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NY / Obituaries

Claire Shulman, Former Queens Borough President, Dies at 94

By Jewish Press News Desk

Claire Shulman was the first woman to become the Queens Borough President.

Headline / Jewish / NY / Police and Crime / Diaspora

Can NY Jews Go Out After Curfew for Religious Needs?

By Jewish Press News Desk

There have been numerous inquiries about going to the Mikvah or to a Minyan for Maariv...

US / News Briefs / Weather / Local

Fire Destroys 14 Businesses in Kew Garden Hills, Queens, NY

By Jewish Press News Desk

A 5-alarm fire spread like lightning, totally destroying a building in Queens, NY that stood for generations and housed 14 businesses.

Jewish / NY / News Briefs / Chessed and Tzedaka

Jewish Non-Profit Hands Out Hot kosher Holiday Meals

By JNi.Media

Masbia volunteers say they want everyone to have a hot meal this holiday season despite their own financial duress.

Jewish / US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner Visit the Rebbe's Ohel

By JNi.Media

As the US Presidential elections draw closer, the candidates are looking for all the support they can get.

NY / Police and Crime / News Briefs

NYPD Cop Shot in the Head

By Jewish Press News Desk

Brian Moore is the 5th NYPD cop to be shot in the past 5 months.

Interviews and Profiles

An Unlikely Partnership: Filming the American-Jewish Story

By Jewish Press Staff

An unlikely collaboration between a Russian Israeli and a Spanish Moroccan has produce films showcasing a variety of general and American Jewish causes.

Terrorism / US / News Briefs

NY Arrests 2 in Plot to Help Taliban ‘Cut US Soldiers to Pieces’

By Jewish Press Staff

Have Taliban’s tentacles reached Queens? NY police arrest two NY Muslims for planning to fund a Taliban plot “cut US soldiers to pieces. Their lawyers call the charges outrageous. They are “good US citizens.”

News Briefs / Obituaries

Philip Berg (86), the Kabbalah Centre Rabbi

By Jewish Press News Desk

Rabbi Philip Berg, founder of the controverisal Kabbalah Centre passed away on Monday

News Briefs / Religion / Holocaust

Yahrzheit for Lubavitcher Rebbe Expected to Draw 50,000 Visitors

By Jewish Press News Desk

Tens of thousands of Jews are expected to visit the gravesite of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Tuesday, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson (z"l), who passed away 19 years ago. Thousands stood in the rain Monday night at the Queens gravesite at the beginning of the third day of the Hebrew month of Tammuz. The Rebbe was arguably […]

Jewish / NY / Politics / News Briefs / Religion

Weiner Misses Queens Memorial Day Parade to Speak at Church

By Jewish Press News Desk

New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner passed up the annual Memorial Day parade in his former Queens district on Sunday in order to speak at a half-empty church. “I was, like, ‘Where’s Weiner?!’” Forest Hills resident Frankie Esposito told the New York Post.  “I figured he’d come out to see his constituents. I don’t […]

Israel / Jewish / NY / Politics / News Briefs

Feiglin: When I am Prime Minister, Livni Will Be in Opposition

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Feiglin finally is a Knesset Member after years of trying, but he is looking at the future. He told a Queens dinner, “When I am Prime Minister, God willing, Tzipi Livni will not be in my government.”

NY / News Briefs

Tornadoes Tear Through New York City

By Malkah Fleisher

Two tornadoes touched down on the edges of New York City in the morning on Saturday, causing a power outage and hurling debris, but causing no serious injuries. An additional tornado warning for the area is still in effect.

Jewish / NY

NY Jews Lay Mitzvahs on Thick, Break World Record

By Malkah Fleisher

Members of the UJA-Federation of New York set a Guinness World Record on April 29 for assembling the greatest number of sandwiches for the needy in one hour. The mitzvah-slathered soiree took place at Temple Beth Sholom in Roslyn Heights and involved 100 volunteers from the local Jewish community, 3,320 slices of bread, and gobs […]

Serials

Persuaded - Chapter IX

By Barbara Bensoussan

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