Reacting to a Council Race Ad in a Brooklyn Jewish Paper
In the race for the 45th City Council District seat, a campaign ad for candidate Farah Louis in the Flatbush Jewish Journal has “exposed a raw nerve,” writes Kings County Politics.
In the race for the 45th City Council District seat, a campaign ad for candidate Farah Louis in the Flatbush Jewish Journal has “exposed a raw nerve,” writes Kings County Politics.
The theater companies Blessed Unrest and Teatri Oda tell the story of Eastern European Jews being taken in by Albanians during WWII.
Ahead of Passover, Brooklyn Daily Eagle looks at two kinds of matzo being produced in the borough, one made in Orthodox Jewish-run bakeries and the other by a company taking a “culturally-based” approach.
The Brooklyn Public Library has on exhibit photos and documents of Jewish refugees who fled parts of Europe for Shanghai, with some eventually emigrating to Brooklyn, reports Brooklyn Paper.
A street in Lower Manhattan has been co-named “Mill Street Synagogue/Seixas Way” in honor of the first synagogue in the U.S., founded by a congregation of Spanish and Portuguese origin, reports The Broadsheet.
Hispanic residents in South Williamsburg react to the outbreak of measles in the area, El Diario La Prensa reports.
Before Rockland County declared a state of emergency over a measles outbreak, few in the local Latino community heard about the infections, reports The Forward.
Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, a revered figure in the Hasidic community, died at the age of 95, reports The Forward.
The Forward profiles a photographer setting out to document everyday Hasidic life in Boro Park.
The Chabad of Bushwick held a rededication ceremony at the same window smashed a week earlier in a show of resilience, reports Bklyner.
Bukharian community leaders joined elected officials in expressing their frustrations in law enforcement’s failure to classify certain incidents as hate crimes, including an attack on a teenager in November, reports The Bukharian Times.
The Forward will go all-digital as of the spring, its publisher said. Meanwhile, layoffs were announced at the legendary publication.
The Forward joins a tour of cultural spots and small businesses run by Bukharians, “a community little-known even to other Jews.”
One of the largest Yiddish festivals in the country opens on Saturday in New York, reports The New York Jewish Week.
The editorial writer for The Forward offers some reflections on what it means to be a Jew in the age of Trump.