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Film & TV I built the ‘Seinfeld’ apartment from Lego — it nearly broke me
I grew up in a house with a framed cocktail napkin signed by Jerry Seinfeld and every episode of his sitcom taped on VHS. All this is to say that I have a long history of welcoming the man into my home and am pretty familiar with the layout of the “Seinfeld” apartment. That said,…
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Fast Forward Manhattan DA candidate dismisses questions about contacts with Trump administration
Tali Farhadian Weinstein, one of the leading candidates for Manhattan district attorney, dismissed questions Wednesday about how her past contacts with the Trump administration might complicate the office’s inquiry into the former president if she’s elected. The New York Times reported on Wednesday that Farhadian Weinstein, a former federal prosecutor, was interviewed by former Trump…
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News Bullied as a kid for being Jewish, Dan Quart says he’ll be tough on hate crimes as Manhattan DA
Growing up in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in the early 1980s, Dan Quart, now a member of the State Assembly, was the frequent target of antisemitic slurs. “The walk from my house to synagogue was pretty long,” Quart, 48, said in a recent interview. “I’d go with my friends, and as a big…
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Fast Forward Historic Manhattan Yeshiva Vandalized With Graffiti
(JTA) — Graffiti was painted on the exterior of a historic yeshiva on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The Mesivta Tiferes Yerushalayim building was vandalized between Friday afternoon and Saturday evening, possibly while students were inside. The graffiti included what looks like a clown face, the word “evil,” and a series of letters and numbers meant…
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Breaking News Imam: ‘Allah’s Plan’ Fulfilled When Synagogue Hosts Muslim Prayers After Fire
The Muslim congregants of a Manhattan mosque closed after a fire were not without a place to pray on Friday. “Allah had a better plan,” the imam said, after a nearby synagogue opened its doors to them. The tense situation turned into a beautiful moment for both the Islamic Society of Mid-Manhattan and Central Synagogue,…
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Fast Forward B&H Photo Sued For Giving $2K Baby Bonus Only To Jewish Workers
The Hasidic owners of a well-known photo equipment company offered their Jewish workers a $2,000 “baby bonus” for having children, but their Mexican workers weren’t given the same incentive, the New York Post reported. B&H Photo Video was sued for its discriminatory practice, according to a Manhattan Supreme Court Suit. The company is owned by…
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Fast Forward Manhattan Sukkah Vandalized With ‘Free Gaza’ Graffiti
A sukkah in New York City’s Upper East Side was defaced with the words “Free Gaza,” WABC reported Monday. The anti-Israel message was spray painted three times on the sukkah in Carl Schurz Park on Sunday morning. The hut, where meals are eaten to commemorate the holiday of Sukkot, was vandalized a day before Simchat…
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News How A Respected Jewish Educator Preyed On Children For A Half-Century
By his own admission, Stanley S. Rosenfeld, a Jewish educator who worked primarily in New York City and Rhode Island, sexually abused “hundreds” of children — nearly all middle school-aged boys — during his five-decade career. From a beloved summer camp in New Jersey, to elite Orthodox schools in New York, to a small Conservative…
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