Borough Park

YouTuber Drew Binsky makes a travel video about Hasidic Brooklyn

The video, in which Binsky is accompanied by ex-Hasidic community member and transgender activist Abby Stein, has been viewed nearly 800,000 times in four days.

By Julia Gergely March 17, 2023 3:20 pm

Ex-Hasid who advised ‘Unorthodox’ comes out as trans while translating children’s sexuality guide into Yiddish

“When I first started translating it, I didn’t identify as trans,” Lili Rosen said. She added, “I could no longer hide from the truth.”

January 26, 2022 8:30 am

Pleading guilty to inciting a riot in Brooklyn, Heshy Tischler sentenced to 10 days of community service

Tischler, now running for city council, emerged as a leader of the protests against coronavirus restrictions in Borough Park last fall.

May 7, 2021 4:16 pm

In a repeat of the spring, yeshivas in Brooklyn are operating despite school closure mandate

By Shira Hanau October 15, 2020 12:14 pm

‘We are at war’: Meet Heshy Tischler, the Borough Park agitator aiming for New York City Council

By Shira Hanau October 13, 2020 4:17 pm

Home after being charged with inciting a riot, Heshy Tischler condemns violence but vows to keep fighting

By Shira Hanau October 12, 2020 11:17 pm

After Heshy Tischler is arrested for inciting a riot in Borough Park, his followers mob the home of the reporter he targeted

By Philissa Cramer October 12, 2020 1:36 am

Heshy Tischler, leader of the Borough Park anti-lockdown protests, says he’s going to be arrested

By Shira Hanau October 9, 2020 3:26 pm

NY Board of Rabbis condemns ‘shameful’ violence at Brooklyn coronavirus protests

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 9, 2020 10:30 am

After NYC’s threat, mask wearing increases in Orthodox neighborhoods — at least on the streets

By Shira Hanau October 2, 2020 2:58 pm

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