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Fast Forward 1,500 People Attend Aliyah Event In New York
(JTA) — More than 1,500 people interested in moving to Israel attended a Nefesh B’Nefesh Aliyah fair in New York. The program, billed as the Israel Mega Event, was held Sunday at John Jay College in Manhattan. The event was organized in cooperation with Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption, The Jewish Agency for…
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Fast Forward NY Gov. Cuomo Announces Crackdown On Hate Crimes
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced new measures to combat anti-Semitic hate crimes and other bias incidents, days after the desecration of a Jewish cemetery in Missouri. “There is no place for hate or discrimination or bigotry in New York,” the Democrat said, promising that his administration would set up a toll-free hotline to report…
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Fast Forward This Jewish Republican Is Ducking Rowdy Town Hall Meetings
After hecklers shouted down Republicans in their home district town hall meetings this week, one New York representative says he’s found a way to avoid the embarrassment: don’t go. Instead, Lee Zeldin, one of two Jewish Republicans in the House, says he is doing “tele-town hall” meetings by phone. In an interview with CNN Zeldin…
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Fast Forward Did Ben’s Kosher Deli Fire Workers Over #DayWithoutImmigrants Protest?
Ben’s Kosher Deli is coming under attack for allegedly firing workers who stayed away from work last week to observe the nationwide #DayWithoutImmigrants protest. Telemundo reported that the Long Island Jewish eatery dumped 25 workers after they took part in the anti-Trump protest. But the deli fired back insisting that it only fired an unspecified…
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Fast Forward Commuter Who Led Subway Swastika Cleanup To Get ADL Award
(JTA) — The New York commuter who led several others on a Manhattan subway to clean away anti-Semitic graffiti with hand sanitizer is being honored by the Anti-Defamation League. Jared Nied, 37, will receive ADL’s Stand Up New Yorker Award, which recognizes city residents for taking immediate action to help those being singled out for bigotry,…
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The Schmooze 6 Jewish Designers To Watch At New York Fashion Week
A blizzard may be taking NYC by storm, but the city’s hottest fashionistas are schlepping through the sleet and snow (in their finest fur and shoes your bubbe probably wouldn’t approve of) for New York Fashion Week, which started today and continues through next Thursday, February 15. Since 1993, NYFW has been held annually in…
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Fast Forward This Time, It’s a ‘No-Swastikas’ Sign Found on the New York City Subway
This weekend, many New Yorkers were shocked to find swastikas painted on subway windows and advertisements. They reacted swiftly and removed the hateful sharpie messages with hand sanitizer. Two days later, the New York subway system yet again saw a swastika – but this time, it was crossed out, and surrounded by a red “No”…
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Fast Forward Months Later, Swastikas Still Scrawled on Trees in Upstate New York Town
(JTA) — Swastikas and Nazi slogans remain on dozens of trees in an upstate New York town months after they were first reported to local police. Police in Clarkstown, in Rockland County, say they are continuing to investigate the vandalism, which was first brought to their attention on July 24, the Journal News reported. No arrests…
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