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Astoria Center of Israel celebrates a century

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By Michael Shain Verified
| Queens Chronicle Verified
Much has changed in Astoria over the last few decades. But here and there are places that time seems to have skipped past. One hundred years have passed since the Astoria Center of Israel opened on Crescent Street, just down the block from Mount Sinai Queens hospital. Last Sunday, members of the ACI congregation braved a heat wave to return to the synagogue and mark its centennial. Many had moved out of the neighborhood years ago and had not seen one another in decades.
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The heart of Yiddish beats in LI City

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By Michael Shain Verified
| Queens Chronicle Verified
Tucked on the top floor of a warehouse in an ungentrified stretch of Long Island City, a block from the mouth of the Queens Midtown Tunnel, is the world’s oldest Yiddish bookstore. It was not the bookstore’s choice to be there next to car repair shops and furniture warehouses. In 2010, when Manhattan rents became too steep for ordinary people, the CYCO Yiddish Book Center, like so many others, was forced to move. Long Island City fit the bill.
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Hundreds denounce antisemitism at rally

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By Michael Shain Verified
| Queens Chronicle Verified
The May 4 graffiti incidents in Rego Park and Forest Hills, which scarred two synagogues and several homes with swastikas and other antisemitic markings, are becoming an organizing event for Queens Jewish groups angered by the growing number of attacks on Jews in New York.
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