Tag: Brooklyn

Brooklyn polling places are tucked into little corners, building basements, libraries and schools.

Two young Jewish men were attacked by an anti-Semitic gang in the Marine Park section of Brooklyn on the afternoon of Yom Kippur.

Endorsed by The Jewish Press, Ms. Freier essentially ran against the Jewish political and organizational establishment.

For the first time in U.S. history, a Chassidic woman wins a Brooklyn election, against a man, to become a New York Civil Court judge.

His DNA was found on the heel of the victim’s sneaker, which was found on the roof of a nearby building.

Israeli American baseball fans are paying attention to the action in Brooklyn: next month Israel competes against 3 countries in NYC.

He and his family have been key to the remarkable renaissance the borough has enjoyed in recent years.

Australian Professor Norman Rosenbaum visits the scene of his brother's murder in Brooklyn 25 years later, denouncing violence with bereaved father Carmel Cato.

The judge finally delayed the sentencing by one week, to give the prosecution a chance to check out Chai Lifeline.

Her election to the civil court would be an inspiration to all frum girls, from chassidic as well as non-chassidic

The New York Civil Liberties Union called the ruling unfair.

Two teens in Brooklyn yelled slurs against Jews. One threw a rock at a Jewish driver, breaking the car window.

New facility to feed the needy to be open 7 days a week and will include traditional Sabbath and holiday meals.

The governor later tweeted: "What a great honor it was to march in the @CelebrateIsrael parade today."

Despite such opposition, the Yeshivah of Flatbush opened that year with 22 children, four teachers for two classes – a kindergarten and a first grade.

As of 2016, the Nobel contingent from New York City public high schools stands at 42 (37 of them Jews).

When white people decolonize their oppressors, does it count as liberation, or does it automatically constitute an occupation?

Today Brooklyn is fortunate to have a large number of yeshivas and Bais Yaakovs that span the spectrum from Modern Orthodox to haredi and chassidic.

Read the transcript and watch the video of the Israel portion of the Sanders-Clinton debate.

Publicist Ezra Friedlander tried to soften the blow for the press, saying Kasich "takes his religion very seriously."

The robber knew enough to wait until late into the night on the Sabbath before breaking into the neighborhood bank.

Jimmy Kimmel: Between the hipster community and the Hasidic community, Brooklyn is by far the most bearded spot in New York. We thought we’d...

Stabbing victim had just become Israeli citizen, said he still plans to join the IDF.

"A swastika is not mere vandalism — it is a symbol of hatred," said the synagogue rabbi. In Brooklyn, a man punched a college student in the face because he is white and Jewish.

More than 5,200 Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis and communal leaders sat down to exchange news at this year's international emissaries' conference in NYC.

A Hatzolah medic was stabbed Tuesday evening in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn.

The ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities of Crown Heights, Williamsburg and Borough Park, Brooklyn are experiencing an outbreak of Pertussis—also known as whooping cough

Here’s a good reason to like your new mayor: he, or, rather, his police dept., doesn’t fine you as much as it used to.

Several bystanders immediately tried to capture the assailant, who was fleeing the scene.

A NYS Supreme Court judge has given a green light to the ancient Jewish custom of kapparot, transferring sins to a chicken before Yom Kippur.