$100K For Being Beaten by Cops
New York City will pay a $100,000 settlement to a Ehud Halevy, who was beaten by NYPD cops at Aliya center in Crown Heights. Full Story
March 2014 news archive
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While you were likely busy celebrating the holiday of Purim last week, the Village of Bayville, NY transformed one of its parks into an international celebration center last Sunday afternoon when the Israeli and Irish national lacrosse teams faced one another on Purim Day, this…
5-Year-Old Hit and Killed by Minivan on Empire Blvd.
A tragic scene unfolded Sunday evening in Crown Heights, where a 5-year-old boy was run over and killed by a minivan that was backing up. Both the driver and the victim are members of Crown Heights’ African-American community.
Purim Miracle: Man Run Down by SUV, Barely Injured
Last night, Purim Eve, at about 2:00am, a young Jewish man was crossing Eastern Parkway towards 770 when he was struck by an SUV making a left turn from Kingston Ave. onto the parkway.
20 Years Later, Remembering Ari
20 years after her son Ari Halberstam was killed by a terrorist on the Brooklyn Bridge, Devorah Halberstam says, “There is nothing in this world that could match being told that your child is dying before your eyes.” Full Story, Video