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Forward How a Jewish mother from Flatbush became America's most recognizable Italian on TV 7 Aug
Fran Lopate, a Jewish mother from Flatbush, became famous in the 1970s for her portrayal as an Italian mamma in Levy's Rye Bread's iconic advertising campaig...
7 Aug
Forward Zohran Mamdani has represented Astoria's Jews for 4 years. What do they think of him? 1 Jul
Zohran Mamdani's recent victory in the Democratic mayoral primary highlights the complex relationship between his political stance and the Jewish community h...
1 Jul
Forward I have seen the future of America — in a pastrami sandwich in Queens 26 Apr
In an unexpected culinary crossover, San Wei, a noodle stall in Queens Center Mall, bridges Chinese and Jewish American food traditions by offering a classic...
26 Apr
Forward State Department plan to deport ‘pro-Hamas’ students relies on a 1952 law that targeted Jews 7 Mar
The U.S. State Department's reliance on the 1952 McCarran-Walter Act to revoke visas of foreign students perceived as pro-Hamas has sparked controversy for i...
7 Mar
Forward They were a kosher bakery success story — 80 years later, people are still trying to make a buck off their babka 17 Dec 2024
Allen Schick reflects on the transformation of his family's bakery, Schick's, a once-beloved fixture in Brooklyn's Orthodox community, known for its homemade...
17 Dec 2024
Forward They were a kosher bakery success story — 80 years later, people are still trying to make a buck off their babka 17 Dec 2024
The rise and transformation of Schick's Bakery from a small Borough Park institution to a multinational brand is chronicled through the history of its belove...
17 Dec 2024
Forward A reunion project for Holocaust survivors and their families runs a race against time 9 Nov 2024
The Holocaust Reunion Project, founded by genealogists Jennifer Mendelsohn and Adina Newman, is actively working to reconnect Holocaust survivors and their f...
9 Nov 2024
Forward In place of a proud emblem of Jewish immigration in NYC, million-dollar condos and a private garden 20 Sep 2024
The Bialystoker Center and Home for the Aged, a significant symbol of Jewish immigrant achievement in New York City's Lower East Side, has reopened as luxury...
20 Sep 2024
Forward A small town in Spain is finally embracing its Jewish history — but is any of that history true? 9 Aug 2024
In Hervás, Spain, the town celebrates its Jewish history during the Festival of the Conversos, attracting tourists to its well-preserved 13th-century Jewish ...
9 Aug 2024
Forward Harry Schimmelman, we know your wife didn't die of influenza; she's looking for you 26 Jun 2024
Harry Schimmelman abandoned his family in the South Bronx in 1920, prompting his wife Sarah to seek help from the National Desertion Bureau (NDB), an agency ...
26 Jun 2024