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Photo: Flickr Creative CommonsRamadan is right around the corner… seriously, it begins this Saturday May 27th at sunrise! During the 30-day holy month of fasting, observant Muslims will not eat or drink from sunrise to sunset. Here are some interesting events to consider this Ramadan (and we have added answers
Holidays
Photo by Shimi Kutner/COLlive, courtesy of the photographer and The Great Parade Lag B’omer is a Jewish holiday [http://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/lag-baomer/] that occurs on the 33rd day of the traditional Omer count—the 49-day period between Passover and Shavuot. A break from the “semi-mourning” of
Neighbors
Last Thursday night Turkish Cultural Center held its 8th annual friendship dinner at the Baku Palace in Sheepshead Bay. This year the theme was combatting hate crime, and the event brought together about 300 neighbors, dignitaries, and public officials from across the borough and across religious denominations. Local Assemblyman Steven
community
Maria SS Addolorata Good Friday Procession (Photo by Nathan Haselby)Maria SS Addolorata Good Friday Procession (Photo by Nathan Haselby)Maria SS Addolorata Good Friday Procession (Photo by Nathan Haselby)Maria SS Addolorata Good Friday Procession (Photo by Nathan Haselby)Maria SS Addolorata Good Friday Procession (Photo by Nathan Haselby)
Central Brooklyn
(Via Harpers Young People archives, Aug 22, 1882)It’s fair to say generosity is not a trait lacking in most Brooklynites — you usually can’t go too far through a page of BKLYNER posts without learning about the latest bit of community engagement in your neighborhood. And some things
Ditmas Park
Emergency Town Hall Announcement via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/AAFSCNY/photos/gm.395023280864707/10155122676677642/?type=3&theater] Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials arrested more than 600 people across 11 states [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/12/nyregion/immigration-arrests-sanctuary-city.html?_r=0] last week, with 40 of those
fort greene
Govinda’s promises to fill and fulfillLike any nice Jewish boy ought to, I decided to have lunch at a Hare Krishna temple. Govinda’s Vegetarian Restaurant [http://www.radhagovindanyc.com/govindas/] opened in 2007 in the basement of the ISKCON New York Hare Krishna temple at 305 Schemerhorn Street
Arts & Culture
Photo by Carmen Molina TamacasIt’s 7:30pm. A radio transmitter blares the nightly news in Spanish: There’s an election revolt in Perú, a sexual abuse scandal in Uruguay, the massacre of 17 miners in Venezuela, an earthquake in Ecuador, and a petition for El Salvador’s government to
Central Brooklyn
Chana and Rabbi Yehuda Levin. (Photo courtesy Rabbi Levin)Rabbi Yehuda and Chana Levin are happy to welcome people into their home. Their dining room table is topped with cookies and teas and the sounds of family fill the halls. They host neighbors for Shabbos every weekend and are quick
Religion
Photo by Maya Lewis/Kensington BKThe young danced with the old, the old danced with the older and gender was of no concern. This was the scene at Progressive Temple Beth Ahavath Sholom [http://ptbas.org/] when the congregation gathered in the Temple basement for an Ambidextrous-Swing dance class. On
Church
Coney Island Cathedral after Superstorm Sandy. (Photo: Bishop Waylyn Hobbs) Despite serving as a hub for disaster relief efforts in the desperate months after Superstorm Sandy, Coney Island Cathedral [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Coney-Island-Cathedral/140785405988406], the neighborhood’s largest church, was denied government assistance to help rebuild. Due to
purim parties
Last year’s Purim party at the Kings Bay Y. (Photo by Joe Comperiati)Sheepshead Bay’s Jewish institutions prove that there’s more than just one way to celebrate Purim. With disco and dining, kids and cooking, carnivals and comedy, there’s something for everybody this year. The Jewish