Stories From Barbers in Crown Heights
Of all the things I look for in a barber, I care least about technical skill. More than once, I have handed an electric clipper to a child of my family who is six or seven, and paid them a decent...
View ArticleCrown Heights Opinion: Utica Avenue Shooting Scrubbed From News
Last night, the sound of helicopters could be heard overhead in the area around Utica Avenue in Crown Heights at around 4:00 in the afternoon. Local residents know the sound of police helicopters, and...
View ArticleRemembering Crown Heights, 20 Years Later
I was in shul when the car hit Gavin Cato at the corner of Utica and Eastern Parkway. My son was playing on the corner near where it happened.Someone came into shul between afternoon and evening...
View ArticleA Personal Appeal From A Crown Heights Resident
There is case working its way through the Israeli courts, that of Yitzhak Shuchat, who is wanted for trial in a beating in which he allegedly took part of Andrew Charles, the son of a New York City...
View ArticleBeth Rivkah of Brooklyn Bans Facebook
A lot has changed in the religious world with the advent of home computers. Beth Rivkah has grown over the years and moved to a larger building. Many other things have changed as well. Beth Rivkah of...
View ArticleConcerning Beth Rivkah, Facebook and Fines
Computers get smaller, as does the world Much has been said about Beth Rivkah, and it banning of Facebook use by its students.What is puzzling about the attention received by Beth Rivkah is that many...
View ArticleDA Hynes Drops Explosive Brooklyn Trafficking Case
An explosive sex-crime case in Brooklyn that centered on allegations that a group of men had abused a Crown Heights woman since the age of 13 in various ways that also included gang rape and...
View ArticleConcerning the Weberman Guilty Verdict and the Crown Heights Case.
The recent guilty verdict for Nehemia Weberman is good news for victims of sexual abuse in Brooklyn and elsewhere. In Williamsburg, enough chassidim decided to overcome the embarrassment of...
View Article“Knockout Game” Come To Crown Heights
The “knockout game” has come to Crown Heights, except it has been nicknamed “Knock out the Jew”. Eight attacks in Crown Heights have been counted in which nothing was stolen from the victim, who in...
View ArticleCouncil Rep Sparks Outrage With Statement On Knockout Attacks
Laurie Cumbo is set to take office as City Council Representative for an area that includes Crown Heights. Already, she has made a statement that could easily be construed as condoning the attacks...
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