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Barclays Center: Brooklyn’s “Community Arena”?
By Norman OderAfter one year, the arena is a marquee venue, but not the promised home for civic events.
The Political Education of Young Wilhelm
By Theodore HammWhat radical ideas were in circulation during Bill de Blasio's Sandinista days?
Seaside Stories
By Saskia KahnGrowing up near Coney Island, a good tan was a key ingredient of popularity among white kids.
Orthodox Women Rabbis? Maybe.
By Laila Caron“This is the beginning of a new reality,” said Rabba Sara Hurwitz as she concluded the inaugural graduation ceremony of Yeshivat Maharat, a Bronx-based Modern Orthodox seminary.
Walls That Outlast Sandy
By Eleanor J. BaderPablo Picasso famously declared that “art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life,” but it wasn’t until Hurricane Sandy that people interpreted his statement literally.
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