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A Pre-Ramadan Dinner at The Cornell Club [Updated] – avari | haroon moghul. The Cornell Club of New York Presents: “The Meaning of Ramadan” A Discussion and Reception When: August 2nd, 2010, 6pm – 10pm Where: 6 East 44th Street, New York, NY http://www.cornellclubnyc.com/ Cost: $31 per person [see below for RSVP guidelines] Join the Cornell Club for its first-ever introduction to Islam’s holiest month, followed by a delicious dinner featuring Middle Eastern and South Asian cuisine. Miscellany: All guests must have reservations made through Cornell Club members. Advance reservations are required by Thursday, July 29th. For ticket purchases, contact…

Muslim cab drivers rescue New York City's oldest Jewish bagel bakery from closing, plan to keep it kosher – NY Daily News. The oldest Jewish bialy and bagel shop in New York City is being rescued by two Muslim cab drivers — and they plan to keep it kosher.  Coney Island Bialys and Bagels — founded in 1920 by Morris Rosenzweig, a Jewish immigrant of Bialystok, Poland — was about to go out of business until two unlikely proprietors saved it.  Zafaryab Ali and Peerzada Shah said the first bagels and bialys they ever tasted when they immigrated here from…