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Dennis Kay, mayor of the Hudson Valley, NY, town of Airmont, which reached a settlement with the US government in 2011 over a lawsuit over exclusionary zoning, died April 15 at 65. [[READMORE]] He was elected to the Airmont Village Board of Trustees in 2002 and was mayor from 2007. Village Trustee Veronica Boesch told […]

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IMAGE: Signed photo of Charlie Chaplin 1925, without signature mustache/makeup. Whether through our Jewish celebrity blog 6 Degrees No Bacon, a Matisyahu beard-shaving incident blogged by yours truly and relegated ‘breaking news’ status, or TV recaps from our CEO/editor in chief, JTA has established a habit for reporting Jewish celebrity news. It would therefore seem off […]

Jack Tramiel, an Auschwitz survivor and founder of Commodore International, which pioneered low-cost home computers, died April 9 at 83. [[READMORE]] “Jack Tramiel was an immense influence in the consumer electronics and computing industries. A name once uttered in the same vein as Steve Jobs is today, his journey from concentration camp survivor to captain […]

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