One of my favorite memories about Governor Mario Cuomo was how he never ran away from a confrontation. Shortly after Cuomo took office in 1983, Jerry Gillman, the station owner of WDST, one of my client stations, told me that he had a conversation with Mario when he was a candidate. Gillman would publicly endorse Continue Reading »
I began my career as a capital reporter in 1978 while I was a college student at the University at Albany, known as SUNYA then. My first interview was March of that year with Governor Nelson Rockefeller, at the ribbon-cutting of the completion of the Empire State Plaza. Moving into his third floor office adjacent Continue Reading »
Mario Cuomo was more than a story teller about how he was close to the Jewish community of all denominations. He brought into his close circle of confidants an assistant to the governor for Jewish affairs, he favored the village of Kiryas Joel maintain a separate school district despite a US Supreme Court ruling to Continue Reading »
Many reporters have referred to The Shabbos goy story in their coverage of New York’s 52nd chief executive but I have not read any details of the story. I was there when the Governor delivered his remarks before Jewish and non-Jewish audiences. Here is his story: When I was growing up in South Jamaica, Queens Continue Reading »
ALBANY – The Touré-Raichel Collective, a quartet of musicians from Mali and Israel, rolled into The Egg at the Empire State Plaza in Albany on Saturday, November 22nd. They played for 90 minutes, almost non-stop and with one encore. The Collective is made up of Israel native Idan Raichel on piano and keyboard, Malian native Continue Reading »
ALBANY – The contingent of Jewish lawmakers at the state Capitol in Albany just got a bit smaller as a result of retirements, resignations, and last week’s elections. Last year, the 150-member Assembly boasted 27 Jews among its ranks, with 11 women and one Republican. After this most recent election, there are four fewer Jewish Continue Reading »
New York State Government Leaders Leave for Unity Trip to Israel In demonstration of solidarity with Israel, New York leaders join together to lead bipartisan unity delegation August 12-14. Albany, NY — Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Senate Majority Co-Leaders Dean Skelos and Jeff Klein, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver today announced a unity visit reaffirming Continue Reading »
COOPERSTOWN, NY — At 74 years old, Joe Torre seems sanguine with his position in the annals of baseball. He freely admits he wasn’t inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame for his talents on the field as a player or for being a manager for three teams – the Mets, Braves and Cardinals – Continue Reading »
It all began in 1888, about the same time the Jewish population began to flourish in other American cities such as Albany and Kingston, when there were only Orthodox Jews. Based in Hudson, NY, Congregation Anshe Emeth remained an Orthodox congregation for 73 years. As the community began to change from Orthodoxy to Conservatism so Continue Reading »
Saratoga Springs, NY – The New York Racing Authority (NYRA), which runs the Saratoga Race Course and two downstate racetracks, is attempting to increase attendance by instituting International Heritage Days every Wednesday of the six-week meet. On Monday, June 23, 2014, NYRA officials unveiled details of the Heritage Festival which will celebrate each of the Continue Reading »
Paul McCartney is about to arrive in Albany on July 5, 2014, for the first time with all the fanfare and anticipation of 50 years ago when he first arrived in New York City as part of the Fab Four. I suppose it takes time for a talent, such as McCartney, to come to a place like Continue Reading »
Three years after taking over the pulpit, on July 16, 2011, from an interim rabbi, David Mark Eligberg was officially installed on May 3, 2014 as spiritual leader of Temple Israel in Albany. Eligberg is the sixth rabbi at the synagogue in its 62-year history. In 1952 two conservative synagogues in Albany merged to form Temple Continue Reading »
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