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F.O.B. IN NYC by Michelle Geslani
Fresh off the boat in New York City, a young woman faced ridicule and shunning from fellow teens because of her ethnicity and new immigrant status. She complained to school administrators but was ignored. Unable to take the pressure, she became depressed and dropped out of school. Now a St. John’s study is looking at the impact of discrimination and bias on young Asian immigrants


DREAM ON by Megan Stride
Congress killed the proposed immigration reform legislation over the summer, but efforts to pass the Dream Act for college-age undocumented immigrants forge on, with mid-November as a target date.  At universities including NYU, administrators say they are sure there are undocumented immigrants among the ranks of the student body, but their mission is to educate young people, not have them deported


UNORTHODOX SABBATH
by Myla Arumugam
At this Sabbath observance, instead of passing around the wine, the congregants pass around the Grey Goose. This congregation in Brighton Beach caters to 20-something Russian Jewish immigrants.