Assemblyman Dov Hikind

Assemblyman Dov Hikind Protests Brooklyn College’s Decision To Host Anti-Israel Lecture

Assemblyman Dov Hikind and others held a rally Thursday morning, protesting Brooklyn College for welcoming a lecture at its student center next week by two people from a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel group.

2013/01/31

Brooklyn College was to be the sight of a controversial lecture on Feb. 7, 2013. (Photo: CBS 2)

Brooklyn College Under Heavy Criticism For Hosting Anti-Israel Lecture

Israel is at the center of a campus controversy at Brooklyn College. A group calling for boycotts and sanctions against Israel has been invited to speak next month, and some think the college itself has gone too far.

2013/01/30

Crown Heights Arrest Video (credit: YouTube/CHInfoVideo)

Jewish Community Takes To Streets To Protest Videotaped Cop Beating

There was backlash in Brooklyn on Friday over a confrontation caught on video. It shows a police officer repeatedly punching a man during an arrest. The Jewish community in Crown Heights wants the charges against the suspect dropped.

2012/10/19

Mitt Romney (credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Romney’s Secretly Recorded Comments Lead To Major Palestinian Problem

Is it the plain truth, or offensive rhetoric? The debate raged Wednesday about Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s comments recorded during a campaign fundraiser.

2012/09/19

Leiby Kletzky (credit: leibykletzkymemorialfund.com)

Some Wondering Why ‘Leiby Kletzky Security Initiative’ Has Yet To Take Flight

The big worry is that the powerful Orthodox Jewish group administering the program will insist that a rabbi grant permission before authorities are notified of sex abuse or domestic violence accusations.

2012/08/16

A family portrait is displayed at the preview of 'The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on February 22, 2012. (credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Metropolitan Museum Of Art Decides To Disclose Gertrude Stein’s Nazi Past In Exhibition

Controversy surrounds a popular art exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art featuring the paintings of Matisse, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Picasso and Renoir.

2012/05/01

Assemblyman Dov Hikind (credit: Mona Rivera/1010 WINS)

Brooklyn College Provost Accused Of Anti-Semitic Behavior, Racial Bias

Assemblyman Dov Hikind said some high-level staff members claim despite recommendations from search committees, Provost William Tramontano prevented observant Jewish women from being hired.

2012/04/03

Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes

Brooklyn DA Condemned For Not Prosecuting More Hasidic, Orthodox Jewish Sex Abusers

Finding sexual abusers of children and prosecuting their cases is one of law enforcement’s top priorities. But in Brooklyn, District Attorney Charles Hynes’ office has come under fire what not vigorously pursuing cases in the Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish communities.

2012/03/29

Lawmakers: Sanitation Workers Caught On Video Issuing Bogus Tickets To Brooklyn Homeowners

Assemblyman Dov Hikind and Sen. Jeff Klein are introducing legislation which would require sanitation agents to photograph and document the condition of a property at the time a ticket is issued.

2012/02/27

This video screenshot shows the two pit bulls that are terrorizing people in parts of Brooklyn. (credit: YouTube)

Stray Pit Bulls Terrorizing Residents In Midwood And Borough Park Captured

“People were afraid to get out of cars, people were afraid to walk the street,” Assemblyman Dov Hikind said.

2012/02/16

Assemblyman Dov Hikind Blasts DA Cyrus Vance For Handling Of Suspect In Anti-Semitic Incidents

David Haddad, 56, was arrested for allegedly making anti-Semitic phone calls to elderly women and vandalized the inside of an apartment building.

2012/01/19

Assemblyman Dov Hikind and Bay Ridge Toyota presented a handicapped-accessible vehicle to the family of a wheelchair bound Brooklyn boy. (credit: CBS 2)

Midwood Residents Angry, Frightened Over Anti-Semitic Graffiti

“This is just the latest in a series of ongoing anti-Semitic occurrences in Brooklyn and throughout New York City, and people are justifiably very concerned and upset,” said Assemblyman Dov Hikind.

2012/01/15

Bay Ridge Toyota Donates Specially Equipped Van To Family With Double Amputee Son

Chanukkah came a bit early this year for one Brooklyn family.

2011/12/12

NYC Jewish Women Want To Join All-Male EMT Group

Now a group of women in one of the country’s largest Orthodox Jewish communities is proposing to join up with Hatzolah as emergency medical technicians to respond in cases of labor or gynecological emergencies.

2011/11/27

Police Investigate Anti-Semitic Arson, Vandalism In Midwood; Neighbor Captures Spree On Video

At least three cars were torched and dozens of pieces of anti-Semitic graffiti were plastered along benches along Ocean Parkway between Avenues I and J early Friday morning.

2011/11/11

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