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Breaking News $10M in Gems Snatched in New York Diamond District Heist
Up to $10 million in diamonds have been reported stolen from a New York jeweler who left them in an unlocked safe, police said on Friday. The jeweler, Jonathan Birnbaum, reported the diamonds missing from his Manhattan business on Thursday, according to police. Birnbaum kept the safe unlocked to allow easier access to other gems….
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Breaking News Fieldston School Under Fire Over Middle School Swastika Incident
The Ethical Culture Fieldston School, an elite New York private school in the Bronx, has come under fire for failing to adequately discuss the anti-Semitic connotations of the swastika after students in a middle-school class drew the symbol. Administrators barely touched the Nazi connotations of the notorious symbol and did not mention the Holocaust during…
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Breaking News New Video Surfaces of Arson Suspect Targeting Queens Bukharian Jews
New York City cops have released a new video of a suspect in the string of arson fires targeting Bukharian Jews in Queens — and he’s carrying a gun. The grainy video does not give a clear image of the perp — his face is hidden by his hoodie — but he does appear to…
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Breaking News Arson-Stricken Bukharians Meet With New York Police and Offiicals
The president of the New York City borough of Queens, the New York Police Department’s chief of detectives and numerous other city officials met with Bukharian Jewish leaders about a string of arsons affecting the community of central Asian Jews. At a meeting Tuesday morning at the Bukharian Jewish Community Center in Forest Hills, a…
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Breaking News Arab Bank Wins U.S. Appeal Over Thousands of Terror-Finance Claims
A U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday that thousands of non-U.S. citizens could not pursue claims against Arab Bank Plc for providing support to militant groups behind attacks in Israel and the Palestinian territories. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld a 2013 ruling that dismissed lawsuits against the Jordan-based bank,…
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Breaking News Re-Lighting Ceremony Held for Vandalized New York Menorah
A re-lighting ceremony for a menorah that had been vandalized two nights in a row was held Monday night at Carl Schurz park on New York’s Upper East Side. “It was a time to call the community back to add some light to darkness,” Rabbi Elie Weinstock of the Congretation Kehilath Jeshurun said to the…
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Opinion What New York’s Subway Lines Taught Me About Jewish Identity
I confess that I was taken aback by the popularity of my last piece for the Forward, In that article, I used some seat-of-the-pants social science and mapping to figure out which line of the New York City Subway served the greatest number of Jews — which turned out to be the “F.” I had…
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Breaking News New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Gets Mixed Response From Syrian Jews on Refugees
The mayor or New York reportedly drew some criticism from Syrian Jews for comparing Muslim refugees fleeing their homeland with Jews fleeing the Holocaust. Bill de Blasio received warm applause as he vowed to keep New York Jews safe as terror fears are heightened but there were ripples of disapproval when he brought up the…
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