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Small-Town Feel Meets Kosher Pizza

In COJO’s Shadow

New agency in Borough Park strives to overcome tarnished legacy of defunct social service organization.

Reading Is Fundamental

Students at Midwood’s Rabbi Harry Halpern Day School achieve highest test score percentage of borough’s private schools.

Rockin’ Rebbetzin

Staten Island social worker, a disciple of Shlomo Carlebach, brings female spirituality to local radio station.

Angel On Her Shoulder

Staten Island grad student determined to help Flatbush child with Jewish lineage find marrow match.

You’ve Got Bail

Chasidic bondsman Saul Zehnwirth leaves no stone unturned to free fellow Jews.

High Praise For Be’er Hagolah

Mayor lauds close-knit immigrant yeshiva at a 20th anniversary reception tinged with tragedy.

A Warm Reunion

Sheepshead Bay survivor locates Polish family that kept him from freezing in winter of ’43.

On The Road To Safety

Recent highway tragedies drive a campaign by Borough Park rabbi for precautions during upstate forays.

Home Is Where The Ark Is

Park Slope congregation hopes to leave dispute behind as Torah procession inaugurates new building.

Mothers’ Intuition

Women’s black-Jewish unity group that grew from Crown Heights riots celebrates six years of dialogue.

Love Thy Neighbor

Seeking not just amity but ‘intelligent understanding,’ Midwood interfaith group mulls plans for dialogue, joint worship

The Five Percent Solution

Midwood Sephardic leader calls for endowments to eliminate yeshiva tuition for future children

Unexpected Challenges

Borough natives reflect on Puerto Rican heritage, and the rocky road to Jewish family life.

Held Over By Demand

‘Six-week’ Talmud course led by Park Slope’s Roy Doliner now in its third year.

The Chosen Music

Gravesend bass-baritone, no stranger to synagogue songs, working to become one of the rare Catholic cantors.

A Healthy Posture

Crusading Borough Park doctor warns of ‘Yeshiva bocher back syndrome,’ and other maladies plaguing the religious community.

Vacation Values

Released Time program sponsors weeklong Jewish education for public schoolers during winter break.

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Tools Of Identity

Bensonhurst synagogue refurbishment marks first hands-on project for immigrant leadership group.

Soulful Solidarity

Jewish rockers express concern for 13 Iranian Jews on trial through song.

Hitting The High (Holy Day) Notes

Father and son cantor and choir leader add music to the liturgy at Borough Park’s modern Orthodox enclave.

Lesson From The Past

Letter from late civil rights leader to Jewish teacher, dated 1956, seen as vital contemporary teaching tool.

Return Engagement

Exhibit at Chassidic Art Institute showcases artist’s spiritual reawakening.

Hungry Like The Wolf

The serious-about-basketball community of Syrian Jews in Midwood has well prepared Jacob Safdye for this summer’s international Maccabi Games.

Direct Approach

AJCommittee institute, supported by UJA-Federation grant, training Russian emigres how to lead in the Jewish community.

Mad At The Media

Local residents at Midwood forum voice outrage at treatment of Israel.

Pressing The Press

NCJW focuses annual seminar on role of the media in shaping history.

Healthy Legacy

Sheepshead Bay Assemblyman teams with Maimonides Medical Center to honor memory of wife and predecessor with health awareness.

Class Acts

Theater troupe of black, Latino and Jewish teens put public school funding issue at center stage in Bensonhurst performances.

Class Acts...

Theater troupe of black, Latino and Jewish teens put public school funding issue at center stage in Bensonhurst performances.

From Campus Road To Capitol Hill

California’s junior senator recalls punchball on Nostrand Avenue and her cheerleader past at Brooklyn College reunion.

Dish Of The Day

Gossip queen Cindy Adams a big draw for National Council of Jewish Women chapter.

Making A Splash In Brooklyn

Once seen as too ambitious, synagogue’s new mikveh adds vitality to Jewish life in neighborhood.

Something Old, Something New

Post-war wedding gown worn by Sheepshead Bay’s Lily Friedman to join Holocaust museum exhibit on rebirth of European Jewish life.

Scroll Survivor

Coast Guard synagogue welcomes Torah salvaged from fire.

Fighting Words

Flatbush volunteer patrol stands by demoted captain amid flap over ethnic remarks.

Freedom Rides

Coney Island thrills have become a part of Passover tradition for hundreds of local families.

Rescue From Limbo

Pre-Chanukah ‘get day’ by local agunah organization focuses on children as oft-forgotten victims of marital strife.

Toy Story

A Borough Park home becomes temporary warehouse for donated playthings as volunteers gift-wrap Chanukah cheer for sick kids.

Kosher Workout

New Flatbush gym gives the observant a place to flex their muscles in modesty.

Spiritual Pioneers

Three Brooklyn synagogues and one on Staten Island among those feted for more than a century of service to New York Jewry.

Carry On

New Borough Park eruvallows greater Shabbat mobility in rigorously Orthodox community, but not without controversy.

On Wallenberg’s Trail

Party chat leads to seven-year plunge into mystery of vanished Swedish hero by Brooklyn Heights journalist Alan Gersten.

A Righteous Obligation

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‘Net Losses

Borough Park program brings kosher dieting online in time to help with holiday feasts.

