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Fast Forward NY Federation Calls Republican Health Care Bill ‘Potentially Disastrous’
NEW YORK (JTA) — New York’s Jewish federation sent a letter to Congress members in the state opposing the Republican health care bill because of its potential negative impact on poor people. The letter sent Wednesday by Eric Goldstein, the CEO of the UJA-Federation of New York, opposes provisions in the bill that would shift…
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Fast Forward NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Targets Trump With Bulldog Hire
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman stepped up his battle with the Trump Administration by hiring a top corruption prosecutor who used to work under former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Journal reports that Howard Master will work on issues connected to the White House, and take on…
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Fast Forward Chuck Schumer Slams Proposed Trump Budget Cuts To Security Grants
NEW YORK (JTA) — Sen. Charles Schumer slammed President Donald Trump’s budget proposal that could jeopardize a security assistance program for nonprofits that benefits Jewish institutions, citing threats to Jewish sites across the United States. “At a time where perpetrators are terrorizing the Jewish community across the country, even here in New York, it makes no…
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Fast Forward Shalom Lamm Voter Fraud Case Continues Without Preet Bharara
Correction Appended The case of Jewish real estate developers charged with voter fraud in the Catskills will continue through the federal court system this week, a legacy of dismissed U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. Shalom Lamm and co-conspirators Kenneth Nakdimen and Volvy Smilowitz are accused of federal voter fraud conspiracy in a bid to elect public…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Jewish Children’s Museum Emptied By Bomb Threat
Police said they are investigating a bomb threat called into the Jewish Children’s Museum early Thursday in Brooklyn, according to DNA Info. The call happened just before opening hours in the Crown Heights neighborhood. It is the latest in more than 130 bomb threats called into JCCs, Jewish schools and other institutions nationwide since the…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Man Arrested For Swastikas At Penn Station
(JTA) — A Brooklyn man has been arrested for drawing swastikas and other bias graffiti in men’s bathrooms in Penn Station. Pasquale Vargas, 65, is accused of multiple incidents of hate-crime graffiti at Penn Station. Vargas admitted to writing the graffiti during an interview with MTA police, according to the statement. He also was arrested…
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News Egalitarian New York Yeshiva Teaches Torah To Jews In Pews — Not Future Rabbis
NEW YORK (JTA) — In the upstairs sanctuary of a Manhattan synagogue, a group of rabbis is studying Jewish texts on pluralism and community. One floor below, 22 students are sitting in pairs poring over the book of Exodus. The students spend all day, every weekday in the building, studying Jewish text and observing strict…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes In New York Up 94% Over Last Year
New York’s hate crime wave, which started after President Donald Trump’s November election, has continued in the new year, with the city police department releasing figures that show a virtual doubling of anti-Semitic incident reports over this time last year. “Hate crimes are up in this city. They’re driven primarily by anti-Semitic hate crimes,” Chief…
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