February, 2007

Cover image: As the Eldridge Street Synagogue Project is getting ready to celebrate the completion of its restoration work, the joy of those involved is mixed with some bitterness over who, exactly, gets to run the synagogue.

EDITORIAL
Don’t Blame Shuang Wen
This time it's all letters to the editor...

THE TALK OF GRAND STREET
Parents Decry After-School Violence
More than a dozen parents complain about the lack of police response to assaults on their children.

FINEST RETIREMENT
Farewell to Valdi
It was Liaison Officer Valdie Lurch’s last meeting of the 7th Precinct Community Board...

STREET SMART
Taskforce Still Trying to Get Rezoning Right
The 197-A taskforce considered action on two urgent items...

DEATH TRAP
Silver to DOT: Take Down the Median
Assemblyman Sheldon Silver sent an urgent letter to Iris Weinshall, Commissioner of the Department of Transportation, "regarding the concrete median recently built in the intersection of Grand Street and the FDR Drive...."

FAMILIAR RULES!
Maloney Sworn In to 8th Term
The Congresswoman was ceremonially sworn in to her eighth term in the House, at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria.


Stringer Awards Giant Check to UJC
At a recent ceremony, the Borough President’s office presented the United Jewish Council of the East Side with a $10,000 grant.

GRAND ART
The Neighborhood that Won't Stop Changing
Window Dressing... 1001 Nights of Sex and Violence... Changing and Challenging Muslim Art...

COVER STORY
Restoring Eldridge’s Future
One of the oldest synagogues on the Lower East Side is experiencing growing pains

GRAND DINING
Notes from the Laid Back Underground
Come to Cronkite for the pizza, not for the scene

EDUCATION
Double the Love
Love a Lot opens a new preschool

RIVER VIEW
Sadie’s New Beginning
A newcomer to the Lower East Side is searching for meaning in her second century




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