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DeBlasio Admin Moves Forward with Controversial BQX Project

By: Hellen Zaboulani Mayor de Blasio’s administration is pushing forward with the Brooklyn Queens Connector project, the controversial proposal for a state-of-the-art, zero-emission streetcar system along an 11-mile corridor from Red Hook, Brooklyn to Astoria, Queens. The city launched an official website www.brooklynqueensconnector.nyc/ which has information about the proposal, including FAQs, route details, important dates […]

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To Stop Hateful Attacks on Jews, Oppose the Ideology Behind Them

The lauded NY march was not merely useless but counterproductive; it provided cover for those spreading bigotry to proclaim, “look, we love Jews!” By: Yaakov Menkin 25,000 people marched in New York last Sunday under the banner “No Hate, No Fear,” ostensibly targeting antisemitic violence directed at recognizably Orthodox Jews. Only two things were missing: […]

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Iconic Bklyn Dem Party Boss Frank Seddio Set to Retire

By: Hans Van Fracht Longtime Brooklyn Democratic Party boss Frank Seddio is resigning. Sources reportedly told the New York Post that the 74-year-old Seddio, chairman since 2012, is going to make the announcement on Wednesday. His term in office was scheduled to have concluded in eight months anyway. “I’m announcing I’m stepping down,” Seddio told […]

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Insights Into Tu B’Shevat – Holy Eating

By: Sarah Schneider Run a search on food and Jewish culture on Google and you will get about 2,380,000 results, including one which starts with the observation that “Jewish culture is often associated in the popular imagination with food.” For that matter, Jewish culture is often associated in the Jewish imagination with food- as are […]

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Bail Reform Laws Spell Trouble for NYC

Along with the New Year’s ball falling in Times Square, so likewise did the hopes of the law abiding citizens of New York State for their families’ safety. On January 1, the combined inept leaders in Albany and City Hall ushered in a new set of revolving-door-justice laws that would permit repeat criminals to saunter […]

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Parshas Shemos–The Making of Greatness

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis In this parsha, we meet the greatest man who ever walked on planet earth, the man who actually spoke to G-d face to face — Moshe Rabbenu — Moses, Our Teacher. Moses was brilliant, strong, handsome, and powerful, yet it was not for any of these reasons that he was chosen […]

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