This is the Forward’s coverage of the Upper West Side neighborhood of Manhattan.
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Yiddish World Yiddish poetry is coming to Yeshivat Hadar
Basya Schechter and Avi Fox-Rosen will perform Itsik Manger’s ‘Bible Songs’ at the renowned institution in Manhattan
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Fast Forward Silver Moon Bakery, UWS spot known for its challah, faces eviction after failing to pay rent
The crisis represents a one-two punch for locals still reeling from the abrupt closure of Absolute Bagels
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Culture A loss that leaves a bagel-sized hole on the Upper West Side of Manhattan
Why I’m mourning the closing of Absolute Bagels
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Culture Jewish New Yorkers sit shiva for Absolute Bagels
Longtime Upper West Side residents came to pay their respects after the store’s unexpected closure
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Culture The shuttering of Absolute Bagels on NYC’s Upper West Side is driving some to anguish — others to poetry
An elegy for the loss of the best bagel in New York — and maybe the universe
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Culture PopUp Bagels’ controversial 3-bagel minimum (unsliced!) hits the Upper West Side
A Q&A with bagel disrupter Adam Goldberg as he opens his 7th shop
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News A Jewish man was charged in a plot against synagogues. His parents want you to know the whole story
Matthew Mahrer, who’s descended from a famous Holocaust survivor, desperately needed help. He’s finally getting it
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Culture Sophie Zucker is ready to suck face
The comedian talks to the Forward about her uncensored one-woman musical, making fun of Manhattan and being extremely Jewish onstage
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