Search results
2 days ago · Abraham Beame – first Jewish mayor of New York. The simple, black, and gold-lettered marker in Whitechapel says far more than its 31 words. Jerry Klinger is the President of the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, www.JASHP.org
Jul 1, 2024 · The world’s largest menorah stands on 59th Street in Manhattan, ready to be lit on the first night of Chanukah this Thursday. This giant symbol of the Jewish holiday outside the Plaza Hotel has ...
6 days ago · Abraham (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
3 days ago · Cash-strapped South Street Seaport Museum staff feared that their ship, which had stood tall at Pier 16 for four decades, had to be scrapped after she weathered damage from Hurricane Sandy, but ...
1 day ago · The election of Abraham Beame in 1973 was the last gasp of old-style politics in New York. Beame was a product of the organization, and as the first Jewish mayor he represented the ethnic succession to power that Irish and Italians had previously achieved.
3 days ago · Editing the most compelling ideas into 40 proposals, the Forum published “Next New York: A Sketchbook for the Future of the City” this week, releasing it at a dinner that began with a ...
Jun 29, 2024 · At the same time, after running successfully with Lawrence Gerosa for Comptroller in the previous two elections, Wagner chose to run instead with Abraham Beame in 1961. Gerosa ran against Wagner for mayor as the "real Democrat" on a pro-taxpayer platform. 211,000 of Wagner's 1,237,000 votes came on the Liberal Party line, and 55,000 ...
