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In all the debate about the correct bagel order, it’s left out that bagels should, whenever possible, be eaten open-faced.
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While national politicians debate Zohran Mamdani’s candidacy, for
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, I spoke to the Jewish voters in Astoria who actually know him. The conversations reveal a more nuanced picture than you’d expect.
forward.com/news/733324/...
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Zohran Mamdani has represented Astoria's Jews for 4 years. What do they think of him?
Before becoming the NYC mayor Democratic nominee, Zohran Mamdani represented Astoria in the New York State assembly, what do Jews there think?
https://forward.com/news/733324/zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-jews-astoria-queens/
4 months ago
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5 months ago
My newest for
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: On its busy calendar of speed dating events, belly dancing performances and fundraisers for Palestinians, Brooklyn’s Barzakh Café has also hosted Jewish events, including interfaith Shabbat dinners and Mimouna celebrations
forward.com/culture/7207...
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At this pro-Palestinian cafe, you can practice your Hebrew and imagine you're in Mauritania
El Atigh Abba's Brooklyn cafe is an in-between place influenced by its owner's favorite cafe in his native Mauritania.
https://forward.com/culture/720706/barzakh-brooklyn-cafe-mauritania-tunis-hebrew-arabic/
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Immigrants in Queens are redefining what it means to be American. The proof is San Wei, a Chinese hand-pulled noodle stall claiming to make NY’s best pastrami sandwich. And they’re looking to open dozens of locations. For
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forward.com/culture/7108...
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I have seen the future of America — in a pastrami sandwich in Queens
San Wei, which serves pastrami sandwiches along with churros and biang biang noodles, tells a uniquely American story.
https://forward.com/culture/710848/san-wei-pastrami-sandwich-katzs-queens-mall/
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6 months ago
Gabrielle (aka my mom, not yet on Bluesky) and I co-wrote an article about our recent trip to Munich which hinged on my great-grandfather’s silver cup - confiscated in 1930s Germany - being returned to our family after 80+ yrs in a Munich museum.
#silverlevy
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In Germany, a Jewish family is reunited with a treasured family object — but also a sense of exile
For Gaby and Sonya Gropman, a trip to Munich to retrieve a kiddush cup represented a homecoming to a land where there is no longer a home
https://forward.com/culture/714982/sonya-gaby-gropman-kiddush-cup-germany-return-jewish-silver/
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Yesterday, I had the honor to share the stage (bimah) with these concentration camp liberators at the Baltimore Jewish Council Yom HaShoah event. I presented about the
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’s “Seeking Relatives” column.
6 months ago
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ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt was once a Tufts student newspaper Opinion editor and free speech warrior. I wrote about it last year for
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forward.com/news/607054/...
add a skeleton here at some point
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I wrote about how Trump is using a 1950s antisemitic law to target pro-Palestine student activists. For
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forward.com/news/702427/...
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State Department plan to deport ‘pro-Hamas’ students relies on a 1952 law that targeted Jews
Jewish Holocaust survivors suspected of being Soviet sympathizers were subject to the 1952 McCarran-Walter Act.
https://forward.com/news/702427/mccarran-walter-act-state-department-plan-deport-pro-hamas-students/
7 months ago
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My piece in
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about migrant lunch vendors.
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9 months ago
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