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Fast Forward When Hitler Was A Common Last Name In Jewish Brooklyn
“Herr Adolf Hitler of Germany would be covered with confusion if he dared to enter the strictly kosher home of Mrs. Rose Hitler, pretty young Jewish housewife, who lives at 233 E. 92nd Street, in the heart of Brooklyn’s Brownsville.” That is the start of an improbable article from June 1933, entitled “Kiss the Mezuzah…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Celebrate Queens Day in Albany
The Queens Chamber of Commerce participated in the Queens Day in Albany event on Monday, May 8th. Over 300 participants travelled to Albany to receive proclamations from both the Assembly and State Senate and meet with many of the elected officials from all the different areas comprising Queens and the other boroughs of New York….
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Fast Forward Ivanka Trump’s Rabbi Throws Out First Pitch — Mets Lose 7-0
(JTA) — Perhaps the injury-plagued New York Mets thought that having a rabbi throw out the first pitch before a game would bring some divine intervention. Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, the prominent modern Orthodox rabbi who oversaw Ivanka Trump’s conversion to Judaism, made the ceremonial toss at the Mets-Marlins game on Sunday to a smattering of applause at…
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Fast Forward Eric Schneiderman Threatens Legal Battle Against Obamacare Repeal
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has threatened to sue the federal government if the House-passed repeal of Obamacare becomes law. The Empire State’s top prosecutor said the law would prohibit states from using their own health care monies to reimburse Planned Parenthood for services rendered, a provision that he said would be unconstitutional. “In…
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Fast Forward N.Y. Real Estate Developers Raise Billions From Israel
New York real estate developers have found a new source of cash to finance their apartment complexes on the Tel Aviv stock market. Only four months into the year, Israeli investors have bought $1 billion in debt bonds from big names in Manhattan’s development game – including Jeff Sutton of Wharton Properties and Joel Warner…
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News New York Politician Attacks ‘Greedy Jewish Landlords’ — Could He Win Race?
Two years ago, Thomas Lopez-Pierre promised uptown Manhattan’s political insiders that he was going to quit being so outrageously offensive. The longtime gadfly, who once called a New York State Assemblywoman a “$20 political slut,” was convincing enough in his vow to reform that he drew a donation from a prominent uptown Democrat who had…
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Fast Forward Families Won’t Identify Circumcisers Who Gave Babies Herpes, NYC Spokesman Says
NEW YORK (JTA) — The New York City Health Department said it cannot complete an investigation into who infected four infants with herpes through an Orthodox circumcision rite because the boys’ families will not identify the mohels. “Unfortunately, some in the community are resistant to sharing the name of the mohels,” Health Department spokesman Christopher…
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Fast Forward New York Plans Push On Hate — As Bias Crime Soars
(JTA) — New York State reportedly will establish a hate crimes task force. The task force, which will identify and investigate hate crimes and discriminatory practices, will be established using $1 million set aside in the new state budget passed earlier this month, The Associated Press reported Tuesday. It will be made up of members…
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