Filling A Niche On Madison Ave.
by Stewart Ain Staff Writer Phyllis Blackman had been alternately attending the West Side Jewish Center and a Chabad synagogue when she suddenly sprained her ankle and found herself unable to walk...
View ArticleMortimer Propp, UJA Founder, Dies At 95
by Steve Lipman Staff Writer Mortimer Propp, a philanthropist who was the last living founder of the United Jewish Appeal, died on April 24. A resident of Mamaroneck and Manhattan, he was 95.read more
View ArticleOld School Art
by Julia Goldman Staff Writer The Jewish Folk Gallery is a modest space that can barely contain the artistic output of the emigre artists and artisans who rely on it as a showplace for their work.The...
View ArticleHelping Synagogues Meet Members’ Needs
Steve Lipman Staff Writer Rabbi Gideon Shloush, the spiritual leader for a dozen years of Congregation Adereth El in Manhattan’s Murray Hill neighborhood, said an all-day conference he attended this...
View ArticleRewiring The
Steve Lipman Staff Writer Today, the once-struggling Y is in excellent financial shape.Today, the Y is at the center of the post-9/11 revival of Jewish life in Lower Manhattan, the home to scores of...
View ArticleEyes On An Elusive Prize
by Sharon Udasin Staff Writer For Nathan Rubinstein, a traditional bar mitzvah seemed improbable, if not impossible. Born with an optic glioma — a severe type of eye cancer —– Nathan endured nearly...
View ArticleOld School Art
by Julia Goldman The Jewish Folk Gallery is a modest space that can barely contain the artistic output of the emigre artists and artisans who rely on it as a showplace for their work.The walls and the...
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