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What would Tevye think? Two figures central to matters in the House impeachment inquiry are Jewish — and their favorite place, they said in a video last year, is Anatevka, a real-life place named after the fictional Pale of Settlement shtetl that provides the setting for “Fiddler on the Roof,” the iconic Broadway musical based […]
The decision by longtime Westchester Rep. Nita Lowey, the 82-year-old pro-Israel stalwart, not to seek re-election next year opens up the possibility of generational change in the district after 31 years of her leadership. Lowey’s retirement and the fact that she was already facing a primary challenge from the left also shakes up a race […]
Isolated Kurdish Jew in Queens follows the plight of threatened Kurds in northern Syria.