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With its circular fountain, winding paths, chess tables and iconic arch, Washington Square Park has long served as both gathering place and inspiration for artists. Barbara Kahn’s “Crossing Paths in Washington Square” is the latest play to be based on the famous park. But unlike Ruth and Augustus Goetz’s “The Heiress,” currently running on Broadway, […]

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Archaeological excavations west of Jerusalem have uncovered some unexpected artifacts — pottery figurines of men and horses, and other ritual items that are thought to date back some 2,700 years to the start of King David’s early reign and the period of the Jewish kingdom’s divided monarchy. The east-facing site at Tel Motza, which includes […]

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This is a response to Gary Strong’s letter to the editor (Dec. 21) in which he stated that Anat Hoffman would better serve our people if she would just follow “the rules” of the Kotel, or Western Wall. He wrote that her actions were taking the focus off “praying to God for the health and […]

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