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Portrait of Garry Winogrand (Judy Teller)
October 30, 2018, 6:06 am
Film focuses on uncompromising street photographer’s unexposed work
Even as quintessential man-of-the-people Garry Winogrand’s fame in the art world grew, his much reduced financial circumstances meant he almost lived in them as he pursued ‘truth’
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A view of the Ramaz school in New York. (Google Street View via JTA)
August 31, 2018, 5:49 pm
Prestigious New York Jewish school apologizes for ignoring molestation reports
Ramaz administrators didn’t alert other schools when they heard allegations against a former teacher
By JTA
Hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the 'alt-right' march during the Unite the Right rally August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
July 28, 2018, 12:29 am
NY Jewish doctor sorry for racist posts on white nationalist sites
Dov Bechhofer suspended from Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx after comments against racial intermarriage and support for proposals to expel non-whites from the US
By STEPHEN R. GROVES
Illustrative picture of subway in Ridgewood neighborhood of Queens, N.Y., July 6, 2004. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
May 30, 2018, 9:24 am
Man called racist for tweeting video of black woman berating Jewish man on train
Twitter user disheartened that viral clip taken on NY subway has spread the ‘angry black woman’ narrative
By JTA
The Riverdale K Grill House. (Google Street View)
January 21, 2018, 11:16 pm
NY kosher restaurateur says rabbis forcing him out because of non-Jewish wife
Dimitry Berezovskiy, owner of the Riverdale K Grill House, claims in lawsuit that landlord and local rabbinical council spreading rumors to drive him out of business
By JTA
This file photo taken on December 16, 2013 shows Producer Harvey Weinstein (L) and Colony Capital CEO Thomas J. Barrack, Jr. attending the premiere of "August: Osage County," at the Regal Cinemas at LA Live in Los Angeles, California. (AFP PHOTO / ROBYN BECK)
January 7, 2018, 5:01 am
Lawyer claims Weinstein schemed to sink sexual misconduct probe
Suit alleges that Hollywood mogul and former Bronx assistant district attorney colluded to get actress Paz de la Huerta to drop complaint
By AP
Illustrative image of New York firefighters responding to a building fire in the Bronx borough of New York on December 28, 2017. (AP/Frank Franklin II)
January 5, 2018, 3:19 pm
Chuck Schumer wants Army to honor soldier killed in Bronx fire
Private First Class Emmanuel Mensah ran into flaming building three times and rescued four, before perishing in blaze
By JTA
Illustrative image of New York firefighters responding to a building fire in the Bronx borough of New York on December 28, 2017. (AP/Frank Franklin II)
December 29, 2017, 5:38 am
At least 12 killed in New York City apartment blaze
Baby among dead after fast-moving fire rips through Bronx building as temperatures dip below freezing; four others critically injured
By AP
Congregation Hope of Israel in the lower Grand Concourse neighborhood of the Bronx, New York, closed in 2006. (Flickr via JTA)
July 22, 2017, 6:03 am
Shuttered Bronx synagogue becomes a dumping ground
City’s sanitation department says it can’t collect accumulating garbage on privately owned property
By JTA
Police talk outside the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital as they respond to an active shooter north of Manhattan in New York on June 30, 2017. (AFP/Timothy A. Clary)
June 30, 2017, 11:26 pm
Gunman kills 1, injures 6 at NYC hospital before killing self
Police identify shooter as Dr. Henry Bello, a former employee at Bronx Lebanon Hospital; FBI says terror not suspected
By Colleen Long
Former President Bill Clinton speaks at Ashe Power House Theater while campaigning for his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on March 4, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana (Josh Brasted/Getty Images via JTA)
April 12, 2016, 2:13 am
Bill Clinton stumps for Hillary at NY Jewish nursing home
Ahead of state’s primary, former president touts wife’s record on Israel, national security, and defense of senior citizens
By JTA
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, making matzah with children at the Model Matzah Bakery in Brooklyn, New York, April 7, 2016. (Twitter via JTA)
April 8, 2016, 5:54 pm
Ted Cruz makes matzah in New York campaign stop
GOP presidential hopeful gets his hands dirty at a Chabad-run bakery in Brighton Beach ahead of state’s primaries
By JTA
Rabbi Burt Siegel in his apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan (Cathryn J. Prince/Times of Israel)
March 31, 2016, 3:24 am
NY Reform rabbi seeks spirituality in all the wrong places
After searching for years in ashrams in India, yeshivas in Jerusalem, Burt Siegel finally reconnects with his Judaism — in New York at a Chabad House
By Cathryn J. Prince
A hall in the Bronxwood Home for the Aged. (Screen capture Google Maps)
March 18, 2016, 11:48 pm
NYC nursing home with ties to haredi groups faces Medicaid ban
Doctor at Bronxwood Home for the Aged signed on medical evaluations submitted by the home for procedures that he did not conduct
By JTA
The Meisler, Forkash & Cash Clan Welcoming a Sweet New Year, North Massapequa, NY (Detail) © Meryl Meisler Photography
December 21, 2015, 3:33 am
Photographer rediscovers there’s no place like home
Forty years later, Meryl Meisler finally publishes her quirky photos of Jewish suburban life in NY during the 1970s
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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