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Despite promising protection to New York City’s Jewish community, there are clear indications that your stalwart anti-Zionist views and pro-Palestinian advocacy may provide your Jewish constituents with their greatest safety risk. According to recent data released by the New York City Police Department, antisemitic hate crimes represent the majority of the 58 hate crimes since you […]
Human Interest
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The story of Siggi Wilzig’s extraordinary life, portrayed in the biography Unstoppable by Josh Greene, is both heartbreaking and inspiring. There is so much to learn from his experiences surviving horrific conditions in the concentration camps and from his life afterward, in which he defied all odds to rebuild himself and create a lasting legacy. […]
Sophomore year of college, I walk into Anthropology class and I see… her. I see her and she glows. She really glows, even better than the movies. My heart knows there is something about her, something kind, warm, and good. It also didn't hurt that she was a beautiful blond. We fell in love. The […]
As the youngest of five children, I was still a kid when my oldest sister got married. My eldest brother and second sister followed soon after, and by the time I was a teenager, marriage already felt like a foregone conclusion. I assumed I would follow the same path and get married in my twenties. […]
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Superstition, polygamy, dybbuks and the infamous hole in the sheet.
