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Fast Forward 20,000 Hasidic Jews Protest In Brooklyn Against Israeli Draft
(JTA) — An estimated 15,000 to 20,000 anti-Zionist haredi Orthodox Jews protested in New York against the conscription of haredi yeshiva students and the arrest of draft dodgers. Most of the participants in the rally Sunday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn were from the Satmar Hasidic sect, whose Central Rabbinical Congress of the U.S.A….
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Culture Yankel and Leah (Chapter 1)
This originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. Yankel walked up the stairs in the dormitory, to light the Chanukah menorah. He lit a match but it blew out. He lit another one. Outside, a mix of rain and snow was falling. Inside, the ancient cast-iron radiator hissed. Chanukah was late this year – the end…
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Fast Forward Autopsy Inconclusive On Brother Of Leiby Kletzky’s Killer — Mystery Deepens
The death of the brother of Leiby Kletzky’s killer is still a mystery. An initial autopsy failed to determine a cause of death for Tzvi Aron, whose body was found Friday in his family’s Brooklyn home — the same infamous building where his brother stashed the remains of the slain 8-year-old Hasidic boy in 2011….
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Fast Forward Leiby Kletzky Killer Says He ‘Hopes’ Brother’s Death Not Related To Infamous Slaying
The convicted killer of Leiby Kletzky says he hopes his own brother’s mystery death is not related to the 8-year-old Hasidic boy’s 2011 slaying. “I hope not,” Levi Aron, 40, told the New York Post in an interview at the Sullivan County prison. The corpse of Tzvi Aron, 29, was found Friday wrapped in a…
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Fast Forward Leiby Kletzky Killer’s Brother Found Dead In Brooklyn Home
(JTA) — The body of the brother of Levi Aron, the Brooklyn store clerk who pleaded guilty to killing lost 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky six years ago, was found in the same home as the remains of the haredi Orthodox boy. The body of Tzvi Aron was found wrapped in a blanket in a basement closet of…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Man Beaten For Defending Jewish Couple On Subway
Jean Wolfman was left with a cut to the head that required 10 stitches to close after stepping in to prevent a group of subway dancers from harassing an older Jewish couple. According to Wolfman, the dancers started menacing an older man and his wife after the man did not tip them after they did…
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Fast Forward NYC Council Zoning Chair Keeps Separate Campaign Fund For Real Estate Cash
David Greenfield, who chairs the New York City Council’s powerful Committee on Land Use, has a separate campaign account that allows him to skirt city rules and accept contributions from real estate companies, the New York Observer reported Monday. The account in question has received $308,641.71 –- much of it from city developers – and…
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News A Jewish Hipster Haven Grows In Brooklyn’s Chabad Heartland
NEW YORK (JTA) — Soon after Nechama Levy moved to Brooklyn five years ago, she opened a bicycle repair shop. The spacious, high-ceilinged store was just down the street from a new pub with exposed brick walls. Like many who have moved recently to the rapidly gentrifying borough, Levy, 33, was drawn to the area’s relatively…
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