Brooklyn

Activists cry foul after historic Brooklyn synagogue is demolished

The synagogue, built in 1907, was the oldest surviving synagogue in the now heavily Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park. 

30/03/2024

Activists cry foul after historic Brooklyn synagogue torn down

The synagogue, built in 1907, was the oldest surviving synagogue in the now heavily Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park. 

28/03/2024

11-month-old Binyomin Kuravsky was killed by a faulty radiator

The Department of Buildings issued a vacate order for the apartment, and friends have organized a GoFundMe to support relocation, childcare and counseling costs for the Kuravskys and their newborns.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
15/03/2024
Ari Halberstam

New York City marks 30 years since deadly antisemitic attack on Brooklyn Bridge

The incident took years to be classified as a terror attack, but advocacy by a victim's mother led to the passage of New York State's first counter-terrorism laws.

01/03/2024

Living among celebs: Ed Sheeran vacates expensive Brooklyn apartment

The deluxe 300sq.m. apartment returns to market with a slight price bump.

Pro-Palestinian protesters call for ceasefire at Grand Central Terminal

The demonstration, organized by the anti-Zionist organization Jewish Voice for Peace, was but one of many anti-Israel protests in NYC in the past week.

28/10/2023

Jewish NYC lawmaker Inna Vernikov arrested after carrying gun to pro-Palestinian protest

New York State Gov. Kathy Hochul said, “New York’s gun safety laws apply to everyone.”

By LUKE TRESS/JTA
13/10/2023

Gay man stabbed to death in hate crime for dancing to Beyonce

One of O'Shae Sibley's friends, who witnessed the attack and tried to save him, said “they murdered him because he’s gay, because he stood up for his friends.”

New Yorkers march in solidarity with Israeli protesters

The march over the Brooklyn Bridge was part of a global solidarity movement that has flourished in the city with the most Israelis outside of Israel.

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
25/07/2023

Former head of Jewish security patrol in Brooklyn pleads guilty to sex crime involving a teenager

The guilty plea comes more than five years after Daskal was first arrested and charged with sex crimes related to the alleged abuse of a girl.

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
17/07/2023
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