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Jewish woman assaulted in Brooklyn

'Horrifying to watch'. Teenage assailant beats middle-aged Jewish woman in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

Jewish woman assaulted in Brooklyn

Three Jewish women attacked in New York

Police arrest 30-year-old woman who attacked three young Jewish women in Crown Heights, New York.

Three Jewish women attacked in New York

Teens throw rocks at Jewish school bus in Brooklyn

3 teenagers attack bus filled with children from Chabad elementary school in Crown Heights.

Teens throw rocks at Jewish school bus in Brooklyn

Watch: Simchat Beit Hashoeva in Crown Heights

Thousands of Chabad hasidim sing and dance with Torah scrolls during Sukkot celebration in Crown Heights, New York.

Watch: Simchat Beit Hashoeva in Crown Heights

Fire breaks out in 770

Fire began in closet for emergency lights' battery, reports say.

Fire breaks out in 770

Photos: Kapparot in Crown Heights

Photographer Haim Twito captures the annual kapparot ritual in Crown Heights, New York.

Photos: Kapparot in Crown Heights

Jewish man attacked with rock in Brooklyn

Group of men throw rock at Jewish delivery driver in Crown Heights, the second such attack in less than a week.

Jewish man attacked with rock in Brooklyn

Dani Dayan: 'Anti-Semitic attacks in NYC became a plague'

Dani Dayan, Israeli Consul in NY, speaks with rabbi who was brutally attacked in Crown Heights, demands 'zero tolerance.'

Dani Dayan: 'Anti-Semitic attacks in NYC became a plague'

Father-in-law of singer Benny Friedman hit in head with brick

Rabbi assaulted in Brooklyn, losing multiple teeth after being struck by brick. Police treating attack as hate crime.

Father-in-law of singer Benny Friedman hit in head with brick

Brooklyn Jewish school installs bullet-resistant doors

Crown Heights school installs bullet-resistant classroom doors in wake of mass shootings.

Brooklyn Jewish school installs bullet-resistant doors

Reverend Al Sharpton and his friends in the Reform Movement

Reverend Al Sharpton and his friends in the Reform Movement

Al Sharpton regrets using anti-Jewish rhetoric

Controversial reverend says he caused "harm" in inciting Crown Hights riots in which a student was killed, other violence.

Al Sharpton regrets using anti-Jewish rhetoric

One thing Crown Heights can do to really tackle anti-Semitism

Crown Heights rabbi suggests cause for uptick in hate crimes, offers possible solution.

One thing Crown Heights can do to really tackle anti-Semitism

Learning competition bans unvaccinated students

New York 'Chidon' bans unvaccinated students recently exposed to measles patient, asks parents and schools to act responsibly.

Learning competition bans unvaccinated students

3 men charged with hate crimes for attacks on Jews in NYC

Assailants charged for recent string of attacks on Jewish men in Crown Heights in Brooklyn.

3 men charged with hate crimes for attacks on Jews in NYC

Two Jewish men violently beaten in Crown Heights

Two Jewish men violently beaten by a gang in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. Two of the attackers caught.

Two Jewish men violently beaten in Crown Heights

Watch: Two attacks on Jews in Brooklyn in two days

Jewish man punched by black male in apparently random assault in Brooklyn. Two days later, similar attack reported on Jewish woman.

Watch: Two attacks on Jews in Brooklyn in two days

Jewish teen beaten by gang in Brooklyn

19-year-old Orthodox Jewish man assaulted by gang in suspected hate crime in Crown Heights.

Jewish teen beaten by gang in Brooklyn

Second Orthodox Jewish man attacked in Brooklyn in 2 days

Black teenager carrying stick chases older Jewish man, beating him on back and shoulders, breaking stick.

Second Orthodox Jewish man attacked in Brooklyn in 2 days

Jewish woman brutally mugged in Crown Heights

Assailants punched and kicked her before fleeing with her purse.

Jewish woman brutally mugged in Crown Heights

New York women's group opposes Israel-Hamas agreement

Crown Heights women's group says plan to make peace with terror group is 'reckless,' will only endanger Israeli lives.

New York women's group opposes Israel-Hamas agreement

Crown Heights women: 'Time to retake Gaza'

Women's group from Chabad area of Brooklyn calls on Israeli government to heed Lubavitcher Rebbe's advice and act to retake Gaza.

