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Spending the Holidays in NYC?? Check Out These Hotels

The holidays are the perfect opportunity for a short much-needed getaway to recharge, refresh and reconnect with family. NYC is rich with beautiful hotels and experiences for every budget. Plus, staying in NYC helps circumvent airport mishaps and dreadful long road trips. By Ellen Cans The NY Post recently compiled a list of the most […]

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Israeli Superstar Gal Gadot to Produce Film Adaptation of Banned Israeli Novel

The book was banned in Israeli classrooms on the grounds that it could undermine the distinct identity of Israeli Jews. By: WIN Staff Gal Gadot and her husband Jaron Varsano will be co-producing a film adaptation of a novel banned by Israel’s education ministry in high school classrooms, reports Variety. The 2014 Hebrew novel “Borderlife” […]

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New NY Bill Seeks to Help Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse

By Tom Roberts If there is anything that government must do, it is to stand up for those who are the most vulnerable. And State Senator Brad Hoylman (D/WF-Manhattan) is helping to do just that. Hoylman introduced the Adult Survivors Act in October. The legislation would create a one-year window for the revival of time-barred […]

Op-Ed Opinion

Is it Too Late to Clear the Anti-Semitism Swamp?

Jewish pioneers cleared the swamps of the Galilee a hundred years ago, hoping naively to be left in peace in their own homeland. But how are we going to clear the swamp of antisemitism that has engulfed the world? By: Prof Phyllis Chesler (The following article originally appeared on the Arutz Sheva (Israel National News) […]

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Bloomberg Rolls Out $1.5 Trillion Health Care Plan in Bid for WH

By: Jasper Crusinki The transformation of Michael Bloomberg from moderate Independent to dedicated left leaning progressive has continued with the rollout of his $1.5 Trillion 10-year health care plan. Bloomberg, after declaring his presidency a few weeks ago and spending upwards of around $10 million a week on advertising (according to Daily Caller) , decided […]

JV Editorial Opinion

Internet Gambling = Troubled Youth

Dear Editor: Underage gambling is a growing concern in New York state. The explosion of internet gambling and gaming opportunities ― combined with the inescapable advertising and marketing of gaming and gambling everywhere from television to the corner store ― relentlessly expose our children to enticing messages of winning, risk-taking and excitement from a very […]

JV Editorial Opinion

Hanukkah Miracles; Then & Now

The eight-day Jewish celebration known as Hanukkah or Chanukah commemorates the rededication during the second century B.C. of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, where according to legend Jews had risen up against their Greek-Syrian oppressors in the Maccabean Revolt. Hanukkah, which means “dedication” in Hebrew, begins on the 25th of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar […]

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Manhattan Judge Deals Blow to DeBlasio’s Inwood Rezoning Plan

By: Hellen Zaboulani Mayor Bill de Blasio’s controversial Inwood neighborhood rezoning plan was dealt a heavy blow. Manhattan Supreme Court judge Verna Saunders ruled in favor of residents and small business owners in the northern Manhattan community who sued in contention of the Mayor’s 59-block rezoning plan. In August 2018, the City council had approved […]

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