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Fast Forward ‘Peeping Tom’ New York Landlord Charged With Taping Tenant Naked
A creepy Upper West Side landlord has reportedly been charged for the second time with filming women without their permission in their apartments. Eli Kadoch, 48, was of filming Aksana Kuzmitskaya, 26, a grad student from Belarus. She had moved into his building in December of 2013 and lived there rent-free on the condition that…
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Fast Forward New York Rabbis Push for Yeshiva Security Guard Funding
A group of New York City rabbis is urging Mayor Bill de Blasio to have the city pay for security at parochial schools. In a letter sent Monday, 24 rabbis asked the mayor to back Intro 65, a City Council bill that would provide New York Police Department school safety agents for parochial schools that…
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Fast Forward New York May End Consent Forms for Controversial Circumcision Rite
The New York City Board of Health may waive a consent form for a controversial circumcision rite. In an effort to cooperate with Orthodox community leaders, the Board of Health voted Wednesday night to mull a plan for hospitals to distribute a brochure in English and Yiddish to Orthodox patients that talks about the danger…
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Fast Forward Hasidic Discrimination Suit Against Bloomingburg Clears Legal Hurdle
A federal judge ordered two New York municipalities in the Catskills foothills to face a lawsuit accusing them of discriminating against Hasidic Jews by trying to stop them from moving in. U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest said Bloomingburg, a village in Sullivan County with about 400 residents, must face claims by the developer of a…
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News Boxer Dustin Fleischer Steps Into Ring Packing Power of Survivor’s Punch
UPDATE: With the local crowd behind him at the Barclays Center, Fleischer scored a quick knockout Saturday night against Kareem Milner in his second professional fight.. Fleischer’s fast hands and aggressive style pushed Millner to the ropes right away. After barely a minute, with Milner seemingly about to keel over, the referee stepped. Fleischer’s record…
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Fast Forward Jewish Board Inherits $75M in Deals From Doomed FEGS
Another Jewish social service agency has replaced FEGS as New York City’s largest social service group. The Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, or JBFCS, is taking over $75 million worth of government and other contracts formerly filled by the Federation Employment Guidance Services, which shocked many in the nonprofit and Jewish community when…
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News Should New York City Fund Security Guards for Yeshivas?
Standing on the steps of City Hall in downtown Manhattan, Letitia James, the New York City public advocate, turned to the private school students arrayed like a backdrop behind her and ended the speech she gave in mid-May with a shout: “We want school safety agents!” The children — Muslim girls with their heads covered,…
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Opinion An Immoral Use of Jewish Power in Upstate New York
New York State’s legislative session is in full swing, and thousands of Jews from across denominational lines are expressing their support for two bills that, on the face of it, don’t seem to have anything to do with typical Jewish issues like Israel or liberal social causes. But these bills — A.5355 and S.3821, as…
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