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The unofficial mayor of Queens’ Bukharian Jewish community gets a long-awaited honor

A Forest Hills street is co-named for Gavriel Davidov, a late community leader who helped establish numerous Bukharian synagogues and institutions.

By Julia Gergely November 16, 2023 4:02 pm

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A Jewish-owned hot dog empire began on this Coney Island street corner

A Jewish immigrant from Poland, Nathan Handwerker opened Nathan’s Famous hot dogs alongside his wife Ida in Brooklyn in 1916.

September 26, 2023 5:42 pm

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Jewish rappers Beastie Boys honored with Lower East Side street renaming

The corner of Ludlow and Rivington streets — where the shop featured on the Jewish rappers’ second album, “Paul’s Boutique,” once stood — is now known as Beastie Boys Square.

September 10, 2023 6:50 pm

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This Jewish radio reporter was ‘the dean of the press corps’

By Leah Breakstone August 31, 2023 9:45 am

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Golda Meir may be having a moment, yet her memory endures in a Midtown plaza

By Leah Breakstone August 24, 2023 12:28 pm

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The Jewish violinist who saved Carnegie Hall from the brink of destruction

By Leah Breakstone August 7, 2023 4:23 pm

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Abe Lebewohl Park honors murdered 2nd Ave Deli founder and East Village ‘mensch’

By Leah Breakstone July 28, 2023 3:01 pm

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Rose Feiss Boulevard honors a ‘small but mighty’ maven of the South Bronx

By Julia Gergely July 20, 2023 5:28 pm

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Anna Sokolow Way honors fierce Jewish dancer and choreographer

By Leah Breakstone July 14, 2023 3:39 pm

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Cheesecake Corner in Brooklyn honors the Jewish founder of Junior’s restaurant

By Julia Gergely July 6, 2023 4:19 pm

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