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New York Post
22-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
NYPD steps up security at synagogues after Israeli Embassy murders as mayor fumes over pro-Palestinian protests
The NYPD will boost patrols around synagogues and other places of worship as New York City's Jewish community prepares for Shabbat after two Israeli Embassy staffers were murdered in DC. Mayor Eric Adams denounced the brutal slaying of the young couple and slammed recent proPalestinian protests in the Big Apple as antisemitic while speaking at the Center for Jewish History Thursday. 'We may not agree on politics,' Adams said, 'but we must agree that we won't let hate or violence take anyone.' Advertisement 3 Washington DC Jewish museum murder victims Yaron LIschinsky and Sarah Milgrim were allegedly shot to death by anti-Israel fanatic Elias Rodriguez of Chicago. Obtained by NYPost. Adams compared the stepped-up security in the city to the NYPD's action on Oct. 8 — the day after Hamas terror attacks on the Jewish State. Adams said the security is precautionary and there have been no tangible threats on targets in the five boroughs. Hizzoner railed against local pro-Palestinian demonstrations that have sparked up in response to Israel's ongoing military action in Gaza that was launched after the Oct. 7 attacks. Advertisement 'We have heard so many people claim these protests aren't antisemitic, they're just anti-Israel. We cannot color-code hatred,' Adams said. City officials made the announcement one day after two young DC embassy staffers, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, were executed at 'close range' while leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum. 3 Mayor Eric Adams denounced antisemitism at the interfaith gathering at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan Thursday. William Farrington The alleged gunman, 31-year-old Chicago resident Elias Rodriguez, shouted, 'Free, free Palestine' as he was being arrested, DC police said. Advertisement Josh Kramer, director of American Jewish Committee, said his organization had set up the event with the theme of taking pain and giving it purpose. 3 More police will be stationed on the streets surrounding synagogues and other places of worship. REUTERS Milgrim was a 'cherished' member of public diplomacy with AJC who worked to bring peace between Israel and Palestine, Kramer said. Advertisement He described her now-deceased beau, Lischinsky, as a 'welcoming presence.' 'This is what 'Globalize the Antifada' looks like,' Kramer said, referencing an anti-Israel rallying cry.
CNN
24-02-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
Anne Frank's hidden home, now in Manhattan through October
Before she died of typhus at 15 inside the German concentration camp Bergen-Belsen, Anne Frank lived just over two years inside a secret 45-square meter (484-square foot) annex atop an Amsterdam home with her parents, sister and four others, all hiding from the Nazis. That space — one of the most famous dwellings in history, thanks to Frank's best-selling published diary and subsequent plays and films — can now be explored remotely in New York. Having toured both, I was no less moved by the recreation. Anne Frank The Exhibition brings you into their world and puts it in larger context. The exhibit was originally set to run from January 27 (International Holocaust Remembrance Day) through April 30. But demand has been so high that the exhibit has been extended to October 31. Visitors to New York's Center for Jewish History near Union Square can take a self-guided tour of a detailed, full-scale recreation of the Amsterdam dwelling and get very close to its residents' personal belongings and related exhibits. It's a moving journey that brings the massive, horrific scale of the Holocaust — in which approximately six million European Jews were murdered — down to the vibrant if cloistered life and shared experiences of just a handful of them. Frank's book, translated into more than 70 languages with over 30 million copies sold so far, reads like a nonfiction play at times. We get whole passages of absorbing dialogue, soliloquized observations, some stage direction and plenty of tense, claustrophobic scenes. And like some plays, the set is itself a character. Reading Frank's famous diary conjures in the mind, as many readers know, a visual map of the annex's layout. Comparing one's imagined annex is part of the appeal of visiting Frank's actual secret annex home in Amsterdam, which has been open to visitors since 1960. When you visit, you may be struck by the size — bigger or smaller than you thought — or of the life-or-death significance of their hidden entrance behind a moving bookcase, or in the small universally human ephemera on display. So much life was lived there, even in seclusion. Now you can have that experience in Manhattan, for the first time outside Amsterdam. It's a unique opportunity to make Frank's story accessible to US schoolchildren. The meticulous recreation is bookended, so to speak, by exhibits. One displays photos and the original objects belonging to the family (handwritten notes, luggage, a desk, a transit pass, etc), from the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. Another exhibit recounts the final chapters for the Annex's residents and others. It's highly immersive in video, audio, photos and maps. In one room you walk on a glass floor with a bas-relief map of Europe under your shoes, red-orange flags marking the major Nazi concentration camps. The rooms themselves are a vivid snapshot of both time and place. There's a Monopoly-type stock exchange board game called Het Beursspel in the middle of the table in the kitchen/dining area. A sock with yarn needles is suspended in mid-darn. As the audio loop explains, Anne shared a room with an older man who wasn't a family member, and she put on their walls photos of early 1940s celebrities (Hollywood and royalty) to cheer the place up a bit. And then you look down at Anne's desk and there it is, a child's journal – plaid, fuzzy and with a lock. It's a facsimile, but that book, this room, is what Anne saw, and it's not a photo, not virtual. I didn't read 'Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl' as a school-age kid. I hadn't even read it when I toured the actual house in Amsterdam in my late 20s. The story is famous enough without needing to. Instead, I read the surprisingly mature and bittersweet volume a few years ago, during the Covid lockdown. Not that the fear of that deadly virus was the same threat level as the Nazis. But there were still parallels in terms of isolation, not going to school or work, and the risk of human contact beyond the bubble of one's family. But what really struck me was Frank's clear, ambitious and unintentionally prescient hopes for herself as a famous writer. As I toured her temporary home this time in New York, I recalled one of the few quotes I wrote down for myself when I read the book. 'I don't want to have lived in vain like most people,' Frank wrote. 'I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!' As heartbreakingly early as that death was, she got her beautiful wish. You can buy tickets at Audio guides are included with entry. David Allan is CNN's Executive Editor for Features.
