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Brooklyn Bar Association honors legal trailblazers at Annual Dinner

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Dec. 30, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil The Brooklyn Bar Association (BBA) held its Annual Dinner at the El Caribe in Mill Basin earlier this month, bringing together the borough’s top lawyers and judges to recognize the accomplishments of Kings County’s legal eagles. Awards were given to outstanding individuals in the legal field, including…

‘Victory over darkness’: Brighton Beach menorah lighting brings hope on first night of Hanukkah

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Dec. 30, 2024 By Lauren Rapp The Brighton Beach community came together last week near Coney Island for a joyous menorah lighting, marking the first night of Hanukkah with a celebration of light, unity and freedom. Rabbi David and Rebbetzin Yocheved Okunov of the Warbasse Jewish Heritage Congregation led families in kindling the neighborhood’s menorah…

Advocates hold prayer vigil in Coney Island for woman burned alive on F train, demand officials stem violence on subways

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Dec. 27, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller Community advocates gathered at Brooklyn’s Coney Island Stillwell Avenue subway station on Thursday afternoon to mourn a woman who was burned to death in the station on Sunday morning. The prayer vigil, hosted by activist Rev. Kevin McCall, was held to commemorate the yet-to-be-identified woman who died after being set…

Pizza, portraits, parades, and protests: Brooklyn Paper’s biggest stories of 2024

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Dec. 27, 2024 By Brooklyn Paper We’ve arrived at the tail end of the year, and before we look forward toward 2025, we’re looking back at some of the biggest stories of 2024. This year was busy in Brooklyn! Locals were divided by protests and conflicts — and worked to come back together. Brooklynites…

Brooklyn DA cracks down on crypto scams targeting Russian community

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Dec. 27, 2024 By Lauren Rapp The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office has launched a groundbreaking effort to combat cryptocurrency scams targeting Brooklyn’s Russian-speaking community, alerting over 1,200 victims and disrupting a fraudulent network preying on unsuspecting investors. The DA’s office announced last week that investigators dismantled the operation by seizing the mail servers of…

Hundreds celebrate Israeli culture at Kings Bay Y Israel Fair

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Dec. 26, 2024 By Robert Pearl The Israel Fair at Kings Bay Y drew hundreds of attendees earlier this month for a vibrant celebration of Israeli culture, community and connection. Organized by the World Zionist Organization’s Department for the Promotion of Aliyah and hosted by Ari Kagan, the Dec. 8 event transformed the Sheepshead…

East Flatbush church, St. Catherine of Genoa, celebrates reopening after August fire

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Dec. 23, 2024 By Lauren Rapp Just in time for Christmas, St. Catherine of Genoa church in East Flatbush is open again following a fire in August.  Bishop Robert Brennan blessed the church’s renovation at the morning Mass of Thanksgiving on Dec. 15.  “This is a strong and resilient parish that is stronger and…

Separate residential fires leave 24 displaced in East Flatbush days before Christmas

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Dec. 23, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell Two separate residential fires left 24 people displaced in East Flatbush over the weekend. On Friday, Dec. 20, shortly before 8 p.m., a two-alarm fire broke out at a single-family home on the 800 block of New York Avenue, near Linden Boulevard. When firefighters arrived…