Crown Heights women: 'Time to retake Gaza'

Watch: Israeli Chabad Hasid saves NYC man's life

Member of Chabad movement performs CPR on African American man who collapsed in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

Watch: Israeli Chabad Hasid saves NYC man's life

Crown Heights: Indictment against attacker

Menachem Moskowitz violently attacked as he returned home from synagogue. The attacker strangled him and shouted anti-Semitic curses at him.

Crown Heights: Indictment against attacker

Yeshiva student assaulted in Crown Heights

Orthodox Jew from Chabad-Lubavitch movement assaulted in Crown Heights, following 2 similar attacks in area in recent weeks.

Yeshiva student assaulted in Crown Heights

Police arrest suspect in Crown Heights beat-down

Man who allegedly assaulted hassidic rabbi had been arrested over 40 times for offenses ranging from drug possession to hate crimes.

Police arrest suspect in Crown Heights beat-down

$50,000 reward for information on Crown Heights attacker

According to Jewish leader, recent wave of anti-Semitic attacks reminds locals of 1991 Crown Heights anti-Jewish riots.

$50,000 reward for information on Crown Heights attacker

Jewish man assaulted in Crown Heights

Jewish man beaten and choked while walking home from Shabbat services in Brooklyn.

Jewish man assaulted in Crown Heights

Jewish man assaulted in Crown Heights

Three African-Americans punch, kick, Jew walking in Crown Heights.

Jewish man assaulted in Crown Heights

Watch: NYPD nabs anti-Semite for harassing Jews

Suspect spit on Jewish passerby, said 'all you Jews must die'.

Watch: NYPD nabs anti-Semite for harassing Jews

Spate of anti-Semitic attacks hits Crown Heights

Woman attacked Jewish girls in Crown Heights after finding out they were Jewish. Assault comes among recent spate of anti-Semitic attacks.

Spate of anti-Semitic attacks hits Crown Heights

Watch: Haredi child attacked outside of 770 in Crown Heights

12-year-old boy beaten up by group of thugs next to iconic 770 in Crown Heights following Shabbat prayers.

Watch: Haredi child attacked outside of 770 in Crown Heights

ADL offers reward for info on Brooklyn assault

Anti-Defamation League condemns attack against Orthodox Jewish woman in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

ADL offers reward for info on Brooklyn assault

This kippah could save the lives of kids with allergies

Chabad mother works with kippah company to develop 'allergy alert' kippah with space for allergy details underneath.

This kippah could save the lives of kids with allergies

Brooklyn Jewish children's museum evacuated after bomb threat

Crown Heights children museum latest Jewish institution in US to receive bomb threats

Brooklyn Jewish children's museum evacuated after bomb threat

Crown Heights driver threatens to shoot Jews

Driver threatens to shoot a crossing guard and a child outside a Jewish day school in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn.

Crown Heights driver threatens to shoot Jews

Shootout in Brooklyn Jewish neighborhood

Jewish worshippers in Crown Heights shocked to witness gunfight unfold before their very eyes during Simchat Torah holiday.

Shootout in Brooklyn Jewish neighborhood

'Fun day' marking Crown Heights riots irks Jewish family

Family of Jewish student killed in the 1991 Crown Heights riots condemns street festival to commemorate that racial unrest in Brooklyn.

'Fun day' marking Crown Heights riots irks Jewish family

A changing Crown Heights marks 25 years since Brooklyn 'pogrom'

Much has changed in Crown Heights since the accidental death of a black boy touched off three days of rioting.

A changing Crown Heights marks 25 years since Brooklyn 'pogrom'

Who cut the Crown Heights eruv?

Controversial eruv established in Crown Heights neighborhood ruined two weeks after local rabbis voiced opposition to eruv.

Who cut the Crown Heights eruv?

Chabad rabbis oppose modern Orthodox eruv in Crown Heights

Rabbis in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn issued an edict to void the New York neighborhood’s new modern Orthodox eruv.

Chabad rabbis oppose modern Orthodox eruv in Crown Heights

NYPD arrests 4 boys in connection with Crown Heights bus arson

New York police arrested four more boys in connection with allegedly setting fire to a Jewish school bus in Brooklyn.

NYPD arrests 4 boys in connection with Crown Heights bus arson

Brooklyn yeshiva bus arson accomplices sought by NYPD

Police searching for four boys who allegedly helped an 11-year-old boy set a school bus on fire outside a Jewish girls’ school.

