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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 588

upstate New York

First responders tackle a fire at the Nevele Grand Hotel, near the Catskills town of Ellenville, March 19, 2024. (Courtesy/Eric Helgesen via JTA)
April 2, 2024, 9:51 pm
The Borscht Belt is burning: In the Catskills, abandoned resorts keep catching fire
Firefighters also work to extinguish rumors that blazes are ‘Jewish lightning,’ an antisemitic term used for arson committed with the intention of collecting an insurance payout
By Luke Tress
Rob Nipe and Nora Rubel are ready for the Rosh Hashanah rush on brisket at their vegan butcher shop in Rochester, New York. (Shira Hanau/JTA)
July 21, 2021, 4:30 am
‘Pastrami’ is king at a couple’s new kosher vegan ‘butcher’ shop in upstate NY
At Grass Fed, everything from the ‘bacon’ to the ‘butter chicken’ is plant-based, streamlining the shop’s kosher certification and earning loyal customers from the nearby synagogue
By Shira Hanau
Illustrative: The Albany JCC closed briefly due to a bomb threat, January 18, 2017. (Screenshot from Twitter via JTA)
February 24, 2020, 4:36 am
Upstate New York Jewish community center evacuated amid rash of bomb threats
Albany complex searched, cleared after anonymous emails warn of explosives at 19 locations in US; NY governor calls incident ‘terror,’ vows to combat rising anti-Semitism
By AP
Clarkstown, New York councilman Peter Bradley (YouTube screenshot)
November 16, 2018, 11:43 pm
New York state councilman sorry for suggesting Orthodox Jews aren’t ‘normal’
Peter Bradley had criticized New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for visiting with Hasidic Jews after Pittsburgh shooting rather than with ‘normal’ ones
By JTA
Adolf Hitler addresses soldiers at a Nazi rally in Dortmund, Germany. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images via JTA)
April 4, 2017, 8:36 pm
NY bans school project asking students to argue in favor of Holocaust
Jewish politician calls for NY State education chief’s resignation for comments defending assignment as ‘critical thinking‘
By JTA
Nazi-themed graffiti found in the town of Wellsville, New York, on the same day that Donald Trump won the presidential election on November 9, 2016. (Twitter/JTA)
November 11, 2016, 12:12 am
Trump-themed swastika graffiti found in upstate New York
White supremacist message daubed on softball dugout marks latest in wave of neo-Nazi vandalism hailing election result
By JTA
A screenshot from an interview with the owner of the Inquiring Minds Bookstore in upstate New York who displayed the name Trump superimposed over a Nazi flag. (screenshot: Daily Freeman)
October 21, 2016, 3:08 am
Protesters decry Catskills bookstore banner comparing Trump to Nazis
Inquiring Minds Bookstore and Cafe in Saugerties displays name of GOP nominee superimposed over Nazi flag
By JTA
Pine Bush, New York (CC-BY-SA Daniel Case/Wikimedia Commons)
June 30, 2015, 3:24 am
Pine Bush schools settle anti-Semitic lawsuit for $4.5 million
Students had accused education officials of failing to address repeated cases of anti-Semitism
By JTA
Illustrative: In the 1950s, during the heyday of this Catskills bungalow colony, 10 women shared the single kitchen. (Courtesy Paula Goldberg via JTA)
August 22, 2014, 7:34 pm
A tour of a little Catskills resort with a large heart
As the last of the great Borscht Belt hotels is demolished, a look at the working-class ‘kochelein,’ where punchlines were in Yiddish
By Uriel Heilman
Andrew J. Pulkrabek talks about 43North to Israelis at Tel Aviv University. (Photo credit: Courtesy)
May 1, 2014, 3:04 pm
Israeli start-ups off to Buffalo for $5 million cash
There are many reasons for firms to come to western New York, says 43 North — like living tax-free for 10 years
By David Shamah
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