Juneteenth commemorates the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation, announcing the freedom of more than 250,000 enslaved Black people in the state. The Center for Justice Innovation marked this historic day with celebrations across New York City. In Brooklyn’s Brower Park, New […]
CROWN HTS. AND QUEENS — Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, Vice Chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch and Director of the annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries, drew a crowd for his funeral at Montefiore Cemetery on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Queens. According to an obituary published in the Jewish Journal, Kotlarsky was born on May 28, […]
WASHINGTON AVENUE — The Brooklyn Botanic Garden recently held a gala the planners called “massively successful,” largely attributable to a special guest: the renowned forestry scientist Dr. Suzanne Simard. The gala came at an important moment for the BBG: As it continues to protect its plants from the impacts of climate change, it also struggles […]