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Culture Is there life after Lubavitch?
In his memoir 'Brooklyn Odyssey,' ex-Hasidic sociologist Schneur Zalman Newfield turns his gaze inward
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Fast Forward Chabad ‘let me down,’ suspect said, in hours before allegedly attacking their headquarters
The man arrested Wednesday night had attended a Purim service at a New Jersey Chabad in March
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Fast Forward What we know about the car ramming at Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters in Brooklyn
The incident occurred on a day of celebration in the Chabad community. No one was hurt.
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Fast Forward Tensions flare in Crown Heights as extremist group targets ‘Zionist white supremacists’ over 1991 incident
Crown Heights Bites Back held a vigil to commemorate the killing of a Black child that sparked antisemitic riots.
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Fast Forward Protesters clash in Crown Heights as Ben-Gvir visits Chabad headquarters
Far-right Israeli National Security minister was cheered in the synagogue of 770 Eastern Parkway
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Fast Forward Itamar Ben-Gvir is coming to America, with stops at Yale and in New York City already set
The far-right Israeli minister will visit a Yale Jewish society and Chabad
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Film & TV An inspiring documentary shows the power of Black-Jewish unity
Ondi Timoner's 'All God's Children' shows the rewards — and challenges — of intercultural solidarity
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Politics Crown Heights get-out-the-vote activists aim to turn election into a show of Chabad’s local force
“Anti-semitism is on the ballot. October 7th is on the ballot,” read postcards that encourage Orthodox Jews to vote
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Film & TV A Hasidic wedding entertainer tries to keep up with the times — if his ego will let him
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