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At the press conference in Crown Heights, Brooklyn on April 23, 2018. Amy Sara Clark/JW
February 4, 2019, 10:38 am
3 Men Charged With Hate Crimes For Attacks On Jewish Men In Crown Heights
By Marcy Oster
Charedi girls walk past a school bus in Borough Park, one of the sites of the measles outbreak. (JTA)
December 12, 2018, 9:11 am
Health Department Launches Outreach Campaign Amid Orthodox Measles Outbreak
Following an uptick in measles cases in charedi areas, city officials and community leaders are cooperating on vaccination-awareness campaign.
By Amy Sara Clark
Two Brooklyn kosher eateries were forced to cancel this comedy event after Kashrut authorities threatened to pull their certification because one of the comics is a lesbian. Screenshot/Instagram The Flatbush Girl
December 11, 2018, 10:48 am
Brooklyn Eateries Cancel Lesbian Comedian’s Show Over Rabbi Certification Threat
By Marcy Oster
December 10, 2018, 11:35 am
Attack On NY Jewish Teen Not Classified As Hate Crime
By Marcy Oster
December 6, 2018, 11:50 am
Arrest Made In Attack On Hasidic Man In Brooklyn
By JTA
Screengrab of a security surveillance footage of the incident.
December 2, 2018, 11:32 am
Assailant Punches Chasidic Man In The Head In Brooklyn
By JTA
November 21, 2018, 10:59 am
Man Arrested In Brooklyn For Harassing Jewish Man With ‘Heil Hitler’ Salute
By JTA
Avital’s new Wilson Live venue in Bushwick includes a performance space and recording studio. Photos by Orli Santo/JW
November 20, 2018, 3:40 pm
Israeli Jazz Has A New Home Base
Noted bassist Omer Avital goes into the real estate and recording businesses — on behalf of young musicians following in his wake.
By Orli Santo
November 5, 2018, 11:44 am
Man Suspected Of Writing ‘Kill All Jews’ On Brooklyn Synagogue Arrested
By JTA
September 6, 2018, 12:57 pm
New York High Holiday Services
Unaffiliated? Find your home for the holidays here.
By Jewish Week Editors
Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein wants people of all backgrounds to feel welcome in his Brooklyn community. (Josefin Dolsten)
June 18, 2018, 12:21 pm
This Biracial Orthodox Rabbi Is Using His Background To Create A Unique Community In Brooklyn
By Josefin Dolstein
Coney Island Beach. Wikimedia Commons
June 11, 2018, 10:26 am
Gender-Segregated Beach Day To Come To Coney Island This Summer
A New York City councilman is renting the city beach on Coney Island for separate swim days for his Jewish and Muslim constituents.
By JTA
Crown Heights has seen three attacks in the last three weeks. Michael Datikash/JW
May 2, 2018, 10:30 am
Israeli Yeshiva Student Assaulted In Crown Heights
By JTA
Bukharian Jewish students celebrate at “Night in Bukhara,” a Hillel cultural heritage program that included Bukharian comedy, food, music and dancing. Courtesy Queens College Hillel
May 2, 2018, 9:59 am
An ‘Ashky’ Goes To Bat For Young Bukharians
Queens College’s Hillel director helps keep an ancient civilization alive.
By Uri Cohen
April 27, 2018, 1:01 pm
Jewish Comic Con Comes To Brooklyn
By Aaron Herman
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