New York News

The Way To A Mayor’s Heart

02/12/2013 | Rozanne Gold | Special To The Jewish Week

Nothing could have prepared me for the moment when I opened the freezer in the basement kitchen of Gracie Mansion in January 1978. Inside was a white paper package of marked “flanken,” neatly identified with a magic marker.

YU Students Going ‘Out Of Their Comfort Zone’

02/12/2013 | Steve Lipman | Staff Writer

Outside a small school building in a small village in rural Mexico, Stern College student Rachel Sterman is sitting with some local kids one recent afternoon, talking about their future.

Federation Leaders Pressed On Arab Integration

02/12/2013 | Stewart Ain | Staff Writer

In Israel, military service is the way young men and women in their formative years develop friendships and connections that often lead to later employment opportunities.

Picky, Picky: How Author Amy Webb ‘Gamed’ JDate to Meet Her Match

02/12/2013 | Heather Robinson | Contributing Editor

Amy Webb, author of the newly released “Data, a Love Story: How I Gamed Online Dating to Meet My Match” (Dutton Adult), is a nice Jewish girl who got sick of going on lousy JDates.

Lunch And Burn Over Great Neck Torah Class

02/12/2013 | Adam Dickter | Assistant Managing Editor

Students at Great Neck North High School may hang out at fast-food restaurants, go to unsupervised homes or do just about whatever they please during lunch.

UPDATE: Brooklyn College Probing Removal Of Students From Anti-Israel Event

02/10/2013 | JTA and Doug Chandler

Brooklyn College launched a probe into allegations that Jewish students were wrongly ejected from an event hosted by the school in support of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.