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Food Where can you find the best egg cream in the world? Not New York
Philadelphia's Franklin Fountain won the first National Egg Cream Invitational with an unconventional take on the New York classic
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Fast Forward After drawing protests in NJ and Canada, Israeli real estate tour cancels Brooklyn stop over security concerns
The events have drawn increased interest from potential buyers and harsh protests since the Israel-Hamas war began
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Culture A Palestinian restaurant faced a flood of online abuse — so its owners hosted Shabbat for 1,300 guests
At Ayat, a Brooklyn mainstay of Palestinian cuisine, there is such a thing as a free dinner
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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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News ‘A little naive’: Details emerge about students arrested in tunnel fracas at Chabad world headquarters
Those arrested were young Israeli rabbinical students
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Culture What New York lost when it lost the Jewish cafeteria
Looking back at Dubrow’s of Kings Highway with photographer Marcia Bricker Halperin
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Fast Forward Jewish NYC lawmaker Inna Vernikov cleared of criminal charge after bringing ‘inoperable’ gun to pro-Palestinian protest
'We have no choice but to dismiss these charges," the Brooklyn district attorney’s office said in a statement
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News She lost a friend in Hamas’ attack. Then neighbors called for a boycott of her ‘ugly zio’ juice bar
"I didn't expect this and I don't feel safe anymore,” said Reut Levi, who opened Tamar Juice Bar in June
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