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Fast Forward NYPD reports 55 antisemitic incidents in May, highest in six months
The monthly total is more than double the tally for the same period last year, indicating the surge in antisemitism after Oct. 7 has not peaked
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Fast Forward Former Rep. Mondaire Jones rips Jamaal Bowman over Israel and endorses primary competitor George Latimer
Jones’ endorsement of George Latimer in New York’s 16th Congressional District could also benefit his own campaign in a neighboring area
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Fast Forward ‘Bring them home’ chants replace usual festive mood at New York’s annual parade for Israel
Elected officials and Jewish leaders marched with relatives of Israeli and American hostages and Oct. 7 survivors
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Fast Forward 3 historic NYC synagogues receive grants for renovation projects
To be eligible for a 'Sacred Sites' grant, each site has to be a religious institution actively used for worship and listed on the state or national Register of Historic Places
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Fast Forward 7 Jewish things about the courthouse where jurors deliberated Donald Trump’s fate
What’s so Jewish about 100 Centre St.? Plenty, including its architect, a mysterious shofar and Trump invoking Soros
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Sports Why the New York Knicks have won the hearts of Jewish New York — and basketball lovers everywhere
The 2024 squad is a throwback to an earlier era
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News Columbia’s campus is rocked by protests. The surrounding neighborhood? Not so much
Residents of Morningside Heights say it's business as usual in their Upper Manhattan community
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Culture Could this be the most meaningful Holocaust memorial in New York?
In Riverside Park, a stone meant to be a placeholder for a grander memorial has become an unlikely gathering place for Bundist Holocaust survivors and their descendants
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