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Fast Forward New York Mayor Bill De Blasio Cleared In Hasidic Fundraising Probe
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has been cleared in federal and state probes into possible improper fundraising that had ties to the Satmar community in Brooklyn. “I’ve said consistently that we acted appropriately, we acted ethically, we acted lawfully,” de Blasio told WNYC. “I think this confirms what I’ve been saying.” Federal prosecutors…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Jewish Children’s Museum Emptied By Bomb Threat
Police said they are investigating a bomb threat called into the Jewish Children’s Museum early Thursday in Brooklyn, according to DNA Info. The call happened just before opening hours in the Crown Heights neighborhood. It is the latest in more than 130 bomb threats called into JCCs, Jewish schools and other institutions nationwide since the…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Man Arrested For Swastikas At Penn Station
(JTA) — A Brooklyn man has been arrested for drawing swastikas and other bias graffiti in men’s bathrooms in Penn Station. Pasquale Vargas, 65, is accused of multiple incidents of hate-crime graffiti at Penn Station. Vargas admitted to writing the graffiti during an interview with MTA police, according to the statement. He also was arrested…
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Food Talking Jews And Booze With Whiskey Expert Dan Friedman
Every time I hear the old saw that Jews aren’t drinkers, I scratch my head and wonder if my family, colleagues and friends are all somehow a minority-within-a-minority — or whether this little piece of conventional wisdom is all wet. Luckily, I work down the hall from an expert in such matters, Dan Friedman, the…
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Fast Forward Jewish Leaders Insist Toppled Brooklyn Headstones Were Vandalized — Police Eye Neglect
(JTA) — Jewish leaders in New York are disputing the New York Police Department’s finding that 42 headstones toppled in a Brooklyn cemetery are the result of neglect. The headstones reported toppled on Saturday night at the largely Jewish Washington Cemetery originally were thought to have been the work of a vandal or vandals. But police…
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Breaking News New York’s Iconic Katz’s Deli To Open Brooklyn Outpost
NEW YORK (JTA) — Katz’s Delicatessen, a staple on New York’s Lower East Side since 1888, confirmed the news reported by the Forward in October, that it is opening its first outpost — in downtown Brooklyn. The old-school deli, famous for the legendary “When Harry Met Sally” scene “I’ll have what she’s having,” will open…
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Fast Forward Man Who Attacked Brooklyn Jewish Y Chief At Nets Game Flees To Turkey
(JTA) — A New York man who was convicted of assaulting the head of the Brooklyn Jewish Y at a basketball game in 2014 has fled the country for Turkey. Shawn Schraeder, 27, of Queens, failed to show up Thursday for his first appointment with probation officials. A spokeswoman for the Department of Probation told…
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Fast Forward Syrian Jewish Businessman Snags Priciest Home in Brooklyn
Joseph Sitt, the founder of the global real estate firm Thor Equities, is the secretivebuyer of Brooklyn’s priciest residential property last year. The $11.6 million house is in Gravesend, the seat of the Syrian Jewish community that Sitt was born into and to which he still belongs. The house is 5,000 square feet, and its…
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