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Rarely available home on Sylvan Terrace lists for $1.8M

In Washington Heights, a lovely row of townhouses is famed for its centuries-past feel and now one of the residences has listed for $1.8 million. ....

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The Jews waited 4,000 years... for Crisco?

The Jews waited 4,000 years. for Crisco?
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Any Jew will tell you that it’s hard to be a Jew, and that includes the Jews who arrived in America from Eastern Europe in the early 20th century. Yes, they were no longer persecuted or subjected to pogroms. Yes, they had religious freedom in the golden land of opportunity. And yes, they no longer had to subsist on a diet of potatoes. Still, there are always problems, and in the New World they were more existential. In the Old Country, Jews were, for the most part, kept apart from the rest of the population, confined to specific areas, and aside from forced conscription into the tsar’s army, they didn’t identify as citizens of any particular nation. But in the new world, they were Americans, too, and suddenly they had two identities to navigate. ....

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