Brooklyn yeshiva bus arson accomplices sought by NYPD

11-year-old charged in blaze outside Crown Heights Jewish school

11-year-old boy charged with setting fire to a school bus outside a Jewish school in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn.

11-year-old charged in blaze outside Crown Heights Jewish school

Jewish man seriously wounded in New York stabbing

Footage shows attacker fleeing after stabbing yeshiva student in the back in Crown Heights; police believe it was a hate crime.

Jewish man seriously wounded in New York stabbing

Jewish man punched in Crown Heights, hours after stabbing

Jewish man punched in the face by attacker who said he is "tired of Jews", hours after a Jewish EMS worker was stabbed.

Jewish man punched in Crown Heights, hours after stabbing

Terror in the US?

Jewish man stabbed in Crown Heights, NY

Hatzolah volunteer stabbed from behind by unknown assailant; police investigate possibility of hate crime.

Jewish man stabbed in Crown Heights, NY

Crown Heights Jews Campaign Congresswoman to Block Iran Deal

Banners hung in 3rd largest Jewish district in US, over 1,000 calls flood congresswoman's office in push to block Iran's march to the bomb.

Crown Heights Jews Campaign Congresswoman to Block Iran Deal

Watch: Rabbis Confront Crown Heights Stabber

Footage shows how Chabad rabbis, students attempted to talk deranged attacker into dropping weapon, urged police not to shoot.

Watch: Rabbis Confront Crown Heights Stabber

Terror in New York

Watch: Shocking New Footage from Crown Heights Stabbing

Footage shows tense standoff between attacker and police at Crown Heights stabbing scene; FBI, NYPD now on-site.

Watch: Shocking New Footage from Crown Heights Stabbing

Jewish Man Stabbed in Crown Heights' 770 Chabad Center

22 year-old man in stable condition. Perpetrator dies after being shot by police.

Jewish Man Stabbed in Crown Heights' 770 Chabad Center

Watch: 'Heil Hitler' at NYC Mob Vandal Attack on Jewish Store

Security footage shows roughly 75 African-American hoodlums storming Jewish store in Crown Heights; NYPD: no hate crime.

Watch: 'Heil Hitler' at NYC Mob Vandal Attack on Jewish Store

New York Leaders Decry Anti-Semitic 'Knockout Game'

Dignitaries from Jewish and Black communities denounce assaults, visit home of murdered Rabbi Joseph Raksin hy''d.

New York Leaders Decry Anti-Semitic 'Knockout Game'

NYC Pol Links 'Jewish Landlords' to 'Knock Out Game'

Laurie Cumbo, NYC Councilmember-elect, says many blacks fear being pushed out of their homes by Jews.

NYC Pol Links 'Jewish Landlords' to 'Knock Out Game'

New York Jews Latest Victims of Black Youths' 'Knockout Game'

A series of attacks on Jews in New York could be part of a game being played by black youths called “Get the Jew,” or “the Knockout Game”

New York Jews Latest Victims of Black Youths' 'Knockout Game'

Jews Plan Noisy Protest, NY Police Mum on Violence

Crown Heights, New York residents are not letting the documented police violence pass quietly and will stage a protest on Friday.

Jews Plan Noisy Protest, NY Police Mum on Violence

In Crown Heights: 'World Better Off If All Jews Were Lampshades'

A Brooklyn subway station became the venue for the latest bit of Nazi graffiti during the Jewish holidays in the month of Tishrei.

In Crown Heights: 'World Better Off If All Jews Were Lampshades'

'A Miracle Here' – No Deaths in Crown Heights Blaze

An “open miracle” occurred in Crown Heights overnight Monday morning when everyone escaped with their lives from a blazing building.

'A Miracle Here' – No Deaths in Crown Heights Blaze

Beggar Threatens to Stab Yeshiva Student in Brooklyn

A beggar drew a knife over the weekend and threatened to stab a yeshiva student in Crown Heights. Residents trying to solve beggar problem.

Beggar Threatens to Stab Yeshiva Student in Brooklyn

High-End Hassidic Art Gallery Opens in Brooklyn

The highest-end Hassidic art gallery in the world opens Thursday with an exhibition by renowned artist Itshak Holtz in Brooklyn, NY.

High-End Hassidic Art Gallery Opens in Brooklyn