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(JTA) — The first thing Jerry Stiller said to me when we met was a compliment. Several weeks earlier, I had interviewed him over the phone for an article tied to an appearance in an HBO miniseries. But Stiller’s roots were always in the theater, so despite his successes, it wasn’t surprising to find him […]

The New York Health Department has sent a warning to the Brooklyn synagogue whose funeral for its spiritual leader two weeks ago led Mayor Bill de Blasio to lash out at the entire Jewish community, Jewish Insider reports. The cease-and-desist order applies to Congregation Tolaas Yaakov, in the Williamsburg neighborhood, which has continued to violate […]