Dormant group convenes hastily arranged meetings in wake of spate of violent incidents.
Communtiy leaders say they had grown complacent about the state of black-Jewish relation in Crown Heights. michael datikash
by Adam Dickter Assistant Managing Editor
In an effort to head off tensions that have been building in Crown Heights, a dormant black-Jewish community group has quickly convened three meetings in the wake of a spate of violent incidents. - Read Story -
Rabbi’s controversial new book about Michelangelo triggers accusations from art historians as well as anti-Semites.
The bent forefinger of the figure behind what Benjamin Blech believes is Pope Julius II is a code for an obscene gesture, he claims.
by Stewart Ain Staff Writer
You could see the backlash coming.
A yarmulke-wearing rabbi from Yeshiva University goes to the Vatican and finds secret insults to the pope and Jewish mystical codes embedded in Michelangelo’s painting of the Sistine Chapel. - Read Story -
Forty years ago this spring, Columbia University was rocked by student riots, and Yeshiva University, where I was a senior, was the scene of a major water fight in the dorm and impromptu volleyball game on the streets of Midtown. And therein lies a tale.- Read Story -
