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Time travelers Delilah Leykam, Vida DeLeon, Cate Healey (wearing white lab coat and red hat) and Amanda Pieper shoot for the future but wind up in the past. Eagle photo by Francesca N. Tate

Faith In Brooklyn for December 20: Brooklyn gets in Christmas spirit

December 20 | By Francesca Norsen Tate, Religion Editor

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Bay Ridge Jewish Center celebrates Hanukkah

December 13 | By Jaime DeJesus

The Bay Ridge Jewish Center at 405 81 St. held its annual...

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Former altar girl accuses church custodian of abuse

December 10 | By Raanan Geberer

The church’s name is Holy Innocents, but some of the things...

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Andrew Oshevsky is accused of breaking this statue and one other after urinating on the angels outside a Williamsburg church. Photo courtesy of the NYPD

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Mayor Bill de Blasio, with the help of Rabbi Shimon Hecht of the Park Slope Chabad, lights the Grand Army Plaza Hanukkah menorah. Eagle photos by Todd Maisel

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Members of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, which burned down in a fire early Thursday morning, were invited to pray with the Church of the Nativity and Bishop Rev. Lawrence Provenzano on Ocean Avenue on Sunday morning. Eagle photos by Todd Maisel

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Three days after a suspicious early morning fire destroyed a historic Sheepshead...

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Music and songs of hope filled the air to honor those killed in the Squirrel Hill Synagogue in October. Eagle photos by Todd Maisel

30 Days Later: After the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, a Brooklyn temple preaches unity

November 30 | By Todd Maisel

Rabbis, priests, imams and pastors came together on Wednesday in Prospect Heights...

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    Many of the 100,000 people who held city-issued Br Many of the 100,000 people who held city-issued Brooklyn Bridge Park viewing tickets for The Macy’s July 4 Fireworks called the event a “total fiasco,” with a large number not making it onto the piers. Numerous people told the Brooklyn Eagle they found themselves in panic-inducing logjams while trying to get into the park. Many commenters said there appeared to be no central coordination for handling the huge crowds, and photos show unsafe, crammed streets.  🔗Click the link in the bio to read more and to see more photos. Photos courtesy of Murray Schechter (1), Justin Pollock (2) and Marc Hermann (3).
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