Posts Tagged: Crown Heights
Brooklyn Jewish Man Attacked by Assailant Yelling ‘I am Tired of the Jews’
Another Jewish man was assaulted while being subject to antisemitic insults on Wednesday morning in Crown Heights, Brooklyn just hours after an off-duty volunteer for the Hatzalah EMS service was...
Rabbinical Student Run Over, Killed by Brooklyn Garbage Truck
A 25-year-old Orthodox Jewish rabbinical student was run over and killed by a garbage truck on Sunday while waiting to cross a Crown Heights, Brooklyn...
‘Knockout Game’ Victim Says Jews Are Being Targeted Because They ‘Look Gentle’
One of the Jewish victim's of the increasingly popular "Knockout Game" has spoken out, telling the New York Post he believes Jews are being targeted...
Jewish Youth Brutally Beaten by Cops Sues Police
Ehud Halevy, the 21 year old Jewish man whose assault at the hands of NYPD officers was caught on camera, filed a civil rights lawsuit against...
Grassroots Effort for Dismissal of Charges Against NYPD Beating Victim Gathers Pace (VIDEO)
A Change.org petition calling for the dismissal of charges against Ehud Halevy, the 21-year-old whose beating at the hands of two NYPD officers was caught...
Boteach’s “Kosher Sex” Most Borrowed Book in Crown Heights Public Library
In new data revealed by the New York Public Library, Shmuley Boteach's bestselling book, "Kosher Sex: A Recipe for Passion and Intimacy" was listed as...
Brooklyn DA Trumped-Up Hate Crime Charges
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes has come under scrutiny for his alleged mishandling of sexual abuse cases in the Orthodox Jewish community. He should...
Jewish-Orthodox Sexual Abuse Cases and Ultra-Media Bias
Sexual abuse is not unique to any specific community. Secrecy, shame, stigma and fear pervade all sectors of society, including secular college campuses,...
Caribbean Teenagers Get Taste of New York Jews (VIDEO)
Following two separate incidents in late April where Orthodox Jews came to the aid of African-American and Latino community members after they were assaulted, it...
Pop Art Rabbi on Oprah’s Next Chapter
As a departure from what I usually do on this blog I would like to share some personal art news. The show that I curated in Brooklyn...
Chabad 2.0: The Shluchim Conference Must Focus on a Chabad Quantum Leap
The annual gathering of Chabad's global emissaries, the Kinus Hashluchim, elicits a paradox. Here is an organization that is truly international, operating even more...
Crown Heights Cracking Down on Sexual Abuse
In the past four months the Crown Heights Jewish Community has seen as many sexual abuse-related arrests and reports as there have been in...
Coming Home to Crown Heights
The emotions and memories of many attending spanned close to a hundred years. Rabbinical and community reminisces were spoken, childhood highlights recalled, generations remembered. The evening...
Crown Heights Celebrates Summer, 20 Years After Riots
August 18, Crown Heights celebrated twenty years of growing understanding and cooperation between the Black and Jewish communities. Leaders, including Rabbi Eli Cohen of the...
