Brooklyn

'Anora' hits Israeli screens: A modern fairy tale with dark realities

Mikey Madison shines in Director Sean Baker's modern-day Cinderella story with a not-so-fairytale ending.

Rabbi Kogan’s absence felt as Chabad emissaries gather under tight security in Brooklyn

The absence of Rabbi Zvi Kogan, a Chabad emissary from the UAE who was murdered last week, was deeply felt. 

Israeli soldier reunites with Brooklyn mother he saved through bone marrow donations

This week, Chava Rivky Amsel traveled to Israel to meet her donor, an Israeli soldier and was accompanied by her family

Brooklyn priest removed after greenlighting filming of Sabrina Carpenter video in church

The music video for "Feather" depicts Sabrina Carpenter experiencing harassment by an array of men, all of whom end up being killed in grisly ways.

To fight hate, these Brooklyn-based nonprofit professionals wrote a comic book together

Discover the comic book uniting Brooklyn voices, blending Jewish and non-Jewish stories to combat intolerance and bias.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
20/11/2024
 Screenshot of CCTV footage posted by Shomrim CH showing attempted kidnapping, 9/11/2024

Man arrested for attempted kidnapping of Jewish boy was family's neighbour

Stephan Stowe was previously arrested in 2013 for aggravated harassment as a hate crime, after harassing a Jewish man on the subway.

 Screenshot of CCTV footage posted by Shomrim CH showing attempted kidnapping, 9/11/2024

Masked man attempts to kidnap Orthodox Jewish boy in Crown Heights

The footage shows the masked man attempting to grab the child and carry him away, before the father pulls the child back and pushes the man off.

What I learned when a Brooklyn bookstore canceled a discussion of Judaism over my Zionism - opinion

Oh, to have the chance to engage this bookstore censor over which particular Zionism she was objecting to - how much richer our night would have been.

By RABBI ANDY BACHMAN/JTA
24/08/2024

Brooklyn Museum director home vandal charged, Hamas flags flown at museum

The New York Police Department said on Thursday that 28-year-old Queens resident Taylor Pelton had been arrested on Wednesday and charged with hate crime criminal mischief against property.

PFLP terrorist handbook to be taught at Brooklyn community center

Samidoun will be hosting a series of group study events discussing the PFLP document "Strategy for the Liberation of Palestine."

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