A trove of artifacts of local Jewish life — bar mitzvah invitations, high school yearbooks, marriage certificates, receipts from kosher caterers among them — is growing here in an unlikely place: a library in a Catholic university.
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Albany Diocese Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
The Diocese of Albany, New York, announced March 15 that it has filed for bankruptcy reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
Jury Rejects Death Penalty for NYC Bike Path Terrorist
Sayfullo Saipov, convicted of killing eight people by driving a truck on a New York City bike path in 2017, will serve a life sentence in prison after a federal jury in Manhattan failed to reach a unanimous verdict on March 13 to give him the death penalty.
NYPD Looking for Suspects in Defacing of Columbus Statue in Central Park
The NYPD released surveillance video on Tuesday of two vandals who spray-painted “Murderer” and “Give Us Our Land Back” on the Christopher Columbus statue located inside Central Park.
Archdiocese of New York Announces Closings of Multiple Schools
Students at 12 Catholic schools in Manhattan and the Bronx will have to find a new place to learn starting in the next academic school year after the Archdiocese of New York announced they will close on Feb 15.
Human Composting Is Now Legal in New York State
Natural Organic Reduction (NOR), also called “human composting,” is now legal New York State. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill on Dec. 30 which lets NOR facilities operate as cemetery corporations in the state.
Manhattan Parish Is Home for 580 New Names on AIDS Memorial
Since 1996, the Church of St. Francis Xavier has kept a memorial bearing 200 names of people who died of complications of AIDS — but in early December, it gained 580 more.
Rockville Centre, N.Y., Auxiliary is Named Coadjutor for Providence, R.I.
Pope Francis has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Richard G. Henning of Rockville Centre, New York, as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island.
Man Charged With Hate Crimes After St. Patrick’s Attack, Released on Bail
A man believed to have thrown a wrench through a glass door of Cardinal Dolan’s residence at St. Patrick’s Cathedral has been arrested, according to authorities.
Commissioning of Ferry Boat Recalls Dorothy Day’s Legacy of Peace, Justice
Martha Hennessy, granddaughter of Dorothy Day, said her grandmother “loved the Staten Island Ferry, so what an honor to have one named after her.”
