This is the Forward’s coverage of Brooklyn, a borough of New York City home to a major population of Hasidic Jews.
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News A new kaffiyeh policy is designed to help divided Jews pray together. Is this the Jewish future?
In a post-Oct. 7 world, a traditional-egalitarian minyan tries to pitch a big tent
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Culture On the border between hipster and Hasidic, a Brooklyn barbershop specializes in Orthodox haircuts
For the Bukharian Jewish barbers on Williamsburg's Kent Avenue, payot are no problem
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Pride interfaith service canceled, allegedly over synagogue’s ‘public alignment with pro-Israel positions’
Kane Street Synagogue’s rabbi wrote that she was “crushed/offended” by the “discriminatory decision” to cancel the event
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Culture At this pro-Palestinian cafe, you can practice your Hebrew and imagine you’re in Mauritania
In an increasingly polarized world, Brooklyn's Barzakh remains stubbornly in-between
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Fast Forward Heavy police presence blocks anti-Israel protest in Brooklyn from reaching Jewish neighborhood
Police officers headed off an anti-Zionist demonstration that made Crown Heights its intended destination
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Film & TV Mikey Madison is Jewish — is ‘Anora’?
Brighton Beach has a long Jewish history, but Sean Baker's Oscar-winning film is short on Jewish details
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Fast Forward Brawls break out surrounding pro-Palestinian protest in heavily Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park
One person was arrested at the scene
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Fast Forward His home did not survive the Eaton Fire. But one precious family heirloom did.
The Eaton Fire claimed Josh Kotler’s home but his grandmother’s menorah survived
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