Brooklyn
Unnecessary and cruel: Using chickens for kapparot on Yom Kippur violates Jewish values – opinion
The practice has invited widespread scrutiny, even from sages, over the inhuman treatment of livestock. Trigger warning: Some readers might find the disclosed descriptions disturbing
Teen slashed in Brooklyn synagogue by 'emotionally disturbed' fellow congregant, NYPD says
New York must heed the warning signs before we ask, 'How did this happen?' - opinion
At least eight shot, including four children, during New York Fourth of July celebrations
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.”
US 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.
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.
ADL offering $50,000 reward for tips on 1994 NYC murder
Ari Halberstam, 16, was murdered on the Brooklyn Bridge in 1994 by Rashid Baz, who also fired upon 14 other Jewish teens in a van.
Jewish journalist sues bar for refusing to serve him
Conservative journalist Elad Eliahu, 29, was reportedly on a first date last month in Brooklyn when a bartender allegedly told him to leave while calling him a "Zionist fascist."
Six NYC Council members reject establishment of 'End Jew Hatred Day'
Among those on the 51-member council who did not support the measure was Shahana Hanif, a representative of the heavily Jewish Brooklyn neighborhoods of Borough Park and Park Slope.
A new dance club in Williamsburg is bringing Tel Aviv party culture to Brooklyn
Some of the biggest night club venues in Brooklyn can hold thousands of people. Silo, by contrast, holds only 500, which carries a more intimate feel.
Ellen Lapidus Stern: The aliyah story of the well-known Israeli artist
Lapidus Stern is well known in Israel and internationally for her colorful and imaginative oil paintings. Many of them are on permanent exhibition, others in private collections.
Man hit by truck driver in Brooklyn rampage dies of head injury
62-year-old Weng Sor of Las Vegas has been accused of deliberately plowing into pedestrians and bike riders in multiple locations in Monday's rampage through two Brooklyn neighborhoods.
