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Photo for 11/16/09: Foreman vs. Santos
Monday, November 16, 2009
Yuri Foreman, an Orthodox Jewish boxer raised in Brooklyn, became the first Jewish World Champion since 1932. On Saturday night in Las Vegas he defeated champion Daniel Santos to win the WBA Super Welterweight title. Foreman is studying to be a rabbi.
Dispute Over Messiah Goes to Court
Friday, November 6, 2009
Six members of the Orthodox Jewish patrol Shomrim were back in the Brooklyn Supreme Court yesterday, on trial for allegedly attacking yeshiva students in Crown Heights two years ago.
Searching For What Soviets Took Away
Monday, October 19, 2009
The sons and daughters of Russian Jewish immigrants converse over frothy beers at the Jewish Center in Brighton Beach. They are here, ostensibly, to study the books of Jewish law, something their parents could not do when they lived in the Soviet Union.
Photo for 10/19/09: Giuliani Endorses Bloomberg in Borough Park
Monday, October 19, 2009
Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani endorsed Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his bid for reelection at a Sunday morning breakfast hosted by the Boro Park Jewish Community Council, in honor of Holocaust survivors.
Chickens Are Swung Through the Air in Crown Heights
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
The annual kaporos ritual in Crown Heights took place at 2am and was a sight to behold. Photo: Zevi/Brooklyn Ink
Borough Park Celebrates Sukkot
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Last week, Orthodox and Hasidic Jews celebrated Sukkot, a festive harvest holiday that concludes the Jewish holy month of Tishrei. In Borough Park, an enclave of religious Jews, the holiday was celebrated with great fanfare. Photo: Alessi/Brooklyn Ink
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