Anti-Israel protest blocked from reaching Chabad headquarters in Brooklyn The NYPD rerouted an anti-Israel demonstration days after an earlier protest outside 770 turned violent. Vita Fellig April 29, 2025
‘Outrageous’: Anti-Zionist group targets Ben-Gvir, Chabad headquarters in Brooklyn, NY “This was an antisemitic, Hamas-supporting rally,” said Rabbi Yaacov Behrman, a community leader in the Crown Heights neighborhood. Vita Fellig April 25, 2025
‘It changes everything,’ says Mary Jarada, who has donated 200 pairs, $135,000 worth of tefillin “Giving someone tefillin isn’t just handing them an object,” she told JNS. “It helps open up a whole world to them.” Vita Fellig Feb. 24, 2025
The Rebbe’s radical approach to anti-Israel Jews? More love We must act with kindness and understanding toward those who harbor dangerous beliefs, even as they inflict pain upon themselves and our people. Rabbi Areyah Kaltmann Feb. 20, 2025
‘You need a bullet to take me down,’ Jew assaulted at Brooklyn protest says Heshy Tischler, a candidate for New York City Council, told JNS that he was assaulted at the gathering, which he said drew 200 anti-Israel protesters and 600 people supporting the Jewish state. Vita Fellig Feb. 19, 2025
NYPD investigates assault of Jewish girl in Brooklyn An 11-year-old was walking in the Williamsburg neighborhood when she was grabbed from behind. Feb. 12, 2025
Man with scissors attacks two Jews in Crown Heights, NY The incident is not being investigated as a hate crime. Feb. 9, 2025
Nearly 300 Jewish young professionals speed date at Chabad event in Brooklyn “I was so afraid of marrying the wrong person,” said Aviela, 31, of Tampa, Fla. Vita Fellig Jan. 20, 2025
Judge calls tunnel-diggers “shame to worldwide Chabad movement” One of the Chassidic students told the “New York Post” that “being banned from 770 for three years is worse than jail.” Jan. 17, 2025
