Shelly Weiss, Brooklyn ‘queer icon’ and progressive Jewish activist, dies at 77
The "first out lesbian in Park Slope" founded an agency that booked LGBTQ acts on college campuses.
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Jewish philanthropist donates $1 billion to Bronx med school, eliminating all future tuition
Dr. Ruth Gottesman's donation will help Albert Einstein College of Medicine draw students and enable research, according to its dean.
Police detain 20 demonstrators as anti-Zionist Jewish group protests AIPAC, pro-Israel lawmakers
Protesters led by Jewish Voice for Peace blocked the offices of Chuck Schumer and Kristen Gillibrand, and accused AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby, of "funding genocide."
