Fifty-two Filipinos will be shipped out of the country by a special chartered flight arranged and paid for by the INS, the first en-masse deportation in the Filipino-American community. It is expected to be a “painful moment,” a wrenching, shame-filled and fearful process for the deportees and their families and friends in the U.S. and in the Philippines. more>

In the year 2000, Eighth Avenue experienced another change—an increasing number of Fuzhou immigrants moved into the area, and, as a result, the area’s real estate values doubled. With a sidebar, Language barriers and lower education levels of Fuzhou immigrants challenge schools, by Shu-Bing Huang, World Journal, 20 June 2002. Translated by Wendy Szeto. more>

Since 1993, several hundred Bangladeshis have bought buildings in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Long Island through newly-licensed Bangladeshi real estate agents, and rented the buildings to tenants. But as the recession hits the Bangladeshi community, landlords face growing tenant delinquency and are selling their buildings in Queens, and relocating to comparatively cheap areas in Long Island, Brooklyn, Richmond, Staten Island and the Bronx. more>

The Greek American community is not immune to the problem of domestic violence, and although the issue of domestic violence isn’t anything new, speaking out about it in the Greek community is. more>

The rights of homosexual couples, legally recognized in other states of the nation, could be accepted in New York City if the City Council approves new legislation more>

Having outdoor barbeque parties is not traditional in Korean culture. But here, it has become a summer routine. The people who have brought outdoor barbequing to Koreans here are Korean—by way of Brazil. more>

The financial crisis in Argentina has led B’nai Jeshurun, a synagogue with Argentine roots, to generate support for that country’s once-prosperous Jewish community. more>

Coming out to my parents was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to go through. more>

Cheryl Sparkes’ love of learning took a hiatus when she joined her parents in Canarsie, Brooklyn in 1990, after finishing high school in her homeland of Jamaica. For seven years, she put off college to take care of her daughter Eleithea as well as her younger siblings. “It was a personal choice. I wanted the others to have their chance even though I was older,” she explains. more>

“I could never say ‘I’m Russian,’ or anything close to it. But now I can say with pride, in Hebrew, ‘I’m Israeli, and I live in America,’” said one of five Russian Jews, who moved to the United States from Israel and reflected on adjustment and belonging in all three places. more>