CNN
22-02-2025
- CNN
New, faster train routes connecting Britain to France and Germany might be on their way
In travel news this week: railway ambitions in Europe, China and the Middle East, the delicious foods that Sweden does better than anywhere else, plus the Mongolian nomad family who've become an online hit. Adding Britain to your European rail vacation could get a little easier in the future. London St. Pancras, the United Kingdom's only international train station, is working with the Channel Tunnel on opening up more services to France and planning new routes to Germany and Switzerland. The aim is to shorten journey times, improve timetable coordination and introduce a larger rail fleet. St. Pancras also plans to expand peak-time capacity for international passengers from 1,800 per hour to 5,000. In other rail news from around the world, China is hoping its new fleet of 'silver trains' will encourage the up-in-years portion of its aging population to travel more and spend more. The trains will be fitted out with senior-friendly features such as handrails, oxygen bottles and emergency call buttons. From silver to gold: The Middle East's first super-luxury train, Saudi Arabia's Dream of the Desert, will launch in fall 2026. Its gleaming golden interiors are designed to complement the sandy expanses outside. Nordic cuisine is having a moment, but there's a lot more to Swedish food than meatballs and cinnamon buns. From sandwich cake to Västerbotten cheese pie, here are the dishes to try if you're visiting the Scandinavian nation. In South America, there's a food revolution going on in Bolivia, where elite restaurants are getting international notice and ancient Inca and Aymara traditions are finding their way into modern fusion dishes. In the 15th century, Beijing's Forbidden City was one of the most powerful places on the planet but governed by extreme secrecy. Even now, details are still emerging about what they feasted on in the royal household, from tiger testicles to bird's nest soup. Visitors to New York's Center for Jewish History can tour a full-scale recreation of the secret annex where diarist Anne Frank hid from the Nazis in wartime Amsterdam. Originally set to end on April 30, the exhibit has proved so popular that it's been extended until October 31. CNN visited the Manhattan exhibit. A 1,000-year-old French masterpiece is about to disappear from view for two years. Visitors will get their last chance to see the Bayeux Tapestry, an illustrated embroidery telling the story of the 11th-century Norman conquest of England, on August 31, before the Bayeux museum undergoes a major renovation. Istanbul's Maiden Tower, which sits on a tiny island between Europe and Asia, has reopened to the public after it too had a huge facelift. Here's what it was like when CNN had a look around at the end of last year. Mongolian couple Buyanaa and Yuk are traditional nomads and digital nomads. Their posts documenting their lives on the steppe have gotten millions of video views online. If the pair's cozy headgear has you envious, then it might be time to invest in a new winter hat. Our partners at CNN Underscored, a product reviews and recommendations guide owned by CNN, have a roundup of the best noggin-warmers for 2025. A winter wonderland decorated with cotton wool and bedsheets disappointed visitors. It's snow joke. An American spent thousands of dollars on a passport to enter North Korea. Here's what he discovered there. Adventurer Tom Turcich spent seven years walking around the world. But his biggest challenge was being back home. Moo Deng and Pesto became internet celebrities. What happens when cute baby animals grow up?
