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The founder of a pro-Israel online action group says Facebook is unfairly singling him out for account deactivation. According to Facebook’s terms of services, members of the social networking site can only maintain usernames that contain accurate information, including their real names. But David Appletree of the Jewish Internet Defense Force, who will not say […]

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The corner of Main Street and Jewel Avenue in Kew Gardens Hills is “on one hand a lousy location,” says Marvin Gruza, who has lived in the Queens neighborhood 20 years. Loud buses go by every few minutes. “On the other hand,” he says, “I’m in the perfect location.” A perfect location for doing chesed. […]

Stand-up comic Ray Ellin was performing at a New York comedy club a few days after Rosh HaShanah. It was his usual act — some family stories, some bantering with the audience. As usual, he asked people in the crowd where they came from. “Germany,” said one couple. That’s raw meat for a Jewish comic. […]

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