Brooklyn

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

Seven of the victims are in stable condition, while the eighth, a 21-year-old woman, is in critical condition. 

|ByREUTERS, MIRIAM SELA-EITAM
An ambulance in traffic, as the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary on Independence Day in New York City, US, July 4, 2026
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

Gribetz was best known for creating a plan that distributed $1.288 billion in restitution to victims of the Holocaust.

|ByARIELLA ROITMAN
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

The man, who is apparently not Jewish, entered the building wearing a kippah and holding a knife and a bat, was promptly confronted by worshippers and bystanders, and was removed from the building.

|ByYOAV ETIEL, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
The exterior of the Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn.

Israeli Brand ecoLove among casualties of Brooklyn boycott: 'They boycotted our shampoo'

Sharona Romano Lazar, the company’s owner, says she is struggling to make sense of the situation.

|ByALAN ROSENBAUM

Worker at famed Brooklyn kosher bakery found dead in freezer

The man was caught in rotating blades of the machine while working in the freezer and appeared to have been locked inside for some five hours.

NOVEMBER 4, 2022ByJACOB HENRY/JTA
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Largest NYC Orthodox voting bloc endorses Zeldin for governor

Despite backing two incumbent Democrats, Letita James for attorney general and Charles Schumer for senate, the Bobov Sect endorsed Lee Zeldin for governor over current Gov. Kathy Hochul.

NOVEMBER 2, 2022ByHALEY COHEN
US Representative Lee Zeldin (R-NY) speaks during the largely virtual 2020 Republican National Convention broadcast from Washington, US August 26, 2020.

Two Jewish youths attacked in NYC in separate incidents

According to the tweet, the suspects made "anti-Jewish statements" and threw eggs at the boy, who was dressed in "traditional Jewish garb."

OCTOBER 28, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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Tourists are back, but are things back to normal? - opinion

Are things back to normal now that tourists are back in Israel for Sukkot?

OCTOBER 7, 2022ByAARON KATSMAN
THE ‘UMBRELLA STREET’ in downtown Jerusalem is seen nearly empty. Will the streets now be filled again?

'The Choice': A feminist novel on Brooklyn hassidic Jewry - review

From the most down-to-earth subjects to the most pristine spirituality, The Choice is some ride.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022ByAARON LEIBEL
BROOKLYN HAREDIM protest coronavirus restrictions in New York City, 2020. The author delves into the entanglements, rivalries and complexities of the Brooklyn hassidic community.

Jewish politician's sign vandalized with swastika in New York City

The New York City area has continued to see waves of antisemitic attacks over recent years.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022ByMICHAEL STARR
Max Rose, left, and Elissa Slotkin, center, seen in the Rayburn Building in Washington, D.C., after being elected in 2018. Both are in tight races to retain their seats.

Transgender teacher outed, fired by Brooklyn Jewish day school

One week after landing a new job, Talia Avrahami was out of the job after a firestorm erupted about the fact that she is transgender.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
Orthodox Jewish children get off a Yeshiva school bus, as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a public health emergency in parts of Brooklyn in response to a measles outbreak, in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, US, April 9, 2019.

Brooklyn woman knocks hat off Orthodox Jewish man

The suspect was arrested on Saturday night by NYPD with assistance from volunteer safety patrol group Boro Park Shomrim.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022ByHALEY COHEN
Illustrative photo: Residents of Borough Park in Brooklyn, last month.

Three children found dead on New York's Coney Island beach

New York City officers discovered a 4-year-old girl, a 7-year-old boy and a 3-month-old girl near the water's edge on the Coney Island beach.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022ByREUTERS
New York Police Department by the Fifth Avenue Synagogue

WATCH: 'Comedian' becomes butt of joke when Jews he harassed turn the tables

"I'm about to go to some Jews right now asking how they feel about Palestine," said Comedian Abdullah Almasmari, stage name Dulla Mulla.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Demonstrators take part in protests outside a meeting of the National Executive of Britain's Labour Party which will discuss the party's definition of antisemitism, in London