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The unofficial mayor of Queens’ Bukharian Jewish community gets a long-awaited honor

A Forest Hills street is co-named for Gavriel Davidov, a late community leader who helped establish numerous Bukharian synagogues and institutions.

By Julia Gergely November 16, 2023 4:02 pm

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A Jewish-owned hot dog empire began on this Coney Island street corner

A Jewish immigrant from Poland, Nathan Handwerker opened Nathan’s Famous hot dogs alongside his wife Ida in Brooklyn in 1916.

September 26, 2023 5:42 pm

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Jewish rappers Beastie Boys honored with Lower East Side street renaming

The corner of Ludlow and Rivington streets — where the shop featured on the Jewish rappers’ second album, “Paul’s Boutique,” once stood — is now known as Beastie Boys Square.

September 10, 2023 6:50 pm

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This Jewish radio reporter was ‘the dean of the press corps’

By Leah Breakstone August 31, 2023 9:45 am

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Golda Meir may be having a moment, yet her memory endures in a Midtown plaza

By Leah Breakstone August 24, 2023 12:28 pm

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The Jewish violinist who saved Carnegie Hall from the brink of destruction

By Leah Breakstone August 7, 2023 4:23 pm

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Abe Lebewohl Park honors murdered 2nd Ave Deli founder and East Village ‘mensch’

By Leah Breakstone July 28, 2023 3:01 pm

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Rose Feiss Boulevard honors a ‘small but mighty’ maven of the South Bronx

By Julia Gergely July 20, 2023 5:28 pm

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Anna Sokolow Way honors fierce Jewish dancer and choreographer

By Leah Breakstone July 14, 2023 3:39 pm

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Cheesecake Corner in Brooklyn honors the Jewish founder of Junior’s restaurant

By Julia Gergely July 6, 2023 4:19 pm

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The unofficial mayor of Queens’ Bukharian Jewish community gets a long-awaited honor

A Jewish-owned hot dog empire began on this Coney Island street corner

Jewish rappers Beastie Boys honored with Lower East Side street renaming

This Jewish radio reporter was ‘the dean of the press corps’

Golda Meir may be having a moment, yet her memory endures in a Midtown plaza

The Jewish violinist who saved Carnegie Hall from the brink of destruction

Abe Lebewohl Park honors murdered 2nd Ave Deli founder and East Village ‘mensch’

Rose Feiss Boulevard honors a ‘small but mighty’ maven of the South Bronx

Anna Sokolow Way honors fierce Jewish dancer and choreographer

Cheesecake Corner in Brooklyn honors the Jewish founder of Junior’s restaurant

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