Eyal Shani’s fast-casual Times Square restaurant is going kosher
A midtown branch of the celebrity chef’s pita chain Miznon will become certified kosher
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Art Even In World’s Smallest Jerusalem, Israelis Can’t Parallel Park
On the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem, a massive model railroad tribute in New York City’s Times Square displays the religious, archaeological and architectural diversity of Israel’s capital – while also playfully pointing out that many Israelis still drive like schmucks. At Gulliver’s Gate, a new Manhattan tourist attraction that officially opened on…
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Slideshows BEHOLD: The World’s Tiniest Jerusalem at Gulliver’s Gate
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The Schmooze Idina Menzel Defends Her New Year’s ‘Let It Go’ Performance
Getty Images Idina Menzel wants you all to let it go already. In case you haven’t heard, the “Frozen” sensation performed the Oscar-winning song during “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest,” what’s up with that name by the way?. All was going as planned: people were cheering, singing along, channeling Elsa —…
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Breaking News Anti-Semitic Elmo Spurs Times Square Character Crackdown
Cartoon characters like Mickey Mouse and Spider-man have been adored by generations of children, but their costumed counterparts who roam New York City’s Times Square are more a public nuisance, New York City lawmakers said on Wednesday. Indeed, tighter restrictions are likely ahead for the people who don the oversized costumes and pose for pictures…
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Breaking News Kidnappers of Teens Celebrate on New Tape
The full recording of the emergency call placed by one of three abducted teens, in which the kidnappers can be heard celebrating, was released. Wednesday’s release of the full audio, which is 2 minutes, 9 seconds, comes a day after the first 49 seconds were released. In the full tape, the kidnappers are heard singing…
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Breaking News #BringBackOurBoys Billboard Comes to Times Square
An advertisement calling for the return of three kidnapped Israeli teens is running on a digital billboard in Times Square. “On June 12th, 2014, three teenage boys were kidnapped in Israel, one of them an American citizen,” reads the 40-foot-by-40-foot ad purchased by the Young Israel of the West Side, an Orthodox synagogue in Manhattan….
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