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Spring Valley School District Cuts Kindergarten
PIX11.com | @ @colekirstinEliminating Kindergarten? It would seem unthinkable, or at least illegal. But that's what could happen while a budget showdown at the East Ramapo School District plays out. Turns out Kindergarten is not a mandated grade, so when Spring Valley's school...Tags: Separation of Church and State, Christianity, Career and Workplace, Elections, Collective Contract
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Nearly 100 Orthodox Jews Investigated For Sex Crimes
pix11.com | @JuliaTheWriterAccording to an expanded report released by Brooklyn Defense Attorney Charles Hynes, nearly 100 members of the city's Orthodox Jewish community have been investigated for alleged sex crimes. Forty three of the 96 cases are pending, and a number of the...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Crime, Law and Justice, Judaism, Christianity, Brooklyn (New York City)
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DA Denies He's Soft On Pedophiles In Orthodox Jewish Brooklyn
pix11.com | @murphypixThe District Attorney of Kings County went on the defensive Wednesday, writing an Op Ed piece in the New York Daily News, insisting his office works hard to protect children from sexual abuse in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities of Brooklyn. "The...Tags: The New York Times, Justice System, Juvenile Delinquency, Crime, Law and Justice, Judaism
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Cabbie Admits: I Shot Them Because They Were Jewish
pix11.com | @wpixThe still-grieving mother of a 16-year old Orthodox Jewish boy, who was killed when his student van was shot up on the Brooklyn Bridge in March 1994, reacted Monday to the public revelation that a Lebanese-born cab driver targeted the students solely...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, FBI, White House, Motorvehicle Accidents
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School Fines Students For Having Facebook
@stephtsofliasAn all-girls Jewish school in Crown Heights, Brooklyn is getting backlash after fining students who had a Facebook account. Administrators at Beth Rivkah High School said 11th graders were found to have Facebook accounts, which is against school policy....Tags: Punishment, Teaching and Learning, Facebook, Crown Heights, Social Media
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Levi Aron's Defense Attorney: Inbreeding Made My Client Do It
pix11.com | @colekirstinThe murder of Leiby Kletzky horrified New York, now word of Levi Aron's defense is sending shock waves into the community as well -- and outrage is pouring forth. His attorney claimed Wednesday that Aron is the genetic victim of Orthodox Jewish...Tags: Judges, Schizophrenia, Lawyers, Health, Levi Aron
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City Threatens To Shut Down Bus Company For Segregating Passengers
@lifeofareporterMayor Bloomberg has warned the Orthodox Jewish operators of the B 110 bus in Brooklyn that the city will shut down the bus line if they continue to force women to sit in the back. "A women who walks on that bus doesn't feel discriminated because that...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Local Government, Judaism, Christianity, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Rabbis To Williamsburg Women: Don't Wear Tank Tops!
Staff reporterJust in time for New York's first heat wave of the summer, members of the Hasidic Jewish community in trendy Williamsburg are posting fliers asking women not to wear tank tops. The Central Rabbinical Congress, a council of rabbis, placed posters...Tags: Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York), Human Interest, Judaism, New York, Christianity
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Grim Details Emerge In Shocking Kidnapping, Murder Of Brooklyn Boy
pix11.comEight-year-old Leibby Kletzky apparently made a wrong turn and got lost on the way to meet his parents Monday when he came face to face with his suspected killer Levi Aron near 18th Avenue and 44th Street, where he asked him for directions, NYPD...Tags: Entertainment, Television, Career and Workplace, Tennessee, Sunset Park
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Accused Killer's Coworker, Neighbors React
pix11.comAs people attempted to process news of the horrific kidnapping and dismemberment of an 8-year-old Brooklyn boy, those who knew the victim and his accused killer reacted. Alleged killer Levi Aron worked for Michael Panzer at Empire State Supply, who said,...Tags: Judaism, New York, Christianity, Brooklyn (New York City), Tennessee
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Brooklyn Mom Claims Levi Aron Attempted To Kidnap Son
pix11.com"He told the boy, come into my car, come into my car, and the boy was very afraid, and he was 11 and a little smarter and he ran away." That shocking statement by an Orthodox Jewish woman on Wednesday, on the day Levi Aron was arrested for dismembering...Tags: Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, YouTube, Christianity, Kidnapping
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Jewish Newspaper Caves In To Complaints, Drops Gay Wedding Announcements
wpix.comAvi Smolen met his boyfriend Justin when they were both camp counselors in Nyack, New York. They fell in love and got engaged last year. The 2 twenty-somethings are gay, but like many straight couples, Smolen and his fiance asked a community newspaper...Tags: Weddings, Civil Unrest, Same-Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Marriage
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