Religion

Wednesday is Yom Kippur and would also be my late mother's 88th birthday. While growing up in Brooklyn during the late 1950s and 1960s, my siblings and I were taught at a young age to never ever be anti-Semitic. … Full Article

Jewish residents of Brooklyn and local synagogues are preparing for Yom Kippur, known in English as the Day of Atonement – the holiest day of the year in the Jewish calendar. … Full Article

A group called the “Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos” will be hosting two demonstrations in the Orthodox Jewish section of Crown Heights this Sunday and Monday to protest the overhead “swinging" and slaughtering of live chickens in Kaporos cer … Full Article

Clergy and lay leaders of the Brooklyn Heights Interfaith Clergy Association held a memorial service to honor the victims of the September 11 terror attacks. … Full Article

The 9th annual Children of Abraham Peace Walk, held on Tuesday, September 11, honored the memory of those who perished 11 years ago in the terror attacks, and showed that clergy, elected government leaders, safety personnel and citizens of al … Full Article

The wailing cry of the shofar was heard over the DUMBO shoreline Wednesday afternoon as a group affiliated with the Jewish organization IKAR filmed the Brooklyn installment of “Street Shofar” in time for the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah. … Full Article

Joy is the mood that welcomes worshipers to Congregation B’nai Avraham. In this Modern Orthodox synagogue, whose spiritual leader, Rabbi Aaron Raskin, is a Chabad hassid, one can experience joy and community in worship, learning and meals. … Full Article

St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church will welcome Bishop Stacy F. Sauls as its guest preacher on Sunday, Sept. 23. … Full Article

The Rev. Dr. John P. McGinty, who has served Grace Church-Brooklyn Heights as assisting priest for the past nine months, has been named as canon for formation and dean of the Mercer School of Theology. … Full Article

Sacred Hearts-St. Stephen’s Church began in the year 1882 under the name of Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, with Father Joseph Fransioli as the founding priest for The Catholic Mission of the Italian Colony of the City of Brooklyn. … Full Article