreds of people holding purple placards with messages including “This is what ‘Never Again’ looks like,” gathered outside the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in lower Manhattan Thursday evening to protest President Donald Trump’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy. The protest — organized by T’ruah and co-sponsored by groups including J Street NYC and Bend the…
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Fast Forward New York Demands Ban On Ivanka In Push To Shut Down ‘Checkbook’ Trump Foundation
New York’s attorney general sued Ivanka Trump along with her father President Trump and his namesake foundation, saying the nonprofit should be dissolved after more than a decade of illegal conduct, including support for Trump’s 2016 U.S. presidential campaign. Barbara Underwood, the attorney general, accused the Donald J. Trump Foundation and its directors of conducting…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Teacher Joshua Levine Helped 4th Graders Cheat On New York Testing
Brooklyn fourth-grade teacher Joshua Levine was found to have assisted students in cheating on New York state testing, The New York Post reports. Levine is said to have supplied students with answers during testing after admitting he did not teach the material, according to records detailing the Department of Education’s Office of Special Investigations findings…
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The Schmooze ‘Sex And The City’ At 20, Seymour Hersh’s ‘Reporter’ And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
Ah, the first week of June: Roses are out, yet New Yorkers inexplicably still need to wear jackets to leave their apartments; the Tony Awards are nearly upon us; the NBA Finals are disappointingly turning into the rout we all miserably anticipated; summer, it appears, is only half-enthusiastic about making an appearance in 2018. Tough…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Orthodox Councilman Plans Gender-Segregated Beach Days
A Brooklyn lawmaker is renting a government-owned beach to host two gender-segregated swim days this summer for his Jewish and Muslim constituents, the New York Post reported Wednesday. City Councilman Chaim Deutsch is raising private funds to cover the cost of taking over the beach at Kingsborough Community College. Under his plan, June 29 would…
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The Schmooze ‘Sex and the City’ Just Turned 20. Its Treatment of Jews Was Downright Medieval.
The most prominent Jewish character on “Sex and the City,” a TV show about wealthy New York professional women, appears in the penultimate season of the hit HBO show. In an episode that appeared in September 2002, lawyer Harry Goldenblatt storms on screen shouting and gesticulating incomprehensibly. He has intruded on a sensitive meeting in…
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Sponsored ‘A Uniquely Brooklyn Product’ — How City Point Became The Borough’s Buzziest Destination
Brooklyn is a mix of old and new. It’s ethnic enclaves and artisanal goods, Hasidim and hipsters. Which is why this borough, this great city within a great city, attracts visitors from all over the world. Considering its incredibly convenient location, it seems only natural that Downtown Brooklyn would eventually make its mark as a…
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Fast Forward New York Senate Passes Bill Banning Funds To Pro-BDS Individuals, Groups
The New York Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill on Monday that would bar the state from investing in or contracting with any business, individual or organization engaging in the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel. State institutions are currently barred in New York from directly taking part in a boycott against allied countries, but…
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