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CUNY profs quit union over anti-Israel resolution • Brad Lander backs Ben & Jerry’s • Brooklyn native is last victim of condo collapse

Good morning, New York. Mazel tov to Bette Midler, the latest Kennedy Center honoree, who once said, “I’m working my way toward divinity.” NEW YORK, NEW YORK At least 50 professors at the City University of New York have quit their union following passage of a resolution condemning Israel. The one-sided June 10 resolution, introduced in the wake […]

By New York Jewish Week Staff July 27, 2021 8:10 am

What made Jackie Mason great — and controversial • Gristedes sanctions Ben & Jerry’s • Anti-Israel protest fizzles

Good morning, New York! Today we remember a comic legend who, for better or worse, represented an iconic New York Jewish life. JACKIE MASON DIES Jackie Mason, who died here Saturday at 93, was one of the last survivors of the Borscht Belt comedy circuit. Mason, born Yacov Moshe Maza to Orthodox immigrant parents and raised […]

July 26, 2021 8:33 am

Cuomo condemns attack on Brooklyn yeshiva • More stores boycott Ben & Jerry’s • The Jewish history of Lender’s Bagels

WAKE-UP CALL Long after most of her neighbors have stopped, Rabbi Janise Poticha still salutes health care workers every day at 7 p.m. from her balcony on the Upper West Side. She blasts a shofar, and prays for the day when it makes sense to end the evening salute. Quotable: “The numbers are continuing to go up, […]

July 22, 2021 8:56 am

Mayor Bill de Blasio samples ice cream (not Ben & Jerry's) at Steve’s Craft Ice Cream in Brooklyn on March 20, 2014. (Rob Bennett for the Office of Mayor Bill de Blasio)

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Julia Haart defends ‘My Unorthodox Life’ • Major transition at American Jewish Committee • How to mark Tisha B’Av

By New York Jewish Week Staff July 16, 2021 8:59 am

NY burial societies ready to assist Florida’s Jews • New Yorkers thank Israel’s outgoing president • Harvey Keitel plays Meyer Lansky

By JTA Staff June 29, 2021 11:07 am