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8 hrs ago | Baltimore Jewish Times

Filmmaker Yoav Shamir Tests Anti-Semitism in New Documentary

Trailing praise and controversy as it comes off the festival circuit onto neighborhood screens, Yoav Shamir's documentary "Defamation" offers viewers a first-person excursion into the subject of anti-Semitism: a phenomenon the filmmaker often hears about, he says, but doesn't quite know why, since as an Israeli he's never experienced it.

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Sat Dec 05, 2009

Brownstoner

Walkabout: Some Favorite Things: Part I

When I first moved to NYC, I lived in the Bronx, near relatives. Before moving to Brooklyn, I used to visit my friend, a Pratt student, who over the course of four years lived all over Clinton Hill and Fort Greene.

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Thu Dec 03, 2009

Journal News

Q&A with senior rabbi Richard Jacobs of the Westchester Reform Temple in Scarsdale

Richard Jacobs, senior rabbi of Westchester Reform Temple, is being honored for his public service in the community by the New York Board of Rabbis.

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Tue Dec 01, 2009

Jerusalem Post

The Human Spirit: 'Faith is strength'

How much did Moishy see? How much does Moishy remember? The questions haunted me, and I suspect many of the other 2,000 guests who gathered last Wednesday night in the party tent at Kfar Chabad.

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Sun Nov 29, 2009

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Councilman Praises Response to Tragedy

Councilman Al Vann recently praised residents of his district for their support of Rose Etienne, the Crown Heights mother who lost her husband and two sons in a fire last Wednesday.

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Fri Nov 27, 2009

Times Union

Matisyahu at Northern Lights

Okay, now for something completely different; Hasidic hip-hop. Really. A Hasidic Jewish musician from Crown Heights Brooklyn, Matisyahu melds hip-hop, reggae and rock in ways you can't even imagine, and it should have been done long ago.

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Wed Nov 25, 2009

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

New Crown Hts. Rental Building Gets $4.9 Million Construction Loan From CPC

Construction of a brand new rental apartment building in Crown Heights will go forward, thanks to a $4.9-million construction loan from the Community Preservation Corp.

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Mon Nov 23, 2009

Grub Street

Coffee Fight in Crown Heights

It's not quite at the level of Paradou owner Vadim Ponorovsky versus his staff , but the Times detects some tension from two new coffee shops on Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights.

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New York Times

Fire, Possibly Caused by Incense, Kills Man and 2 Children

A fast-moving fire that may have been sparked by incense swept through the top floor of a six-story apartment building in Brooklyn on Wednesday, killing a man and his two small children, fire officials said.

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FireFightingNews.com

Bravest Too Late At Blaze

New York - It took Brooklyn firefighters as long as eight minutes yesterday to arrive at a blaze that killed two toddlers and their dad - and it was the second time in two weeks the Bravest lost precious time by being sent to the wrong location.

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Sun Nov 22, 2009

New York Times

Two Cafes Mean Competition in Crown Heights

The Pulp and the Bean, above, on Franklin Avenue, in Brooklyn, is owned by a man whose family has a history in the neighborhood.

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MyFoxNY

Fire Union: 9/11 System Caused Delay

Firefighters called to a deadly blaze in Brooklyn on Wednesday were sent to the wrong address raising concerns about the new 9/11 dispatch system.

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NY Daily News

Crown Heights mom mourns loss of sons

Rose-Daniel Etienne-Jean , who lost two sons and boyfriend, is comforted by aunts Marie Joseph & Gislene Pierre.

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Sat Nov 21, 2009

WNYC-AM New York

Fund Set Up for Survivor of Crown Heights Fire

NEW YORK, NY November 20, 2009 a 'Elected officials and community leaders in Brooklyn are rallying around the family of three victims in Wednesday's Crown Heights fire.

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wcbstv.com

Officials: Lots Went Wrong With Bkyn Fire Response

There was debate Thursday over a new fire dispatch system after a father and two boys died in a Crown Heights blaze apparently sparked by burning incense.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

WINS-AM New York

AUDIO: Incense May Have Caused Fatal Brooklyn Fire

Fire investigators believe a fire that killed two toddlers and their father may have been started by burning incense in a bedroom.

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MyFoxNY

Fire Union Blasts 911 System

Stephen Cassidy of the Uniformed Firefighters Association says the deaths caused by a deadly fire in Crown Heights on Wednesday could have been prevented.

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New York Times

After a Fire in Brooklyn, the Anguish of a Mother

Shaking as two relatives helped her onto a sofa, Rose Danielle Etienne, 26, sobbed Thursday afternoon as she spoke of a fire that had swept through her apartment in Brooklyn the day before, killing her longtime companion and their two young sons.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

WCBS

Could Lives Have Been Saved In B'klyn Fire?

Share + Nov 19, 2009 7:08 am US/Eastern Reporting Magee Hickey NEW YORK 1 of 1 Two children and an adult were killed after a fire broke out in a 4-story building in Crown Heights, Brooklyn on Nov.

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NY Daily News

Man, two toddlers killed in Brooklyn apartment blaze

A fire inspector surveys the damage after a deadly fire ripped through a Brooklyn apartment Wednesday.

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