Jerome Rothenberg, Bronx-born poet whose ‘ethnopoetics’ inspired scholars and rock stars, dies at 92 buff.ly/3JGBwbh

Police raid Columbia U building occupied by anti-Israel protesters, arresting dozens buff.ly/3WqQFFh

Ritchie Torres, Mike Lawler introduce bill that would allow feds to name antisemitism monitors to campuses buff.ly/3Wh1w4I

Remembering Rabbi Albert Thaler, founding director of Ramah Nyack day camp buff.ly/3QkAUMu

An open letter to the Columbia University Gaza war protesters from a pro-Palestinian activist in Israel buff.ly/4aSa4TQ

Seeking out sites from the bygone Borscht Belt? New historical markers lay out a path. buff.ly/44evdFv

Generations of immigrants to the Lower East Side are celebrated in a new picture book
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An exhibit recreating the Oct. 7 Nova Music Festival massacre arrives in NYC buff.ly/3w010NQ

Rabbi Albert Thaler built “Ramah Nyack” into one of the most successful camps in the Ramah network. Thaler, who also served for 37 years as rabbi of Temple Gates of Prayer in Flushing, died on April 18 at age 91. jta.org/2024/04/22/obi… via JTA | Jewish news

The iconic story of the 1976 ‘Saturday Night Live’ backstage seder: The ritual included fries from the 30 Rock deli, Bill Murray leading 'Dayenu' and some not so bitter herbs. buff.ly/4aFu389

The Upper West Side mourns Tom Weiss, a congressman’s son and ‘master of chesed’ buff.ly/4aKadJg

‘I’m ready to leave this campus’: Jewish students at Columbia feel discomfort and isolation following Thursday’s unrest buff.ly/3W5oQlT

Rabbi at Columbia U urges Jewish students to leave as pro-Palestinian protests continue to roil campus buff.ly/3QfAIOl

New stand-up shows aim to revive the Borscht Belt’s Jewish comedy legacy buff.ly/3vQdrf3

The death of Brooklyn Dodger great Carl Erskine closes a chapter in Jewish history buff.ly/3xFC929

New York is set to expand the definition of hate crimes. What does that mean for Jewish communities? buff.ly/3TYmsKY

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100+ arrested in day of unrest and mass protest at Columbia U over Gaza and Israel buff.ly/3W1oY5O

At a model Passover seder, Holocaust survivors and NYC Council members celebrate unity
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In the 1800s, New York’s Jewish elite dined at ‘The Kosher Delmonico’ buff.ly/446pl14