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Hasid shul of rock

A former Deadhead couple who found religion and became Hasidic Jews are set to open what will be the only synagogue on the Bowery - a stone's throw from where the Ramones' favorite punk club, CBGB, once stood.

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Sat Feb 11, 2012

CBS Local

Parents, Politicians Question Education Dept. Over Recent Alleged Sex Abuse Arrests

Police made two arrests this week: teacher's aide Gregory Atkins in Manhattan and another teacher's aide, Taleek Brooks, in Brooklyn.

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MyFoxNY

Parents Concerned In Sex Abuse Arrests

A man was arrested on Long Island for allegedly touching the feet of a teenage girl and asking another to MYFOXNY.COM - Parents, community leaders, and local politicians held a meeting in Brooklyn to learn how to recognize the warning signs of sexual abuse.

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Brooklynian

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Being a Black Hasidic Jew is not easy. In yeshivas, Black Hasidic Jews are sometimes taunted as "monkeys" , according to the New York Times, and they endure blank stares at synagogues and kosher restaurants.

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Fri Feb 10, 2012

Patch.com

Connecticut Muffin Coming to Nostrand Avenue

A Nostrand Avenue is about to get another coffee shop.A The owners of Connecticut Muffin said they plan to open the seventh branch of their Brooklyn-based business on the corner of Nostrand and Bergen Street.

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The Brooklyn Paper

State Sen. Eric Adams wants to be next Borough President

The Prospect Heights Democrat is throwing his hat in the ring for what's expected to be a bruising race to replace Borough President Markowitz as Brooklyn's highest-profile, but largely powerless, booster-in-chief. And he's doing it while running again for his seat in Albany.

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DNAinfo.com

City Panel Votes to Close 23 Public Schools

A city panel voted to shutter nearly two dozen struggling schools late Thursday night after a noisy hearing attended by more than 2,000 protesters - including a contingent from Occupy Wall Street which threatened to shut the meeting down.

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Arutz Sheva Israel News

Oprah Once Promoted Blood Libel on TV, Now Welcomed

Daniel Perez is news editor of the Jewish Voice, a weekly newspaper based in Brooklyn, NY.

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New York Post

Parents, students furious as city votes to shut 23 schools

More than 2,000 angry parents, students and Occupy Wall Street-affiliated protesters packed a Brooklyn auditorium last night as 23 city schools were ordered completely or partially shuttered.

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Thu Feb 09, 2012

CW11 New York WPIX-TV

More Arrests Possible In Case Of Teachers Aide Child Porn Suspect

FBI agents are on the trail of possibly hundreds of child porn suspects, thanks in no small part to the computer of a former elementary school teacher's aide who is himself facing a variety of child porn charges.

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TV Squad

'I Was More Hasidic Jew Than I Thought'

After visiting Hasidic communities in Brooklyn, N.Y., for a two-part episode on "Oprah's Next Chapter," Oprah Winfrey sat down for an exclusive interview with Rabbi Motti Seligson for Chabad.org's video site , Jewish.TV, to talk about her reflections on the visit and the community.

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Patch.com

Brokelyn Gives Shout-Out to Happy Hour in Prospect Heights

Thrifty blog Brokelyn gives some love to Propsect Heights' bar scene , rounding up their favorite happy hour deals in the neighborhood .

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Wed Feb 08, 2012

Patch.com

Local Designers Raising Funds for 'Art Not Arrests' Anti-Violence Project

Six months after a horrific string of shootings rocked the Crown Heights community on Labor Day, two local creative thinkers want to see more art education instead of gun violence on the streets.

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Brooklynian

Taleek Brooks: New Yorkers are Furious as New Details Emerge in Child Porn Case at Weeksville School

New Yorkers are absolutely furious as more details emerge in the case of Taleek Brooks , the teacher's aide atA P.S. 243 in Bedford Stuyvesant ; Brooks has been accused of making pornographic child videos on the grounds of the school, according toA CBS New York .

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DNAInfo.com

Service on 2, 3, 4, 5 Trains Delayed Due to President Street Investigation

Train service on the 2, 3, 4 and 5 lines was snarled briefly Tuesday night because of a police investigation in Brooklyn, according to the MTA.

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Tue Feb 07, 2012

Brooklynian

The New Yorker Declares: Park Slope Is "Dead"

"One way to tell the story of a great American city is to track the deaths and lives of its many neighborhoods," writes Andrew Marantz on the New Yorker's Culture Desk.

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CBS Local

Teacher's Aide Charged With Making Child Porn Inside Brooklyn School

NEW YORK - A New York City public school teacher's aide, accused of possessing child pornography, has been charged with producing child porn, including making sex videos inside a Brooklyn school.

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New York Post

FBI busts Brooklyn teacher's aide for allegedly making child porn with students

A teacher's aide at a Brooklyn school was arrested again yesterday by the FBI and charged with making child pornography videos of students he was assaulting at the grade school where he worked, authorities said today.

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Mon Feb 06, 2012

Brooklynian

Woman Found Stabbed to Death at 487 St. Marks in Crown Heights

Amy Sara Clark A just took this picture ofA a police officer standing guard outside 487 St.

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New Yorker

Park Slope Is Dead

One way to tell the story of a great American city is to track the deaths and lives of its many neighborhoods.

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