Bay Ridge
At Asiyah Women’s Center.SUNSET PARK – After New York was put on PAUSE back in March to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone was expected to stay home as much as possible. There were few places to go, with businesses, schools and houses of worship shuttered. Those in need
Central Brooklyn
Photo via Omar Ali, with permission.BROOKLYN – Abdullah Akl is an 18-year-old Egyptian-American. He was born and raised in Brooklyn and moved to Staten Island a few years ago. He used to say the N-word when he hung out with his friends. And then, he stopped. He educated himself, he
Central Brooklyn
St Edmund Prep. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Christine Chung, originally published in THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/education/2020/6/7/21283371/new-york-catholic-school-students-and-alumni-share-stories-of-racism-discrimination-protests] Some New York City Catholic schools have responded to the police killing in Minneapolis of George Floyd [https://www.thecity.nyc/george-floyd] with YouTube videos of prayers,
Big Story
MGB volunteers giving out water and falafel sandwiches. (Photo via Mohamed Bahe, with permission)BARCLAYS CENTER – Muslims Giving Back (MGB), [http://www.muslimgivingback.com/] a non-profit organization whose mission has always been to give back, gave out over 100 sandwiches, cold water bottles, and masks to protestors fighting against police
Announcements
Eid Al Fitr 2019. (Photo: Todd Maisel/ Bklyner)BROOKLYN – After a month of fasting from sunrise to sunset every day, while working to get closer to God and giving charity, Muslims get to celebrate Eid al-Fitr. And just like how Ramadan was different during the pandemic, [/ramadan-amid-coronavirus/] Eid will be
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBROOKLYN – Ramadan is a time where neighbors get together and break bread when the sun sets; the meal is called iftar and comes after a day of fasting. Usually, people host a big iftar in the park or in restaurants and invite the entire community, regardless of
Central Brooklyn
Mohamed Bahe (left) with the food cart. (Photo via Bahe)BROOKLYN – Several local organizations have gotten together to launch four food carts that will give out free halal iftar meals to everyone during the month of Ramadan. Usually, for iftar, Muslims would break their fast at dusk inside the masjid.
Borough Park
Borough Park parents said a yeshiva was still being run out of a building on 48th Street during the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Reuven Blau and Yoav Gonen, Originally published in THE CITYBrooklyn parents say underground yeshiva classes are flourishing in Borough Park — but cops closed a
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Young men in a mosque. (Photo: Rifky Nur Setyadi on Unsplash)BAY RIDGE – The Department of Education (DOE) argued that the complaint a Muslim family, along with Council on American-Islamic Relations-NY [https://www.cair-ny.org/], filed last year against the DOE for allegedly bullying a nine-year-old because of his faith,
Central Brooklyn
As we enter into the holiest days on the Christian calendar, the Diocese of Brooklyn is announcing its plans to commemorate the passion and death of Jesus Christ. There are several opportunities to join spiritually together in prayer beginning tonight, Holy Thursday, with the Mass of the Lord’s Supper.
Announcements
A grave being dug at a cemetery in New Jersey. (Photo: Ahmed Ali, used with permission)SUNSET PARK – A funeral home in Sunset Park has been raising money to purchase a refrigerated trailer because it claims “hospitals are running out of space, and are now taking their trailer-filled containers to
Bensonhurst
St. Athanasius Church in Bensonhurst. Courtesy of St. Athanasius.The past few weeks have been difficult for everyone. The coronavirus has infected tens of thousands of New Yorkers [/briefing-4-7/] so far, thousands of whom have died. For the Catholic community in Brooklyn, the coronavirus pandemic hit at a particularly important
community
Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph in Prospect Heights. Courtesy of John Quaglione. Parishes across Brooklyn and Queens will toll their bells tomorrow to unite all faiths and nationalities in hope, prayer, and remembrance of those who have passed. The initiative, called Bells of Hope, was created by the Most Reverend Nicholas
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Erica Sherman/BklynerThe holidays are about connecting. From services, where dozens pray side-by-side and touch their siddur, or prayer book, to a roving Torah before pressing it to their lips, to the meals, where fellow diners rip hunks off of the same loaf of challah with their hands,
Announcements
Photo by Rachel Silberstein/BklynerIn an effort to be proactive in our response to the spread of the Coronavirus, the Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn, has dispensed the faithful from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass until further notice for Catholics of Brooklyn and Queens, the Diocese of
Election 2020
MIDWOOD — We took to the streets of Midwood to ask members of the Jewish community whether they would be voting for the presidential candidate for the 2020 election, Senator Bernie Sanders, who is Jewish himself. Sanders, who lost the Brooklyn Democratic vote [https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/primaries/