157 days ago by David Werdiger

It’s quite appropriate that I find myself visiting New York, and particularly staying in Crown Heights, as I pen this tribute to my dear friend Yankel Rosenbaum HY”D to mark the twentieth anniversary of his murder in the Crown Heights riots of 1991. This very morning I was walking to shul with my so ...

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173 days ago by PMA

In light of some recent (although hardly surprising) reporting by the NY Times, my father had these particularly insightful comments to make, ending with a pair of questions that I challenge any honest person to answer: According to the “paper of record”, Israel’s killing of terrorists responsible f ...

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179 days ago by Friar Yid not Shlita

The 20-year-anniversary for the Crown Heights riots/pogroms (depending on who you talk to) is coming up and it's led to a fair bit of discussion among Jewish media outlets, particularly in New York. Unfortunately, while the myths that Crown Heights was somehow a riot "between" blacks and Jews (imply ...

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179 days ago by Gillian Mohney

A fence surrounds the sidewalk where Gavin Cato was fatally struck and killed in 1991. (Photo by Gillian Mohney) On a rainy May afternoon in 2008, more than 300 Hasidic residents of Crown Heights marched down Eastern Parkway, blocking traffic along the main thoroughfare into the neighborhood. Carryi ...

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