New York police are still searching for the driver who killed a prominent Jewish jeweler in a hit-and-run accident. Aron “Eric” Aranbayev, whose jewelry store in the Diamond District of Manhattan, New York, is known for its popularity with hip-hop stars like Drake and Busta Rhymes, died early Monday morning after being run over Sunday…
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…
Bob Holman is one of New York’s poetry legends. He pioneered the performance poetry scene a few decades ago, opened and is still running his world-renowned Bowery Poetry Club, is a professor, publisher, lecturer and much more. Today, in the spirit of the upcoming holidays, The Arty Semite is featuring Holman’s 1994 poem “A Jew…
די ווילנער דאָקטוירים יעקבֿ וויגאָדסקי און צמח שאַבאַד זענען אויך געווען געזעלשאַפֿטלעכע טוער.
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