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Jun
28
Yoni Katz Can Take You on a ‘Messianic’ Tour of Hasidic Crown Heights  

Yoni Katz Can Take You on a ‘Messianic’ Tour of Hasidic Crown Heights  

Yoni Katz in a library on Kingston Avenue, where he begins his tours (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS—
5 min read
Jun
21
Building Bridges Between Muslim and Orthodox Jewish Communities in Southern Brooklyn, or How Jabaran Saved Shabbos

Building Bridges Between Muslim and Orthodox Jewish Communities in Southern Brooklyn, or How Jabaran Saved Shabbos

Jabaran Akram. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)MIDWOOD – Jabaran Akram, 22, was born in Brooklyn, the third of eight children of
4 min read
Jun
17
Lamuel A Stanislaus Way: Honoring Legacy Of Distinguished Grenadian Immigrant

Lamuel A Stanislaus Way: Honoring Legacy Of Distinguished Grenadian Immigrant

Rutland @ Flatbush has been named Dr. Lamuel A Stanislaus way. Liat Weinstein/BklynerPROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS  – Lamuel used to lay awake
4 min read
Jun
13
“The only way we got through that first night was with my daughter on my chest” – Making Room For Fathers At Hospitals

“The only way we got through that first night was with my daughter on my chest” – Making Room For Fathers At Hospitals

FLATBUSH – My husband was snoring through my contractions, but that was OK with me. We’d gotten to Kings County
7 min read
Jun
12
Openings & Closings: No Names to New Names Edition

Openings & Closings: No Names to New Names Edition

Inside of Zatar, Ellie Plass/BklynerWelcome to the latest installment in openings, coming soon’s and closings across the borough.
5 min read
Jun
07
Student Fires Back at de Blasio Over School Segregation

Student Fires Back at de Blasio Over School Segregation

BROWNSVILLE — Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday for the second time on the radio dismissed a high school student from
3 min read
May
07
A Teacher Transitions, And Aims To Make A Difference In Education And For Transgender People

A Teacher Transitions, And Aims To Make A Difference In Education And For Transgender People

Brielle HobanEAST NEW YORK – When the eleventh graders at Achievement First East Brooklyn High School [https://www.achievementfirst.org/school/
9 min read
May
02
From Sunrise To Sunset – Antonio M. Rosario’s Kensington

From Sunrise To Sunset – Antonio M. Rosario’s Kensington

By Antonio M. RosarioKENSINGTON – Antonio M. Rosario [http://www.amrosario.com] is a man of routines. Every morning he wakes
7 min read
Mar
31
No, we didn’t “organize the protest” in Borough Park.

No, we didn’t “organize the protest” in Borough Park.

Dov Hikind at the protest last week. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)In the aftermath of last week’s protest and
1 min read
Mar
26
For Red Hook, Justice Center is Much More than a Court

For Red Hook, Justice Center is Much More than a Court

Amare Wells, ateen, acts out a scene during a rehearsal of the Theater of the Oppressed youth troupe at the
6 min read