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Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Brooklyn, a borough of New York City home to a major population of Hasidic Jews.

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Brooklyn Orthodox Rabbi Yuri Foreman Returns to the Boxing Ring

Former junior middleweight boxing champion and newly ordained Orthodox rabbi Yuri Foreman is ending his two-year hiatus from the ring. Foreman, 35, will fight Lenwood Dozier at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on Saturday night, Dec. 5. According to ESPN, to win a world title in over 70 years when he beat Daniel Santos…

By JTA Dec 5, 2015 | < 1 min read
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Why Were 2 Homeless Men Found Dead at Brooklyn Jewish Elementary School?

Just after midnight at an Orthodox Jewish elementary school in Brooklyn, Elliott Gordon found a man turning blue on the floor of the chapel. Gordon had been sitting in a filthy dormitory room upstairs when he heard a voice in the hallway say that a man named Moshe had collapsed. It was Gordon’s first night…

By Josh Nathan-Kazis Nov 30, 2015 | 11 min read
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Sarah Mayer, Faigy’s Older Sister, Hangs Herself Months After Roof Plunge

The older sister of a former Hasidic woman who killed herself four months ago by jumping off of a rooftop bar in Manhattan died after hanging herself. Sarah Mayer, 31, was found dead on Sunday afternoon in her parents’ home in Borough Park, the New York Daily News reported. Her death comes four months after…

By JTA Nov 23, 2015 | < 1 min read
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2 Busted in Brooklyn Egg Attack on Orthodox Teen

The New York Police Department has made two arrests in an egg-throwing attack in Brooklyn targeting an Orthodox Jewish teenager. The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force has the suspects, both adolescents, in custody, Yeshiva World News reported Thursday. They reportedly are white males. The attack, captured on surveillance video, took place at 2 a.m. Saturday…

By JTA Nov 19, 2015 | < 1 min read
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Brooklyn Eggings of Jews Treated as Hate Crimes

New York police are treating two separate egging incidents in a Brooklyn neighborhood as hate crimes. A group of men reportedly threw eggs at a Jewish man, 23, at 1 a.m. Saturday in Borough Park. Several minutes later, the group egged two Jewish boys, ages 17 and 14. The assailants reportedly threatened to “shoot and…

By JTA Nov 16, 2015 | < 1 min read
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Arrest Made in Second Attack on Jews in Crown Heights

A Brooklyn man accused of punching an Orthodox Jewish man and knocking the cellphone from his hand was arrested. Christian Rojas, 36, allegedly assaulted the Jewish man, who was on his way to synagogue in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, early Wednesday morning, WABC News reported. The assault took place just hours after the…

By JTA Nov 4, 2015 | < 1 min read
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Jewish Paramedic Stabbed in Brooklyn — Hate Crime Eyed

A member of a Jewish volunteer emergency service was stabbed in the neck in Brooklyn and police were investigating the attack as a possible anti-Semitic hate crime. The man, identified by the New York Post as David Katz, 34, a volunteer for Hatzalah, radioed in his own injury after the attack on Tuesday night in…

By JTA Nov 4, 2015 | < 1 min read
The Schmooze
WATCH Jimmy Kimmel Plays ‘Hipster or Hasidic’

Can you tell a hipster from a Hasid based on just a shot of their lips? That’s what Jimmy Kimmel tried to find out on Thursday night while shooting his show, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in Brooklyn. “Between the hipster community and the Hasidic community here in Brooklyn, Brooklyn is by far the most bearded spot…

By Anne Cohen Oct 25, 2015 | < 1 min read

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