Track Stars

Students become recording artists on new Yeshivah of Flatbush choir CD.

World Of His Father

Magical paintings of Russian artist, on display at Mamaroneck synagogue, evoke era of Jewish shtetls.

Seeds Of Education

Growing Pains On Staten Island

With membership booming, JCC kicks off campaign to fund expanded flagship facility

Class War

Orthodox neighbors clash over construction of new building for Yeshiva Ruach Chaim in Midwood.

Calling Them Home

Local conference focuses on Orthodox youth problems.

Bobbie’s Kids

Winter coats for needy kids are a tribute to Borough Park matriarch’s kindness.

Triumphant Exit

Conservative synagogue in ultra-Orthodox Borough Park to close after 95 years.

Back On Key

Treating The Offenders

Borough Park agency offers counseling for pedophiles in hopes of avoiding future victims.

Golden (State) Opportunity

Mill Basin emigre hopes California treatment can rectify ravages of polio.

The ‘Rebbe’ Of Back Pain

Gentile physician’s theories on mind over malady make him a guru in Orthodox community.

Full Cycle

Turning 100 this week, the Hebrew Educational Society in Canarsie has shifted gears back to original mission, serving the borough’s immigrants.

Prize On The Eye

After just three years in the U.S., Bay Ridge teen Eugene Simuni lands top honors in Intel competition for project on human vision.

Martial Smarts

Midwood black-belt sees karate, other sports as early intervention tool for potentially at-risk Orthodox youth.

The Shoah On Campus

Planned Holocaust center at a Brooklyn college to promote tiesbetweenstudents, large community of survivors.

A Foe Of Fanaticism

Hoops and High Hopes

As developmentally disabled enjoy OU sports day, parents mull housing options.

JAMíN Off Key

Promoter of Jewish alternative music network unbowed by struggles at Brooklyn College debut.

Breathing Easier

Seminar at Brooklyn Childrenís Museum highlights risks of asthma in chasidic communities.

A Primary Primer

All-Jewish races dominate political landscape in upcoming decision day.

Back To Brooklyn

Midwood native returns from Long Island to assume pulpit at Madison Jewish Center.

Shofar, So Good

Students of musician David Steinberg ease their way toward mastery of ramís horn at Midwood class.

Bringing Inspiration From Bullets

Recovering victim of Empire State Building shooting lauded by Kingsbrook Jewish hospital.

Rabbiís Place Is In The Kitchen

For Bob Kaplan of Midwood, happiness comes from creating kosher egg rolls and Chinese noodles.

Giving A Hand

From crafts to a park clean-up, Brownstone Brooklyn residents throw efforts into communityís first Mitzvah Day.

Conflict Control

New mediation center in Crown Heights ready to solve black-Jewish strife.

Bearing The Memory

Borough president and Israeli museum join forces to provide public school curriculum on Shoah.

The Rights Stuff

Cobble Hill filmmaker David Van Taylor asks hard questions in upcoming documentary on Jewish role in black struggle.

Girlsí Night Out

Crown Heights Bas Mitzvah Club is a place for pre-teens to share problems, explore their roles.

No Pay, All Gain

JCH Bensonhurstís Alex Budnitsky shifts perceptions of volunteerism among Russian teens.

Raising New Voices

Nationís only Orthodox school for autistic children helps growing number of kids reach their potential.

Memoryís New Home

Sheepshead Bay-based Holocaust Memorial Committee sees new resource center as phase two of plan to promote Shoah education.

Wandering Spirits

Homeless Carlebach Minyanís dispute with Midwood synagogue part of a ëholy warí for acceptance, says leader.

Klan Watch In Bensonhurst

Community leaders insist diverse neighborhood is ëworst nightmareí of racist groups, but vow vigilance against apparent recruitment drive.

Impressions Of Zion

East Midwood students share experiences and emotions of a long-sought Israel trip.

Triumph Of The Spirit

Bay Ridge rabbi chronicles his rise from harsh and humble Lower East Side beginnings to embrace Judaism, and life.

Synagogue By The Bay

Transplanted Brighton Sephardic congregation flourishes at new Manhattan Beach location.

Disabled Kids Not Passed Over Staten Island program gives special kids and their siblings a taste of holiday spirit.

Back To The Future

At National Council of Jewish Women activist seminar, participants learn that contemporary issues mirror those of past 106 years.

Sparks Of Controversy

Midwoodís Russian immigrants among those most affected by closing of Con Ed service center.

Leap Of Faith

Former Texas Baptists find a comfortable new home in the Flatbush Orthodox community.

More Value For Your Doula

Studies show increasing benefits for childbirth assistance program offered at Maimonides Medical Center.

The Write Stuff

Orthodox teachers group awards local students for essays on Jewish heritage.

Comforting The Afflicted

Midwood-based organization offers support for Israelis without insurance.

Dying Jewishly

Borough Park hospice emphasizes halachic view that every possible moment of life is to be treasured.

Coping With Columbine

Staten Island teens look inward, pledge to be change agents at JCC forum on school violence.

Sticking With Judaism

For Daniel Keren of Flatbush, Jewish observance and philately closely adhere.

Building A Jewish Future

Flatbush program seeks to cull future leaders from public schools.

No Stranger At The Wedding

The career of photographer Calvin Clark is a picture of multiculturalism.