CNN
22-02-2025
- CNN
New, faster train routes connecting Britain to France and Germany might be on their way
In travel news this week: railway ambitions in Europe, China and the Middle East, the delicious foods that Sweden does better than anywhere else, plus the Mongolian nomad family who've become an online hit. Adding Britain to your European rail vacation could get a little easier in the future. London St. Pancras, the United Kingdom's only international train station, is working with the Channel Tunnel on opening up more services to France and planning new routes to Germany and Switzerland. The aim is to shorten journey times, improve timetable coordination and introduce a larger rail fleet. St. Pancras also plans to expand peak-time capacity for international passengers from 1,800 per hour to 5,000. In other rail news from around the world, China is hoping its new fleet of 'silver trains' will encourage the up-in-years portion of its aging population to travel more and spend more. The trains will be fitted out with senior-friendly features such as handrails, oxygen bottles and emergency call buttons. From silver to gold: The Middle East's first super-luxury train, Saudi Arabia's Dream of the Desert, will launch in fall 2026. Its gleaming golden interiors are designed to complement the sandy expanses outside. Nordic cuisine is having a moment, but there's a lot more to Swedish food than meatballs and cinnamon buns. From sandwich cake to Västerbotten cheese pie, here are the dishes to try if you're visiting the Scandinavian nation. In South America, there's a food revolution going on in Bolivia, where elite restaurants are getting international notice and ancient Inca and Aymara traditions are finding their way into modern fusion dishes. In the 15th century, Beijing's Forbidden City was one of the most powerful places on the planet but governed by extreme secrecy. Even now, details are still emerging about what they feasted on in the royal household, from tiger testicles to bird's nest soup. Visitors to New York's Center for Jewish History can tour a full-scale recreation of the secret annex where diarist Anne Frank hid from the Nazis in wartime Amsterdam. Originally set to end on April 30, the exhibit has proved so popular that it's been extended until October 31. CNN visited the Manhattan exhibit. A 1,000-year-old French masterpiece is about to disappear from view for two years. Visitors will get their last chance to see the Bayeux Tapestry, an illustrated embroidery telling the story of the 11th-century Norman conquest of England, on August 31, before the Bayeux museum undergoes a major renovation. Istanbul's Maiden Tower, which sits on a tiny island between Europe and Asia, has reopened to the public after it too had a huge facelift. Here's what it was like when CNN had a look around at the end of last year. Mongolian couple Buyanaa and Yuk are traditional nomads and digital nomads. Their posts documenting their lives on the steppe have gotten millions of video views online. If the pair's cozy headgear has you envious, then it might be time to invest in a new winter hat. Our partners at CNN Underscored, a product reviews and recommendations guide owned by CNN, have a roundup of the best noggin-warmers for 2025. A winter wonderland decorated with cotton wool and bedsheets disappointed visitors. It's snow joke. An American spent thousands of dollars on a passport to enter North Korea. Here's what he discovered there. Adventurer Tom Turcich spent seven years walking around the world. But his biggest challenge was being back home. Moo Deng and Pesto became internet celebrities. What happens when cute baby animals grow up?
CNN
22-02-2025
- CNN
New, faster train routes connecting Britain to France and Germany might be on their way
In travel news this week: railway ambitions in Europe, China and the Middle East, the delicious foods that Sweden does better than anywhere else, plus the Mongolian nomad family who've become an online hit. Adding Britain to your European rail vacation could get a little easier in the future. London St. Pancras, the United Kingdom's only international train station, is working with the Channel Tunnel on opening up more services to France and planning new routes to Germany and Switzerland. The aim is to shorten journey times, improve timetable coordination and introduce a larger rail fleet. St. Pancras also plans to expand peak-time capacity for international passengers from 1,800 per hour to 5,000. In other rail news from around the world, China is hoping its new fleet of 'silver trains' will encourage the up-in-years portion of its aging population to travel more and spend more. The trains will be fitted out with senior-friendly features such as handrails, oxygen bottles and emergency call buttons. From silver to gold: The Middle East's first super-luxury train, Saudi Arabia's Dream of the Desert, will launch in fall 2026. Its gleaming golden interiors are designed to complement the sandy expanses outside. Nordic cuisine is having a moment, but there's a lot more to Swedish food than meatballs and cinnamon buns. From sandwich cake to Västerbotten cheese pie, here are the dishes to try if you're visiting the Scandinavian nation. In South America, there's a food revolution going on in Bolivia, where elite restaurants are getting international notice and ancient Inca and Aymara traditions are finding their way into modern fusion dishes. In the 15th century, Beijing's Forbidden City was one of the most powerful places on the planet but governed by extreme secrecy. Even now, details are still emerging about what they feasted on in the royal household, from tiger testicles to bird's nest soup. Visitors to New York's Center for Jewish History can tour a full-scale recreation of the secret annex where diarist Anne Frank hid from the Nazis in wartime Amsterdam. Originally set to end on April 30, the exhibit has proved so popular that it's been extended until October 31. CNN visited the Manhattan exhibit. A 1,000-year-old French masterpiece is about to disappear from view for two years. Visitors will get their last chance to see the Bayeux Tapestry, an illustrated embroidery telling the story of the 11th-century Norman conquest of England, on August 31, before the Bayeux museum undergoes a major renovation. Istanbul's Maiden Tower, which sits on a tiny island between Europe and Asia, has reopened to the public after it too had a huge facelift. Here's what it was like when CNN had a look around at the end of last year. Mongolian couple Buyanaa and Yuk are traditional nomads and digital nomads. Their posts documenting their lives on the steppe have gotten millions of video views online. If the pair's cozy headgear has you envious, then it might be time to invest in a new winter hat. Our partners at CNN Underscored, a product reviews and recommendations guide owned by CNN, have a roundup of the best noggin-warmers for 2025. A winter wonderland decorated with cotton wool and bedsheets disappointed visitors. It's snow joke. An American spent thousands of dollars on a passport to enter North Korea. Here's what he discovered there. Adventurer Tom Turcich spent seven years walking around the world. But his biggest challenge was being back home. Moo Deng and Pesto became internet celebrities. What happens when cute baby animals grow up?
