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Mel Brooks and his son explain social distancing for you

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Mel Brooks and his son explain social distancing for you Legendary comedian Mel Brooks and his son took to Twitter with a very funny — but also very important — message about social distancing. Mel Brooks, 93, is in the group deemed high risk as the spread of COVID-19 continues due to his age . His son, Max Brooks, said he is practicing social distancing so that his father —… Read More »Mel Brooks and his son explain social distancing for you

African-American Nissim Black for and about Brooklyn’s Jewish community

BREAKING NEWS! FUHGEDDABOUTIT!! BJHI asked for it, we got it!! An upbeat rap ballad sung by internationally famous Chassidic African-American Nissim Black for and about Brooklyn’s Jewish community, and we’re told it will be released this week. We call it “We’re Brooklyn”. BJHI’s chair Howard Teich dreamt it, reached out to legendary Jewish songwriter Cecelia Margules who wrote it, she reached out to the brilliant videographer and director Daniel Finkelman,… Read More »African-American Nissim Black for and about Brooklyn’s Jewish community

Alan Kalter, longtime announcer for David Letterman dies at 78

JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY      BY RON KAMPEAS – OCTOBER 6, 2021 5:13 PM. Alan Kalter and his wife, Peggy, attend “Ninety Years of Gallghers” at Gallaghers Steakhouse in New York City on Nov. 14, 2017. (Patrick McMullan via Getty Images) (JTA) — Alan Kalter, his rabbi said, was a “mensch,” a past temple president who dutifully Zoomed into services throughout the pandemic. Kelter died Monday at 78 at at Stamford Hospital… Read More »Alan Kalter, longtime announcer for David Letterman dies at 78

Bernard "Buddy" Rich

Bernard “Buddy” Rich

By BROOKLYN TALES Bernard “Buddy” Rich was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He is considered one of the most influential drummers of all time. Rich was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Rich was born in Sheepshead Bay to Jewish-American parents Bess Skolnik and Robert Rich, both vaudevillians. Before he turned two, he was part of his parents’ act on vaudeville, but on breaks he would sneak into… Read More »Bernard “Buddy” Rich

Bronze statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg unveiled in downtown Brooklyn

Bronze statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg unveiled in downtown Brooklyn

By TIM BALKNEW YORK DAILY NEWS | MAR 12, 2021 AT 3:50 PM  A 7-foot-tall bronze statue honoring late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was unveiled Friday morning in her proud Brooklyn hometown. Borough President Eric Adams and Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte (D-Brooklyn) pulled a sheet off the 650-pound sculpture in the lobby of downtown Brooklyn’s City Point shopping center as cameras clicked. “She kept that Brooklyn pride and stride as she sat on… Read More »Bronze statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg unveiled in downtown Brooklyn

Schumer-Gutman

Brooklyn Shines

Two of our Brooklyn Jewish Hall of Fame recipients are even more famous these days and add even more luster to the Brooklyn Jewish community. Senator Chuck Schumer, a born and bred Brooklynite, has served in government, starting in the State Assembly, the House of Representatives and of course, minority leader of the US Senate. Chuck, as he is known, now the Majority leader of the US Senate, but can… Read More »Brooklyn Shines

Amar’e Stoudemire

As Brooklyn Nets coach, Amar’e Stoudemire doesn’t work on Shabbat

NBA club accepts request of ex-star who has converted to Judaism and played for Israeli teams in recent years Amare Stoudemire attends the 2021 Pegasus World Cup Championship Invitational Series at Gulfstream Park, on January 23, 2021 in Hallandale Beach, Florida. (Photo by Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images for The Stronach Group via JTA) By GABE FRIEDMAN 26 January 2021, 11:36 pm JTA — Amar’e Stoudemire, the former NBA star-turned-Orthodox-convert to Judaism and Israeli… Read More »As Brooklyn Nets coach, Amar’e Stoudemire doesn’t work on Shabbat

Larry King

Jewish Brooklyn Born Larry King, the suspenders-sporting everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary Joes helped define American conversation for a half-century, died Saturday. He was 87. King hosted “Larry King Live” on CNN for over 25 years, interviewing presidential candidates, celebrities, athletes, movie stars and everyday people. He retired in 2010 after taping more than 6,000 episodes of the show. With an affable, easygoing demeanor… Read More »Larry King

Orthodox Jewish woman to be appointed to National Security Council cybersecurity position —–Rabbis support Rep. Mary Miller despite Hitler quote

Anne ‘Chani’ Neuberger (JTA) — Anne Neuberger, a cybersecurity expert and Orthodox Jewish woman, will be appointed to a new role on the National Security Council focusing on cybersecurity, according to Politico. Neuberger will serve as deputy national security adviser for cybersecurity, where she will likely play a major role in responding to a Russian cyberattack from last year, the scope of which the federal government is still trying to… Read More »Orthodox Jewish woman to be appointed to National Security Council cybersecurity position —–Rabbis support Rep. Mary Miller despite Hitler quote

Blessed is God – Ruth Bader Ginsburg

‘Blessed is God, the true judge’: Ginsburg memorialized in Hebrew in the halls of the Supreme Court By Julie Zauzmer, Washington Post September 23, 2020   As three days of ceremonial mourning began on Wednesday for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first woman to receive the honor of lying in state at the U.S. Capitol, Hebrew words resounded in the marble hall of the highest court in the land. The first words… Read More »Blessed is God – Ruth Bader Ginsburg