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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 466

Upper West Side

Zack Weiner’s 2021 campaign to represent the Upper West Side was fodder for his new film, 'Citizen Weiner.' (Courtesy Zack Weiner via JTA)
November 6, 2024, 8:53 pm
This Jewish actor made a ‘reality film’ about his not-quite real campaign for NYC Council
In mockumentary ‘Citizen Weiner,’ young filmmaker Zack Weiner actually runs for office, campaigning on issues close to his heart – and experiencing the consequences of public life
By Joseph Strauss
Zabar's deli in New York City. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
May 6, 2022, 4:25 pm
The appetizing history of Zabar’s, a New York City culinary icon
A new book from 3rd-generation Lori Zabar, who died months before its publication, traces her family history from pogroms in Ukraine to enduring fame on Manhattan’s Upper West Side
By Amy Spiro
Barney Greengrass in New York City. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
April 8, 2022, 12:53 pm
Beloved Jewish deli on NYC’s Upper West Side hit by suspected arson
NYPD says fire that destroyed outdoor dining shed at Barney Greengrass was one of several blazes in the neighborhood that were ‘intentionally set’
By julia GERGELY
Former president Shimon Peres during an interview with The Associated Press in Jerusalem, November 2, 2015. (AP Photo/ Dan Balilty, File)
December 20, 2021, 8:06 pm
Manhattan intersection to be named after Shimon Peres
New York City Council approves renaming the corner of West 95th Street and Riverside Drive as ‘Shimon Peres Place’
By Shira Hanau
Freshly caught herrings lie in a fish box. (Jens Büttner via Getty Images)
August 2, 2021, 11:02 pm
Tel Aviv’s Sherry Herring sandwich shop to open in New York
Israeli deli offering fish subs served with a shot of vodka will launch stateside outpost on Manhattan’s Upper West Side
By Shira Hanau
A small caravan of trump supporters park at a polling station in Public School 160, on November 3, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images/AFP)
November 4, 2020, 12:18 am
Same city, different views: Jews in Manhattan, Brooklyn cast their ballots
Jews of Upper West Side hope to send Trump packing, while just 30 minutes away, Satmar Hasidim say backing incumbent is a ‘mitzvah’
By Jacob Magid
Novelist Philip Roth sits inside a screened tent at his home on September 5, 2005, in Warren, Connecticut (AP Photo/Douglas Healey)
February 22, 2019, 2:48 pm
Philip Roth’s New York apartment up for sale
Pulitzer Prize-winning Jewish author’s two-bedroom place on Manhattan’s Upper West Side being offered for $3.2 million
By JTA
Actor Rachel Brosnahan plays Miriam 'Midge' Maisel in 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,' now in its second season. (courtesy Amazon Prime)
December 5, 2018, 1:29 am
The most marvelously Jewish show on television is back, and it’s just as funny
As Season 2 drops, ToI speaks with ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino about its Yiddish cadence — and a possible future Israel trip for Midge
By Jordan Hoffman
Rachel Brosnahan stars as Miriam 'Midge' Maisel, the titular character in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. (Amazon Studios via JTA)
May 24, 2018, 12:02 pm
‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ renewed for 3rd season before 2nd premieres
Amazon confirms that TV show about Jewish housewife-turned-comedian in 1950s New York will continue after upcoming season
By JTA
Three of the looks from the upcoming collection of Lia Kes NYC, being shown at New York Fashion Week (Courtesy Lia Kes)
February 6, 2018, 12:06 pm
Designer Lia Kes takes kibbutz look to the runway
Israeli-born fashion designer will show her collection as part of the official New York Fashion Week calendar
By Jessica Steinberg
David-Seth Kirshner
August 13, 2017, 12:36 pm
David-Seth Kirshner
Don’t judge a book store by its cover
He bids adieu to that bastion of Jewish tolerance, New York’s West Side Judaica, due to close this winter
Residential housing in Manhattan‘s Upper West Side. (CC-BY-SA-1.0 Stilfehler/Wikipedia)
June 5, 2017, 9:30 am
Non-Jewish tenant sues ‘Jewish building‘ for repair failure
In $5 million lawsuit, plaintiff quotes property manager who allegedly said she had ‘no rights as a non-Jewish tenant’
By JTA
From left, Michael Sheen, Lior Ashkenazi, and Richard Gere star in Joseph Cedar's latest release, 'Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer.' (Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics)
March 10, 2017, 6:09 am
Richard Gere, in Israel, reflects on the ‘holy idiot’ he plays in ‘Norman’
Director Joseph Cedar insists the character — though evocative of his uncle, whose cash-stuffed envelopes landed PM Olmert in prison — isn’t based on anyone in particular
By Jessica Steinberg
Karen Terban (left) and her fellow Hillary activists hawking Hillary pins on an Upper West Side sidewalk on Monday afternoon, November 7, 2016 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
November 8, 2016, 1:54 pm
Looking for Trump voters on Manhattan’s Upper West Side
A liberal, well-off neighborhood that traditionally votes Democrat shows every sign of following suit this year
By Jessica Steinberg
The Harlem Hebrew Language Academy Charter School in New York is home to a nearly proportional student body of black, white and Latino students. (photo credit: Julie Wiener/JTA)
October 18, 2016, 5:05 am
Harlem’s new Jewish renaissance
With prices rising around the city, there’s a return to a neighborhood that once boasted one of the largest Jewish communities in New York — perhaps even the world
By Ben Sales
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