UNITED AGAINST HATE: LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS JOIN MUSLIM AND JEWISH COMMUNITY LEADERS TO RALLY AGAINST RECENT WAVE OF HATE CRIMES Senator Klein Highlights the IDC’s Religious Freedom Package Bronx, NY – With Muslims across the country facing intolerance in light […]
UNITED AGAINST HATE: LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND RIVERDALE JEWISH COMMUNITY LEADERS RALLY AGAINST RECENT WAVE OF ANTI-SEMITISM Senator Klein highlights the IDC’s Religious Freedom Package aimed at combatting hate crimes Bronx, NY – As anti-Semitic hate crimes sweep the nation […]
Chairman Crowley Statement on Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ Decision to Recuse Himself from Russia Investigations (Washington, D.C.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) released the following statement after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced plans to recuse himself from […]
Monday, March 6 — Seemingly out of nowhere, the issue of mandatory vaccinations has been in the news in recent years. But governmental involvement in vaccination traces back to this date in 1810. That’s when Massachusetts enacted a law to “diffuse the […]
Howard Pyle (1853) Pyle was an American illustrator and writer who specialized in tales of chivalry and adventure for children. He rewrote and realistically illustrated classic tales about figures like Robin Hood and King Arthur, adapting the stories to suit […]
We are so bound together that no man can labor for himself alone. Each blow he strikes in his own behalf helps to mold the universe. Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927)
Prosody Definition: (noun) The Study of the metrical structure of verse. Synonyms: Metrics Usage: He was a master of meter, and contributed certain modifications to the laws of Chinese prosody which exist to the present day.
New Report Reveals de Blasio Administration Has Systematically Denied Charter Schools Public Space Since 2014 City’s Rejections Have Posed Major Challenges for NYC Families and Charter Leaders, Kept Schools from Reaching More High-Need Communities School Leaders Join Dozens of Parents […]
Legislative Column from Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb (R-Canandaigua) College costs and student debt are reaching crisis levels. The expenses associated with higher education present a daunting reality that hundreds of thousands of New York families are dealing with […]
Twenty Families Displaced in Claremont Fire by David Greene Officials say six homes were destroyed as fire tore through a stretch of row-homes in Claremont, The Bronx on Wednesday, March 1. The fire broke out at 1:30 p.m., inside the […]
After wave of threats against JCCs, IDC announces Religious Freedom Package Legislative measures crackdown on hate against all religious groups Albany, NY — After four bomb threats were lodged against Jewish Community Centers in New York, members of the Independent […]
An effort to calm fears and explain rights Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda along with Senators Ruben Diaz and Jeff Klein will hold a “Know Your Rights” workshop for immigrants at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 5, right after the Spanish language […]
Sunday, March 5 — FM radio is 76 years old. In March 1941, the first commercial FM station went on the air — W47NV in Nashville, Tennessee. FM —standing for frequency modulation — was first proposed in a scientific paper written […]
By Rev. J. Loren Russell, BA, MDiv. 1 Kings 17:7-9 “And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. 8 And the word of the LORD came […]
Miriam Makeba (1932) Nicknamed “Mama Africa,” Makeba was a Grammy Award-winning singer and activist. In 1963, after she testified against apartheid before the UN, South Africa revoked her citizenship and right to return to the country. She settled in the […]
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