Girl with the L-Line Tattoo: Jill Abramson Takes Over The New York Times
Jill Abramson, the just-annouced new editor of The New York Times, got a tattoo when she was 49. It was of a subway token and Abramson said she got it to re-affirm her roots as a lifelong New Yorker....
View ArticleH&H Heretic: Why I Cheer the Closing of a Bagel Shop
On Monday the Upper West Side outlet of the venerated bagel store H&H closed, and not since the death of Michael Jackson has a New York summer seen so much grief. "There Goes a Piece of the Old...
View ArticleBagel Store’s Demise Leaves Hole In Community
Amy Spiro Editorial Assistant Upper West Side residents are mourning the loss of H&H bagels, which closed this week after almost four decades serving up the classic Jewish food. But one New York...
View ArticleUpper West Side Toddler, Object Of Thousands’ Prayers, Succumbs To Illness
Staff Report Ayelet Galena, the 2-year-old daughter of Manhattan residents Seth and Hindy Poupko Galena in whose sake a nationwide bone marrow drive was conducted following her diagnosis with a...
View ArticleNursing Home Wins Right To Build
Doug Chandler Jewish Week Correspondent Planning Commission rejects a challenge to proposed project on Upper West Side.Jewish Home Lifecare has received approval from the New York City Planning...
View Article‘As Jewish As You Get’
Sandee Brawarsky Special To The Jewish Week A rookie reporter recalls a 1980 encounter with ‘Yidl Izhik,’ a very good politician. When I interviewed Ed Koch in 1980, his father had just visited him at...
View ArticleUnglued On The UWS
Ted Merwin Special To The Jewish Week A new play from Richard Greenberg, ‘The Assembled Parties’ follows the Bascovs and their 14-room apartment over a span of 30 years. What is the spiritual...
View ArticleSocial Inclusion: UWS Friendship Circle
How do you create a social environment for children with special needs. Video blogger Aaron Herman spoke with Yehudis Silverman from the Friendship Circle about their unique social inclusion program...
View ArticleNach Waxman's Rare Books
Lauren Rothman Food and Wine Editor Owner of legendary UWS cookbook store transitions to out-of-print. 30 years ago, when he opened his now-legendary food and drink bookstore Kitchen Arts &...
View ArticleUpper West Side To Celebrate Israel
Gary Rosenblatt Editor and Publisher Three days of programming this week with wide communal cooperation. While controversy over participation in the June 1 Celebrate Israel parade continues to heat...
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