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Sex offender Gershon Selinger gives an interview to comedian Mendy Pellin. (Screenshot/YouTube)

Sex offender who gave high profile interview to Hasidic comedian pleads guilty to new charges

Gershon Selinger, 41, pleaded guilty in Dutchess County Court on Wednesday to the felony of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor under the age of 11.

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Larger-than-life Bushwick mural shows Israeli and Palestinian children embracing

The 10/7 on the backs of the boys was an accidental allusion to Oct. 7, according to the Jewish entrepreneur behind the mural.

Remembering Misha Avramoff, a champion of Jewish education and New York’s poor

The longtime co-director of Project Ezra on the Lower East Side died one year ago, having left an enormous legacy.

What may be the Americas’ best New York-style Jewish deli is in Mexico City

Lives Lived: Notable New Yorkers who died in 2023

Israeli leftists in New York chart their own path with calls for a ceasefire

The New York Jewish Week’s 10 most-read stories of 2023

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

New York Rep. Ocasio-Cortez draws fire for Christmas message comparing Jesus to Gazans

A day after being heckled for his Israel views, Ritchie Torres gets a hero’s welcome at Bronx Jewish school

The Jazz Singer

9 classic Jewish New York movies you can stream right now

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