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NYC Trying To Shutter Jewish Community Matzah Bakeries
As Pesach approaches, a new New York City decree went into affect threatening the closure of Brooklyn's Matzah Bakeries. Askunim from all NYC communities are urgently trying to find a compromise to keep NYC Matzah Bakeries open...
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NY Attorney General Warns of Car Wash Price Gouging Before Pesach
New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a PSA ahead of Pesach: Warning car wash businesses that price gouging and raising their prices for Jewish customers only, seeking cleaning services before Pesach. Is discrimination and il...
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Ari Halberstam HY”D Remembered 31 Years Later After Brooklyn Bridge Shooting
The ramp entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge is named "Ari Halberstam Memorial Ramp" honoring the memory of Crown Heights bochur Ari Halberstam, HY"D, a 16-year-old talmud who was murdered Al Kiddush Hashem in a terrorist attack in NYC...
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NYS Assemblyman Lester Chang Introduces Bill To Make October 7th A Day Of Remembrance In The State Of New York
Establishes a day of commemoration known as "October 7th Remembrance Day" New York is home to the largest Jewish communities outside of Israel...
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Shmira Advisory: Make Sure Video Cameras Are Recording When Changing Clocks Motzei Shabbos For “Spring Forward”
The Shmira surveillance team put an advisory for the community that when changing your clock, it’s a good reminder to also double check that your video cameras are recording...
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$16 Billion NY-NJ Rail Tunnel Gets Billions In Funding From Feds
The long-delayed “Gateway Project,” which would construct new rail tunnels under the Hudson River, has secured a whopping $6.9 billion in federal grants—the largest grant ever signed by the agency...
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NY Assemblywoman Pheffer Amato Defends Yeshiva Students and Families
Rabbi Yeruchim Silber of Agudath Israel was in attendance and praised Pheffer Amato for being a strong defender of Yeshiva education. “The Assemblywoman is our Yeshivas’ most effective advocate in Albany”...
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Hundreds of EBT Skimming Scam Attacks Reported in Lakewood Frum Community
As ATM and Food Stamps (EBT) skimming scams have increased in Lakewood & Brooklyn Frum neighborhoods of Williamsburg, Crown Heights, Boro Park and Flatbush. Hundreds of frum residents reporting that their EBT benefits have been emptied...
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