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Opinion Congregation Needs To Be Involved in Israel To Make a Difference
Thirty members of our synagogue community are in Jerusalem, standing by the side of the road in Gilo, looking at the security barrier, Bethlehem and a new settlement in the distance. An educator from Ir Amim, which advocates for “a more viable and equitable city,” explains the horizon before us. We knock our heads against…
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Opinion A Wide Tent on Israel, of Respectful Tension
At Kolot Chayeinu , our congregation’s stance on Israel has been the result of a series of conversations, meetings, dialogues and decisions. Our Statement of Values says: “We believe that Jews have an obligation to grapple with the many issues and emotions connected to our historic attachment to Israel and the current political situation in…
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The Schmooze Lena Dunham Eyes $4.5M Williamsburg Penthouse
Lena Dunham is moving up — literally. The writer/actress/director/voice-of-her-generation has apparently been eyeing a $4.45 million penthouse apartment in Williamsburg’s Gretsch Building, a far cry from her character’s Greenpoint apartment on “Girls.” The three-bedroom pad has twin walk-in closets, a 1,900 squre-foot-terrace with views of the Manhattan skyline and the Williamsburg Bridge, and a cavernous…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Teen Busted in Videotaped Beating of Jew on Subway
The arrest of a New York teenager for harassing a kippah-clad Jewish man on a subway led to a melee that was shown on YouTube. Stephan Stowe, 17, was charged on eight counts, including aggravated harassment as a hate crime, in the April 15 incident in Brooklyn. According to a Daily News report, Stowe and…
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Fast Forward Eleven Mezuzahs in Brooklyn Burned on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Eleven mezuzahs and doorframes were set on fire in Brooklyn on Monday, in what New York police is treating as a hate crime. The vandalism took place at the Taylor White Public Houses, in the predominantly haredi section of South Williamsburg. Mezuzahs were scorched from the third floor all the way up to the 12th,…
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Fast Forward Charles Hynes, Defiant Over Orthodox Abuse, Runs Hard for Brooklyn Reelection
When Brooklyn District Attorney Charles “Joe” Hynes first took office in 1990, the New York City borough was one of the most violent urban areas in the United States. Mobster John Gotti led the Gambino organized crime family, crack cocaine was epidemic and many of the plotlines for a TV show that debuted that year,…
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Fast Forward New York Mulls $5.8M School Bus Bill To Drop Yeshiva Students at Door
A $5.8 million proposal being pushed by some Brooklyn lawmakers would order New York school busses to drop yeshiva students much closer to their homes, a new report said. The Daily News reported that the budget add-on would mandate school busses to drop children off within 600 feet of their homes if they leave school…
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Fast Forward Innocent Man Freed 23 Years After Murder of Hasidic Rabbi Chaskel Werzberger
A New York man convicted of killing a Hasidic rabbi more than two decades ago was freed on Thursday after his conviction was vacated as a miscarriage of justice. David Ranta, 58, spent 23 years in prison until the conviction integrity unit of the Brooklyn district attorney’s office concluded after a year-long investigation that the…
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