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We are not going to Sulzerize the situation.
We all know/heard of the support American Jews provided to the Soviet Jewry in the second half of the twentieth century. I have recently learned of another show of political solidarity for Russian Jews from early twentieth century. American Jews had pressured US administration into providing special clause into US-Russia treaty to ensure that US ( Read more... ) -
Best F#*%ing News Team coverage - EVER
Last week, during the primaries elections, there were also special elections held in many districts. One of the most "special" elections were held in New York's ninth congressional district, which includes Mill Basin, Shepshead Bay, and Midwood neighborhoods in Brooklyn. The election was held to fill the House of Representatives seat vacated by ( Read more... ) -
All Are Punished
After concluding a small but important quest with my school friend Gennadiy we ended up at Old Bethpage Restoration Village in Long Island. Its an open air museum where Long Islanders drag their old houses to be displayed when upgrading their living quarters to McMansions.
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Осторожно, работают люди
Перед очередной годовщиной одиннадцатого сентября на стройке Всемирного Торгового Центра в Нью Йорке развели бурно-показательную деятельность ( Read more... ) -
If you can make it here
How does New York do it? How can you make Belgian waffle taste better in New York than in Brussels?
The picture below is Belgian waffle I ate on Grote Markt in Brussels. The waffle was dry and uninspiring, in a stark contrast to beautiful surrounding of the most intricate market place square in all of Europe.
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Yaffa
Fringe festival is happening in New York these weeks (it’s still ongoing, afaik). Bad writing, bad staging, bad acting, both artistically and aesthetically questionable nudity is abound. But the plays presented get no press, no promotion and do not usually feature any stars. Left to its own devices public does not know how to react at the end of ( Read more... ) -
It was the best of Times, it was the worst of Times.
Seemingly un-ending, weather calamities filled, weekends create perfect opportunities to catch up with a proverbial pile of unread New York Times articles. Here are the highlights of my readings of the opinion pieces (there is no use of reading news articles when the news is moving at 65 mph past your kitchen window ( Read more... )
