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New York – New Initiative To Educate Camp Counselors On Potential Safety Problems
New York – With the opening of summer camp just days away, a newly launched program geared at counselor education is hoping to become the gold standard in Orthodox Jewish camping. Project SafeCamp is
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Yeshivah Of Flatbush: No Bias In Airline Incident
Pressure to get a chronically late flight into the air contributed to a June 3 incident in which more than 100 yeshiva kids were asked to leave an Atlanta-bound flight. But anti-Semitism did not.
Read More »In Blow To de Blasio, WFP Decide Not To Endorse Dem Candidate In Primary
Unable to coalesce around a Democratic mayoral candidate, the labor-backed Working Families Party has decided to nominate a placeholder who will later cede the spot to the winner of the September Democratic primary. The
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Brooklyn, NY – In Op-Ed Hamodia Slams Community Leaders Who Take Politicians To Rabbis And Claim Endorsements
Brooklyn, NY – Citing two recent instances of candidates promoting “visits” with prominent local Rebbes as “endorsements” and “photo-ops,” Hamodia is calling on the lcoal liaisons between candidates and the Orthodox Jewish community to
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Rockland County, NY – 60 Year-Old Monsey Man Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison For Molesting Girl
Rockland County, NY – A 60 year-old Israeli national who has been living in the Monsey, NY illegally under a presumed name has been sentenced to 8 years in prison after pleading guilty in
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Far Rockaway, NY – The End Of An Era: The Sulitzer Rebbe
Far Rockaway, NY – The entire community is mourning the passing this past Tuesday night of one of the founders and pioneers of the Torah community in Far Rockaway. Rav Shmuel Shmelka Rubin, the
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New York – Wake-Up Call: Starbucks To Post Calorie Counts
New York – Starbucks has a new way to wake up its customers: showing the calories in its drinks. The Seattle-based coffee chain says it will start posting calorie counts on menu boards nationwide
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New York – Eating More Red Meat Tied To Higher Diabetes Risk
New York – Increasing the number of hamburgers and other red meat people eat on a daily basis is linked to a higher risk of developing diabetes down the road, according to a new
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New York – ‘Wait-and-See’ Response May Be Best For Early Prostate Cancer
New York – Watching and routinely examining men with early, slow-growing prostate cancer is more effective and cheaper than sending them to surgery or radiation right away, according to a new study. The findings
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‘Sefaria’ Text Site Could Expand Jewish Learning
Imagine being able to access every major Judaic text, in the original and in English translation, free of charge and from one website. Whenever you come across a reference to a related book or
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Catsimatidis Stresses Interfaith Work
John Catsimatidis, the tycoon best known for his chain of troubled supermarkets and his real estate empire, has never been elected to anything. But that shouldn’t matter when he’s running for mayor, he says.
Read More »Will Sefaria Hurt Jewish Publishing?
How Sefaria will affect Judaica publishers, many of whom are increasingly venturing into the digital realm, and to what extent they will cooperate with its open-source approach, remains to be seen. Approached by
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New York – 8 Hurt, Some Seriously, When Car Jumps Curb In NYC
New York – Police and fire officials say eight people have been injured, one of them critically, after a car jumped a curb and slammed into a Manhattan store. The white car hit the
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New York – Former TWA Flight 800 Investigators Want New Probe
New York – Former investigators are pushing to reopen the probe into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of New York, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that
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New York – High-Profile Orthodox Jewish Real Estate Mogul Makes $2B Offer For Empire State Building
New York – An attorney for a high-profile New York City real-estate mogul has made a $2B offer to buy the Empire State Building in a letter sent to the firm currently controlling the
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Albany, NY – Gov. Cuomo, Leaders Agree On 4 Upstate Casinos
Albany, NY – Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders struck deals Tuesday night to authorize four upstate casinos and to allow separate votes on a women’s rights package including an abortion proposal that appeared
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Christine Quinn Attends Kabbalat Shabbat Service
In yet another indication Christine Quinn is targeting the Orthodox Jewish vote, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman accompanied Christine Quinn, Friday night, to an Orthodox Shul on the Upper West Side – Ohev Tzedek. According
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New York – ADL: New Book From Alice Walker Contains ‘Shocking’ 80-Page Screed Against Israel & Jews
New York – Alice Walker, the American writer who has long made clear her antipathy toward the state of Israel, “has taken her extreme and hostile views to a shocking new level” in her
Read More »Albany, NY – Feds: 2 NY Men Tried To Make X-ray Weapon To Use Towards Enemies Of Israel
Albany, NY Federal authorities have accused two upstate New York men of assembling a portable X-ray weapon they intended to use against opponents of Israel. Prosecutors say 49-year-old Glendon Scott Crawford, of Galway, and
Read More »Albany, NY – Bill To Ensure Town Hearings Are Not Held On Rosh Hashanah Passes Assembly
Albany, NY – Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg (D-Nassau County) announced Assembly passage of legislation he authored that would let towns move the mandated date of their annual hearings for special improvement districts to ensure they
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