Julia Gergely is a former National Desk Intern at The Forward. She now reports for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Julia Gergely
By Julia Gergely
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Fast Forward ‘Club 2600’ is Brooklyn’s hottest party — for Holocaust survivors
Scenes from a monthly gathering thrown by the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island, which serves some 3,000 survivors in the borough.
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Fast Forward A 35-foot challah in NYC attempts to break a Guinness World Record
The gargantuan loaf was a collaboration between Congregation Rodeph Sholom, Jewish Federations of North America and the Orthodox Union
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Fast Forward A messy morning commute in NYC as pro-Palestinian protests shut down East River bridges and Holland Tunnel
The closures drew ire from commuters and some government officials
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News A Jewish Democrat gave up his political career to pass New York’s abortion rights law. A new film tells his story.
“Deciding Vote” revisits the legacy of George Michaels, an upstate politician who bucked his conservative district to help make abortion legal
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Culture Two Holocaust survivors, reunited after 80 years apart, tell their tale in a new short documentary
A Manhattan museum screens “Jack and Sam,” about Polish Jews who met in a labor camp and reconnected in their 90s
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Fast Forward Holocaust museum celebrates Rebecca Rubin, the Jewish immigrant and American Girl doll
For “Rebecca Day” at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, young guests are invited to bring their dolls and dress in costume as they learn about Jewish immigration
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Fast Forward Jewish actors Bebe Neuwirth and Steven Skybell to join ‘Cabaret’ revival on Broadway
The Broadway veterans will play Herr Schultz and Fräulein Schneider, a Jewish fruit vendor and German landlady who fall in love during the Nazis' rise to power
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Fast Forward With the Jerusalem Biennale canceled due to war, participating artists mount 3 exhibits in New York
The shows at the Heller Museum and the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan will serve as a satellite version of the festival, with other exhibits planned across the world
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