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Breaking News Jewish Seniors Fight Plan To Oust Them From Brooklyn Home
There was little sign of Purim festivities at Brooklyn’s Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope on Sunday afternoon as grim relatives met to battle a landlord’s plan to evict elderly residents of a nearby senior citizen’s home. About 100 relatives solemnly met with lawyers and local elected officials days after receiving notice that the 139-bed…
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News Jewish Seniors Scramble as Brooklyn Old Age Home Shuts — Condos to Come?
Ruth Willig thought she was done moving homes. The 90-year-old moved into Prospect Park Residence, a Brooklyn assisted living facility, four years ago, and expected to remain there until her death. But last week, the management of the predominantly Jewish residence made an unpleasant announcement: everyone must leave within 90 days. “I was devastated. I…
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Breaking News Menachem Stark Wins $18K Raffle After Death
(JTA) — Menachem Stark, the Hasidic Brooklyn landlord and father of seven who was abducted and murdered in January, was the winner of an $18,000 raffle drawn Wednesday night, according to the Jewish Political Updates website. He had bought $100 worth of raffle tickets in December, part of a fundraiser for a Bobov charity that…
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Breaking News Brothers Avrohom and Moshe Goldstein Plead Guilty in ‘Get’ Extort Scheme
Two Brooklyn brothers have admitted participating in a violent ring with rabbis that threatened Jewish husbands to agree to grant their wives a religious divorce, and they face possible lengthy prison terms, prosecutors said on Tuesday. Avrohom Goldstein, 34, and Moshe Goldstein, 31, were among 10 men, including their father and two Orthodox Jewish rabbis,…
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Breaking News Samuel Kellner Cleared in Brooklyn Abuse Shakedown Case
Brooklyn prosecutors have moved to dismiss all charges against Samuel Kellner, the Brooklyn man who helped bring abuse charges against other figures in the ultra-Orthodox community. Kellner, a key figure in several sexual abuse cases, had faced perjury, criminal solicitation, conspiracy and attempted grand larceny for allegedly shaking down suspected abusers. “After a careful review…
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Breaking News Brooklyn Rabbi Samuel Waldman Hit With Child Pornography Charge
A Brooklyn rabbi was charged with downloading child pornography after federal agents caught him in a sting, authorities said. Samuel Waldman, 52, a teacher at a Jewish girls seminary, faces a possible five years in prison after he admitted downloading at least three short films depicting young boys and girls engaging in sex acts. “Samuel…
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Culture Snow Is Both Signal and Static for Artist Kon Trubkovich
The idea behind Moscow-born Jewish artist Kon Trubkovich’s upcoming show at Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York is at once simple and complicated, which is often, and certainly in this case, a good thing for an idea. The idea, as described in Trubkovich’s excitable but considered delivery, “is basically snow.” In practice, this translates to…
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News Bitcoin’s Jewish Whiz Kid
Before the late-January arrest of Charlie Shrem, the yeshiva-educated mastermind behind the online commerce site BitInstant, I hadn’t made a Jewish connection with Bitcoin. A digital currency that’s not regulated or backed by any government or central bank, and whose value depends on demand, Bitcoin has been all over the business and technology pages, but…
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