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Bukharan Jews Breathe Life into Austrian Jewry

His heart is in Israel. But his feet are firmly planted in Austria.Chanan Babacsayv, the Jerusalem-born vice president of Austria’s Bukharan Jewish community, wants to give a shot in the arm to the small but growing group.In an interview with The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday, he said the Bukharan Jewish community has grown from 20 to 30 families in the ...

Build Next Year’s Sukkah With Hybrid Bamboo (aka Solar Schach)

Have the end of the Jewish holidays, return to work, and impending cold weather got you down? Fantasizing about next year’s warm evenings spent inside an outdoor sukkah (or temporary booth) might help fight that feeling. This year’s much-publicized Sukkah City design competition in New York’s Union Square might have inspired you to go above and beyond the call of ...

Budapest Building 1st Shul in 80 Years

The construction of Budapest’s first synagogue in 80 years began Sunday, as the first stone was laid down in a ceremony, the town hall of the city’s Csepel neighborhood announced Monday.“There hasn’t been a new synagogue constructed in Budapest for 80 years. Our town hall has contributed (to this project) by supplying the land for the construction for free,” it ...

Brooklyn Toy Store Brings Hanukkah Early to Sandy-Affected Children

Hanukkah came early for children in Brooklyn after a toy store in Borough Park handed out more than $10,000 worth of toys to those affected by superstorm Sandy.Yonasan Schwartz, the owner of Toys to Discover on 18th Avenue in the heavily Jewish area of the New York borough, gave out more than 600 packages filled with toys over the weekend ...

Brooklyn Prosecutors Drop Charges in Ultra-Orthodox Sex Abuse Case

Prosecutors dropped all charges against a group of men who were accused of sexually abusing a young Brooklyn ultra-Orthodox woman for eight years.The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office dropped the charges on Tuesday against four Crown Heights men accused of raping and forcing the woman to serve as a prostitute in their neighborhood since she was 13, according to reports.A Brooklyn ...

Brooklyn Orthodox Jews See Spike in Measles Cases

Six cases of childhood measles have been reported in Brooklyn over the last two weeks, the New York City health department said Friday, contributing to a spike in measles cases this year.The health department usually sees four to six cases of measles per year in years when there are no outbreaks, said Susan Craig, a spokeswoman for the department. There ...

Brooklyn, NY – Modern Technology To Aid In Return Of Stolen Karlsburg Torahs

Brooklyn, NY – The five sifrei Torah, valued at approximately $250,000, stolen from the Karlsburg Shul in Borough Park yesterday, were registered with ID Scroll, a registration program which makes it easier to identify and retrieve lost or stolen sifrei Torahs. VIN News spoke with Rabbi Dovid Greenfield and Rabbi Shmuel Traube of ID Scroll in Borough Park, who explained ...

Brooklyn, NY – BDE Body of Missing Leiby Kletzky Found in Fridge, Dumpster

Brooklyn, NY – A 8-year-old Brooklyn boy who vanished while walking home alone from camp was found dead in a dumpster in Greenwood Heights early Wednesday morning, police sources said.More than a dozen NYPD detectives swarmed the scene outside the Park Slope Auto Center at 651 Fourth Ave. where the dismembered remains of little Leiby Kletzky may were discovered. Sources ...

Brooklyn man threatened to kill governor

A New York City man has been indicted for allegedly threatening to kill Governor David Paterson. According to court papers, the threat dates back to April of this year and was sent in an e-mail to the state website, www.ny.gov. The man charged with sending the threat is 36-year old Amir Syed Rizvi, of Brooklyn.Read More: @ wten.comTags: brooklyn man threatened to ...

Brooklyn man faces 25 years in jail for yeshiva mowdown

The Brooklyn man accused of mowing down a beloved yeshiva teacher faces up to 25 years in prison after a grand jury indicted him on aggravated vehicular homicide charges.Anel Kolenovic ran through a red light at Ocean Avenue and Avenue N while driving recklessly on Nov. 29, 2010, killing Moshe Berkowitz and injuring two other women, authorities charged.He was initially ...

Brooklyn Hasid charged with felony hate crime after attacking Arabs living next door

A boozy Brooklyn man was hit with hate crime charges Sunday for pouring beer on a newlywed neighbor, calling her an “Arab terrorist” and pummeling her husband, police sources said.Following the seemingly unprovoked attack Saturday night in Mill Basin, Simchon Schwartz, 46, hid in a local synagogue and tried to fight off cops when they came to arrest him, sources ...

Brooklyn Co-Op Votes Down Israel Boycott

Members of the Park Slope Food Co-Op voted down a proposed referendum to ban Israeli foods by a landslide, with 1005 voting against and 653 voting for it.The local food fight drew international attention on Tuesday and senior New York politicians lined up to weigh in on the debate.New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and City ...