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Brooklyn Navy Yard evicts NYC drone maker Easy Aerial over alleged Israel ties

"We need more voices strongly condemning this taxpayer-funded antisemitism from the NYC Mayor’s office," US Representative Elise Stefanik said on X/Twitter.

Brooklyn Navy Yard at the front entrance, January 23, 2019.
Female emissaries of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement gather for a group photo in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, on Feb. 6, 2026.

From far corners of the Jewish world, the women of Chabad gather in freezing Brooklyn

Iranian-American journalist, author, and political activist, Masih Alinejad speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Iran, January 15, 2026; illustrative.

Brooklyn man sentenced to 15 years in Iran-backed plot to kill anti-regime dissident Masih Alinejad

Antisemitic vandalism found at a playground in Brooklyn.

Teens arrested after allegedly spray painting dozens of swastikas on Brooklyn playground


As Greenpoint’s Jewish community grows, so does this shul’s Hebrew school

Greenpoint, Brooklyn, an area once lacking in Jewish life, is now becoming a thriving community.

Yoni Kretzmer (standing) teaches the children at the Greenpoint Shul's newly incorporated Hebrew school.

Jewish Holocaust survivor beaten to death, nursing home roommate charged

Nina Kravtsov was from a small Ukrainian town. She was forced into a ghetto with several other family members when her town was invaded.

Kings County Supreme Court building. (illustrative)

Luigi Mangione wins dismissal of some counts over killing US health insurance executive

While the killing of Thompson was also widely condemned by public officials across the political spectrum, Mangione has become a folk hero to some Americans who decry steep healthcare costs.

Luigi Mangione, accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, appears in Manhattan Supreme Court earlier this year.

Ahead of election, Brooklyn synagogue demands voter registration to attend High Holiday services

By tying holiday seating to voter registration, Shaare Zion is in effect launching one of the more sweeping Jewish voter-registration campaigns ever attempted by any religious institution in New York

Congregation Shaare Zion in Gravesend, Brooklyn, is requiring proof of voter registration for High Holiday attendance ahead of New York City’s 2025 mayoral election.

Robert Jay Lifton, pioneering scholar of Nazi doctors and Jewish memory, dies at 99

Robert Jay Lifton, whose work on genocide psychology reshaped Holocaust studies and Jewish thought for decades, died at his home in Massachusetts at 99.

Robert Jay Lifton in a 2009 documentary based on his book, "The Nazi Doctors."

From Brooklyn to Jerusalem: Dr. Yehuda Resiman's back and forth journey

Now he’s truly home. And although he is unhappy with Israel’s current political leadership, he’s not leaving again. 

YEHUDA REISMAN with a mother and child in Haiti, one year after the earthquake.

Three dead, eight wounded after mass shooting in Brooklyn

NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch named the victims as one man in his mid-20s, one man in his 30s, and one man whose age is unconfirmed. 

Officer work at the scene in Crown Heights, Brooklyn on August 17, 2025.

The aliyah story of Shirelle Weingarten, a scrunchie connoisseur

For Weingarten, this journey has been far from linear – it’s been a series of bold decisions, personal growth, and an unwavering commitment to finding her place in Israel.

BLENDING A nursing career with a thriving business

Saraf and Wolf make history as Israeli back-to-back first-round picks by Nets

Brooklyn’s bold rebuild sets up first Israeli teammates in NBA history, on a franchise and city rich in Jewish culture.

Ben Saraf (left) and Danny Wolf (right) are slated to become the first Israeli teammates in the NBA.

'We can slit their throats': Alleged would-be Oct. 7 New York attacker extradited to US for trial

Muhammad Shahzeb Khan is alleged to have planned an ISIS-inspired attack on New York's Jewry on the one year anniversary of October 7.

Muhammad Shahzeb Khan