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Julia Gergely JTA
July 30, 2024, 12:16 pm
New memoir explores traumatic teenage years in Hasidic Crown Heights
Lesbian chef tells of misogyny, assault and trauma she experienced when sent to live with a Hasidic rabbi
By Julia Gergely JTA
Dr. Ruth Westheimer attends the Radio Hall of Fame Class of 2019 Induction Ceremony at Gotham Hall, Nov. 08, 2019, New York, NY. (Kovac/Getty Images for Radio Hall of Fame via JTA)
July 18, 2024, 1:56 pm
‘A tiny, spry behemoth of a nonagenarian’: Jewish New Yorkers remember Dr Ruth
Fans mourn sex therapist and Holocaust survivor Ruth Westheimer, who died on Friday, aged 96
By Julia Gergely JTA
June 12, 2024, 1:10 pm
Head of elite Manhattan school steps down following criticism of 7 October response
David Lourie announced on Monday that he would be leaving his post after an internal audit found evidence of “religious and cultural bias” including antisemitism
By Julia Gergely JTA
A photograph of a business selling Rosh Hashanah cards on the Lower East Side in 1936 and a photograph of the Eldridge Street Synagogue taken in 1930, both by Percy Loomis Sperr. (Courtesy Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library.)
March 22, 2024, 8:50 am
The New York Public Library’s Jewish division digitised 800 years of Jewish history
The collection includes the very first edition, in 1897, of the Yiddish daily newspaper Der Forverts, scripts of plays from the Yiddish writer Sholem Asch and photos of the Lower East Side from more than 100 years ago
By Julia Gergely JTA
Google's new offices in Manhattan
February 27, 2024, 6:32 pm
Kosher falafel restaurant opens at new Google complex in Manhattan
Mike Solomonov’s Goldie Falafel is among many eateries at the new offices
By Julia Gergely JTA
Israeli singer Noa Kirel wears a Kanye West-printed outfit on stage during the MTV Europe Music Awards 2022 in Dusseldorf, Germany, Nov. 13, 2022. (Andreas Rentz/Getty Images for MTV)
August 9, 2023, 8:54 am
Israeli pop star Noa Kirel to headline Madison Square Garden in 2024
Kirel will be the second ever-Israeli to headline a concert at the 20,000-seat venue following Orthodox Israeli pop star Ishay Ribo.
By Julia Gergely JTA
A replica of a Holocaust cattle car is on view in Times Square in honor of Yom Hashoah, April 18, 2023. (Julian Voloj)
April 19, 2023, 12:24 pm
A Holocaust cattle car in Times Square makes a moving, if jarring, statement
“Hate Ends Now” tour is traveling the country with a mission to promote Holocaust education and combat antisemitism.
By Julia Gergely JTA
Michael Epstein, highlighted in the bottom row, and Abe Rosenberg, highlighted in the top row, pictured in their classroom in a displaced person's camp in 1947. The two were reconnected by a chance encounter 76 years later. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Abraham Rosenberg)
March 21, 2023, 11:58 am
Holocaust survivors and former classmates reunited after 76 years
Michael Epstein, 87, and Abe Rosenberg, 82, embrace at emotional reunion in New York.
By Julia Gergely JTA
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