Twenty five years ago, on October 29, 1992, Lemrick Nelson Jr. was acquitted of the murder of Yankel Rosenbaum. That event — as well as others that both preceded and followed it — had a significant impact on my life, stirring up a host of personal memories and evoking a chapter in the larger story…
There are some places you’ll almost never find a secular Jew at. Shabbat services. A Richard Spencer rally. NASCAR. The Orthodox section of Crown Heights? Oh, most certainly not. What’s there to like — Chabadniks recruiting you to the yeshivah? A constant sense of aesthetic displacement? Food that way too closely resembles your great-grandmother’s chopped…
Food crawls are a great way for tourists and locals alike to experience a city or neighborhood’s unique subculture in all its gastronomic glory, especially in a vibrant foodie community like Chinatown or Little Italy. Crown Heights has had a kosher-food revolution in recent years — with gourmet restaurants representing all kinds of flavors and…
The Hasidic section of Crown Heights saw two acts of anti-Semitic vandalism over the weekend, according to social media reports. “To the ‘Jews,’ how many was raped, killed and sacrificed to have this street all yours?” someone had scrawled on a park bench. And on a dollar bill given as change at a kosher coffee…
I grew up illiterate and uneducated and I am a graduate of a premier Hasidic Jewish Day school in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Hasidic Day schools are similar to Sunday schools, with one big difference — they run all week long. I learned nothing relevant to the 21st century modern workforce at school. At age 26,…
A man with a history of arson has been arrested for torching an elaborately-decorated Jewish art bus in Crown Heights. Jackson Joseph, a 30-year-old Brownsville resident, was arrested Monday on charges of arson and criminal mischief, the website Vos Iz Neias reported. Joseph has a history of arson, DNAinfo reported. He was arrested at age…
Three newly-painted public murals of the Lubavitcher Rebbe were vandalized in Crown Heights late last week, exposing an ongoing debate about the image of the movement’s late charismatic leader — who is revered as the Messiah by a vocal segment of the community. The community website Collive uploaded surveillance footage on Friday of two young…
Police are asking the public for help identifying the man suspected of torching a Jewish art bus in Crown Heights last month. On Thursday, the police released a short video of the suspect, taken from what appears to be surveillance footage inside a deli. This is the second video released to the public of the…
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