Brooklyn

Hasidim, government officials and police officers stand in front of the K'hal Adas Greenville synagogue next door to JC Kosher Supermarket in Jersey City, the site of a deadly shooting, Dec. 11, 2019. (Laura E. Adkins/JTA)

Ideas

I treat epidemics, including community violence. Here’s my advice for containing the spread of anti-Semitism.

We can tackle violent anti-Semitism by using a public health approach, writes an expert on epidemiology and community violence.

Brooklyn Nets warm up in ‘No Place For Hate’ shirts with Anti-Defamation League logo

“No Place for Hate” is the ADL’s education program for combating bias, bullying and hatred in public schools.

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I’m still trying to figure out my Jewishness. Rising anti-Semitism doesn’t help.

I’ve often felt out of place within my own religion — “not Jewish enough” for some and “too Jewish” for many others, explains a self-described “Jew-ish” writer.

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Suspect in alleged anti-Semitic attack in Brooklyn held on $10,000 bond

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Volunteer group Guardian Angels will patrol Brooklyn Jewish neighborhoods after spate of anti-Semitic attacks

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Jewish woman assaulted in Brooklyn in front of her son

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Most NY yeshivas flunk city’s secular studies review

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3 teens throw rock at bus filled with Jewish elementary schoolers in Brooklyn

Ideas

Violence against Jews is reprehensible. But isolated attacks distract us from the bigger threats.

Women and children wait at a crosswalk in the Orthodox neighborhood of Borough Park, Brooklyn on Tuesday, September 3. (Ben Sales)

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Teen arrested and charged with hate crimes for throwing eggs at Jews in Brooklyn

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