Dramatic video of Crown Heights hit-and-run circulates after spike in antisemitic hate crimes in NYC
Authorities are investigating the Brooklyn incident
Authorities are investigating the Brooklyn incident
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In the summer of 1991, following an accident that killed a young Black child and the fatal stabbing of a Hasidic yeshiva student, tensions erupted between the Jewish and Black communities in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. In the riots that ensued, more than 200 people were injured. Property damage was extensive. Jewish leaders…
Adrian Benepe, the president and CEO of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, acknowledged during a Wednesday night virtual meeting with supporters that he was coming to them with an unusual request. “We are really going against precedent,” he said. “I’m not aware of a single other cultural institution on city property that has ever taken as…
The NYPD clashed with Orthodox Jews last night when the officers came to break up a big Sukkot gathering in Crown Heights, a video shared on Twitter showed. before pic.twitter.com/yjFTPYFzuu — Paul Lupario (@paulloops) October 6, 2020 In another video taken earlier in the night, hundreds could be seen celebrating the Sukkot holiday by dancing…
Jewish Crown Heights residents remember microscopic details about the riots of 1991 — 29 years ago, on Wednesday. They recall the acronyms used to differentiate between the different types of ambulances that served the victims of the car crash that started it all. They remember the ins and outs of the court cases for one…
“This is such a blessing. I’ve been here through riots and we had different uprisings and different things that went on in the Crown Heights community between Blacks and Jews. This to me is, I’m almost choked,” said Felicia Gomes, 55, a lifelong Crown Heights resident after stumbling upon a Black Lives Matter solidarity march…
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