Brooklyn

New York must heed the warning signs before we ask, 'How did this happen?' - opinion

With Netanyahu’s planned attendance at the 81st UN General Assembly, this event might become one of the largest internationally televised anti-Israel demonstrations ever staged on US soil.

AN AI-generated political cartoon depicting New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at court with anti-Israel protesters in the background alongside the US Founding Fathers.
An ambulance in traffic, as the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary on Independence Day in New York City, US, July 4, 2026

At least eight shot, including four children, during New York Fourth of July celebrations

Judah Gribetz, center, huddled with Gov. Hugh L. Carey, left, and Mayor Abraham D. Beame, right, during a meeting of New York’s Emergency Financial Control Board in 1977.

Judah Gribetz, lawyer and counsel behind landmark Holocaust restitution plan, dies at 97

New York Police Department officers in the Bronx borough of New York City, US, May 16, 2023.

Man known to police, security enters Brooklyn Chabad with knife, bat is removed by bystander


'Genocide cuisine': Brooklyn Israeli restaurant vandalized with graffiti

The restaurant said that its branches would continue to welcome all, and encouraged patrons to spread "love, not hate."

An Israeli cuisine restaurant was vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti in Brooklyn on Saturday

NYPD Muslim Officers Society plays crucial role in Brooklyn's massive hanukkiah lighting

"There's a place for love and unity. There's mutual respect, especially religiously," NYPD detective Amen said.

 The massive menorah at Grand Army Plaza in Manhattan.

Eight incredible things to do during Hanukkah in NYC this year

Looking to stay entertained during this busy, chilly time of year? Here at the New York Jewish Week, we’ve got you covered.

 The pop-up Maccabee Bar is back in a new location this year.

New York street to be renamed after the Lubavitcher Rebbe

New York City Council approved renaming a section of Crown Heights' President Street as "Lubavitcher Rebbe Way" to honor Rabbi Schneerson, who transformed the Chabad movement.

MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON, the beloved Lubavitcher Rebbe.

'Anora' hits Israeli screens: A modern fairy tale with dark realities - opinion

Mikey Madison shines in Director Sean Baker's modern-day Cinderella story with a not-so-fairytale ending.

 MIKEY MADISON and Mark Edelshteyn in ‘Anora.’

Rabbi Kogan’s absence felt as Chabad emissaries gather under tight security in Brooklyn

The absence of Rabbi Zvi Kogan, a Chabad emissary from the UAE who was murdered last week, was deeply felt. 

 Rabbi Zvi Kogan

Israeli soldier reunites with Brooklyn mother he saved through bone marrow donations

This week, Chava Rivky Amsel traveled to Israel to meet her donor, an Israeli soldier and was accompanied by her family

 Israeli soldier in a classified unit within the IDF Intelligence Directorate, A., reunites Chava Rivky Amsel, whose life he safed through a bone marrow donation.

Brooklyn priest removed after greenlighting filming of Sabrina Carpenter video in church

The music video for "Feather" depicts Sabrina Carpenter experiencing harassment by an array of men, all of whom end up being killed in grisly ways.

 "Damn, what now? Should we talk about how I got the mayor indicted.” Sabrina Carpenter.

To fight hate, these Brooklyn-based nonprofit professionals wrote a comic book together

Discover the comic book uniting Brooklyn voices, blending Jewish and non-Jewish stories to combat intolerance and bias.

 Left to right: Dani Kogan, Deborah Greenblatt, Julian Voloj, Francil Tejada and Bradley T. Borden hold copies of "We Are Brooklyn: Stories of Hope,” a comic book celebrating the diversity of the borough and pf participants in the We Are All Brooklyn Fellowship Against Hate, Nov. 18, 2024.

Man arrested for attempted kidnapping of Jewish boy was family's neighbour

Stephan Stowe was previously arrested in 2013 for aggravated harassment as a hate crime, after harassing a Jewish man on the subway.

 Screenshot of CCTV footage posted by Shomrim CH showing attempted kidnapping, 9/11/2024