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 Changing Face of Brighton Beach
Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach neighborhood last March hosted a celebration of Nowruz, the Persian New Year. Held at the National, a sprawling, glitzy entertainment palace off Brighton Beach Avenue, the celebration attracted an enthusiastic crowd of immigrants from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan. Under stage lights flashing red and green, lavishly costumed performers danced and sang to…
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Fast Forward Oops! Candidate Frets Over ‘Negrohood’ Crime
Even with tools like spell check and predictive text, a good once-over can never hurt. New York Assembly candidate Ben Akselrod, who is running against Democrat Steven Cymbrowitz in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn, learned that the hard way. Last week, The Friends of Ben Akselrod sent out a mailer that read that crime…
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Opinion Shelly Silver Dented in Albany Scandal
New York State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver is under fire over what the local tabloids are calling a “coverup” of sex allegations against a Brooklyn political boss. The Orthodox Jewish speaker of the State Assembly doesn’t usually get front-page play, despite being one of the two or three most powerful people in Albany. It’s likely…
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Fast Forward Leiby Kletzky Killer Gets 40 Years
The murderer of 8-year-old Orthodox Brooklyn boy Leiby Kletzky has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison, the AP reported today. The sentencing comes weeks after Levi Aron, 36, pleaded guilty to the July 2011 killing. “G-d willing, the sentencing of Levi Aron today will finally remove the spotlight from this tragedy and…
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Life Pole Dancing for the Jewish Soul
Stepping into the dimly-lit studio in midtown Manhattan, Elisheva and Sarah shed their skirts and long-sleeve shirts, leaving only shorts and tank tops. They quickly take their places at two poles in the room and begin climbing and spinning as they wait for class to begin. For these two Stern students — both modern Orthodox…
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News Meet the Jewish Mister Softee
Video: Nate Lavey ‘Give me it for free,” a group of young boys yells in Yiddish, giggling merrily, as their tzitzit strings dangle. The man standing in the ice cream truck grins down at them. “No, give me money,” he replies. The negotiation continues until an older sibling finally comes over with a wrinkled fistful…
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News After Year, Leiby Kletzky Murder Still Hurts
One summer afternoon last July, a mother waited on a Brooklyn street corner for an 8-year-old boy who would never arrive. The abduction and murder of Leiby Kletzky shook the insular ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Boro Park, where Leiby lived and died. One year later, the impact of the crime is still being felt. Leaders…
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Fast Forward Leiby Kletzky Killer Set To Plead Guilty
A Brooklyn man was expected to plead guilty next week to butchering an 8-year-old boy who got lost while walking home alone from an Orthodox Jewish day camp, a source close to the case said. The tentative plea deal calls for Levi Aron, 36, to be sentenced to 40 years to life in prison when…
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