Was the Jewish Bronx the ‘paradise’ that it seemed? | COMMENTARY
The Bronx, like its Jewish community, didn’t disappear, but became something new, first for the worse, then for the better.
NYC Holocaust survivors react to horrifying images of released Israeli hostages, evoking painful memories: ‘Warehouse of the living dead’
They survived Hitler and the Holocaust – but these Jewish New Yorkers never imagined they’d witness images evoking the ...
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Was the Jewish Bronx the ‘paradise’ that it seemed?
In 1930, the Bronx was 50% Jewish. It’s a statistic that always surprises me, partly because the intense Jewish nostalgia ...
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Unique Yad Vashem exhibit and street naming highlight NYC’s commitment to remember the Holocaust
A unique Holocaust art exhibition opened this week in New York’s City Hall. In “The Wandering Jew,” a 1947 oil-and-canvas painting by Dutch artist Eliazer Neuberger, a barefoot man wearing torn ...
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Slog AM: Egg Thieves Hit West Seattle Cafe, A Radical Super Bowl, A Bent Galaxy
Foxes in the hen house: West Seattle's Luna Park Cafe was the victim of egg theft last week. Thieves stole more than 500 eggs ...
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Media avoid drawing line between Trump’s ‘Gaza plan’ and ethnic cleansing
A plan to "ethnically cleanse" Palestinians from their lands – I mean, it’s right there in that word. But not according to ...
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From the Archive: Life in the ‘Shanghai Ghetto’
Once in Shanghai, Jews attempted to create new, albeit temporary, lives for themselves. A Jewish daily newspaper, the Shanghai Jewish Chronicle, was founded in 1939. That same year, Benjamin ...
Human Torso Found in Suitcase in the East River Near Manhattan
A New York City ferry captain saw the luggage and called the Police Department’s Harbor Unit. The authorities have not ...
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Suitcase with human remains inside discovered in New York City's East River
Human remains were found in a suitcase that was drifting in the East River in New York City, police said. The NYPD Harbor Unit discovered the remains near Governor’s Island, police said.
Addisleigh Park, a historic Queens neighborhood, was once dubbed "Black Hollywood East"
Musicians from James Brown to Lena Horne and athletes Jackie Robinson and Joe Louis all made a home in Addisleigh Park, a ...
Peaches Adaba’s Sidem enters New York Reggae chart
St Thomas-based singjay Peaches Adaba makes her debut on the New York Reggae chart with her latest single Sidem, entering at ...