News for Borough Park Lockdown in Borough ParkThe coronavirus needs to be brought under control, but there has to be a fair method to the madness. Op-ed. Journalist's father expresses 'horror and disgust' at attacksYitzchok Kornbluh, father of journalist who alerted police of prayer gathering: His agenda was to alert authorities, prevent further deaths. Brooklyn activist Heshy Tischler arrested over lockdown protestOrthodox Jewish activist Heshy Tischler arrested following Borough Park anti-lockdown demonstration. Supporters mob journalist's home.Borough Park protests Cuomo's lockdown restrictionsNew York City Jewish community protests new lockdown restrictions imposed by Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio. De Blasio: Police response to ‘disgusting’ assault of Orthodox journalist ‘will be fixed’New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says he is unsatisfied with police response to assault on Orthodox reporter covering Brooklyn protest. Brooklyn: Anti-lockdown mob beats fellow hasidic JewProtesters call Jewish man filming protest a "snitch," beat him and leave him in critical condition during protest against NY restrictions.Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn protest against COVID crackdownProtesters torch masks in Borough Park demonstration against New York's crackdown on neighborhoods with high coronavirus rates. Borough Park resident: There isn't a high rate of infection hereBorough Park resident tells Arutz Sheva that local residents feel that the decision on restrictions are tainted with politics. The US census: We want 100% but we won’t even give 50%The opportunity to be counted in the census is closing and you, as a member of the community, should be as upset as I am. Here's why. Op-ed. NYPD tries to disperse Jewish funeral in Borough ParkIncident comes two days after large funeral gathering in Williamsburg prompted Mayor de Blasio to single out the entire Jewish community. Mitchell Silk becomes first Hasidic Jew to hold senior position in a US administrationSenate approves appointment of Mitchell Silk, a Hasidic Jew from Brooklyn, as assistant secretary of the Treasury for International Markets. Heartbreaking: Kaddish over the father who passed away from coronavirusRabbi Mordechai Zev Halberstam, 42, from Borough Park, died from coronavirus. His children recited Kaddish at a small funeral. 100 people test positive for coronavirus in Borough ParkOver 800 people test positive for coronavirus in New York City, including 100 in Hasidic neighborhood in Brooklyn. When all Jews march together, we shall overcomeNew York Jewish liberal organizations are now standing in solidarity with their Orthodox brethren and will march against the hatred behind the rise in antisemitic hate crimes on January 5th. That is the first and crucial step. Man arrested for pointing gun at Jew in BrooklynShomrim, NYPD cooperate to detain man who pointed handgun at Jewish man in Borough Park. Have all of NY's elected officials gone AWOL as Jew hatred soars?The stark realization is that Jew hatred has reached the kind of epidemiological proportions that are tantamount to those of pre-Nazi Europe.Suspect arrested over egg-throwing attack in Brooklyn18-year-old Brooklyn male arrested in connection with egg-throwing attacks on Jews in Borough Park.Several Jews attacked in BrooklynSeveral identifiably Jewish men and boys attacked in a string of assaults in Borough Park. Borough Park attacker charged with hate crimeBrooklyn's District Attorney designates Borough Park assault on hasidic Jew as a hate crime. Hasidic US judge sets high bail NY Muslim who attacked JewHassidic Judge Rachel Freier orders large bail for Muslim suspect after brutal assault on 62 year-old Jew earlier this week. Watch: Jewish man brutally assaulted in New York City62-year-old man beaten on way to morning prayers in Brooklyn. One suspect in custody.Watch: Illegal Torah celebration leaves 1 arrested in Boro ParkCelebration escorting Torah scroll turns ugly when NYPD orders unauthorized march to disperse. Police need additional units to handle riot. Boro Park and Five Towns have their own anti-Israel candidatesCheck the tweets and websites of every candidate before it is too late. Borough Park rabbi settles case with Vermont PoliceCharges dropped against Borough Park man at the center of controversial arrest by Vermont Police after he pays a $100 fine.Attempted kidnapping of Jewish child in Borough ParkPolice arrest man who allegedly tried to lure a young boy into his car in New York haredi enclave. Borough Park fights drug crisisNew drug rehab center opens in religious Borough Park, following a long line of tragic drug-related deaths in the Jewish community. Brooklyn yeshiva worker saves life by jumping into safeQuick-thinking worker jumps into giant safe as it falls so it doesn't crush him. Body of haredi found, 24 hours after disappearingBody of 21-year-old Yanki Kraus found one day after he told his wife he would be late to meet her. Tragedy in LA: Two NYC Girls Killed in Car CrashFriends heading home to Borough Park struck in high speed head-on collision; two others injured. Ex-NYPD Officer Arrested for Anti-Semitic GraffitiEx-officer originally from Indonesia arrested after security cameras catch him scrawling hateful screed in Jewish Borough Park. Reward Offered for Information on GraffitiNYC Councilman offers reward for information on individuals responsible for hateful graffiti in Borough Park. Levi Aron Sentenced to 40 Years for Kletzky MurderThe man who confessed to murdering and dismembering eight-year-old Leiby Kletzky in Brooklyn will spend 40 years to life in prison. Jewish Neighborhood in Brooklyn DefacedThe Borough Park Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn was defaced with Nazi swastikas in a half-dozen different spots on Friday. Leiby Kletzky Security Cameras Funded in BklynFunding has been approved to install security cameras to protect the Brooklyn neighborhood where 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky was killed. Who is Accused Killer Levi Aron?He seemed like an ordinary guy, though strange. But a child is dead in a grisly murder with Levi Aron's name on top billing. Suspect Caught in Boy's MurderA 35-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder this week of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzy of Borough Park, Brooklyn. |
