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Coming to America
Posted on 08 December 2014.
Posted in Arts and Culture, Bangladeshi, Boroughs, Bronx, Brooklyn, Dominican, Featured, Haitian, Indian, Jamaican, Manhattan, Nepali, Queens, West African0 Comments
A Haitian-American Filmmaker’s Journey Towards the American Dream
Posted on 05 December 2014.
Perri Pierre began his filmmaking career with a story about a Haitian-American trying to find out his mother’s fate in Haiti’s devastating 2010 earthquake.
Posted in Arts and Culture, Brooklyn, Featured, Haitian0 Comments
Teachers Recreate Haitian Folk Tales With a New Beat
Posted on 11 November 2014.
Two high school teachers are bringing a creative twist to Haitian folk tales, setting them to full orchestration.
Posted in Arts and Culture, Brooklyn, Featured, Haitian, News0 Comments
Are Esrogim the Perfect Fruit?
Posted on 20 October 2014.
Italian-born Rabbi Leizer Rodal opened shop in Crown Heights to sell esrogim, traditional fruit for Sukkot.
Posted in Arts and Culture, Brooklyn, Business, Featured, Religion0 Comments
As Tech Costs Decline, Haitian PirateRadio Thrives
Posted on 19 October 2014.
With New York’s usable radio frequencies entirely snatched up, an increasing number of Creole-language radio stations are broadcasting illegally.
Posted in Boroughs, Brooklyn, Communities, Featured, Haitian0 Comments
Russian Orthodox in Brighton Beach Struggle to Keep Their Place
Posted on 19 October 2014.
A Russian Orthodox Church in the predominantly Jewish area of Brighton Beach is now in dire financial straits, after years of community-building — a growth that reflects a broader turn toward Orthodoxy among both Russian citizens and immigrants.
Posted in Brooklyn, Featured, Religion, Russian0 Comments
Crown Heights Gallery Show Aims to Defend Israel Through Art
Posted on 14 October 2014.
An Orthodox-owned gallery in Crown Heights held a “Spiritual Defense” group art show, seeking to spiritually protect Israel through the power of good deeds and creativity.
Posted in Arts and Culture, Brooklyn, Featured, Issues, Religion0 Comments
Russian Comic Seeks Humor Bridge for Generation Gap
Posted on 06 October 2014.
Gary Spielberg fills the gap in the market for Russian-American comedy with video series “Sh– Russian Grandmas Say.”
Posted in Arts and Culture, Boroughs, Brooklyn, Featured, Russian0 Comments
Luxury Supermarket Gourmanoff Underlines Change in Brighton Beach
Posted on 03 October 2014.
With its gilded chandeliers and valet parking, the newly opened supermarket Gourmanoff is a glittering symbol of the growing income disparities in Brighton Beach.
Posted in Brooklyn, Featured, Russian0 Comments
Creole, Haiti’s Mother Tongue, Brings People Back to Their Roots
Posted on 02 October 2014.
Creole lessons empower the Haitian diaspora in the small Two Moon Art and House Cafe in Brooklyn by the founder of the Haitian Creole Language Institute of New York, Wynnie Lamour.
Posted in Brooklyn, Featured, Haitian, Issues, News0 Comments
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A House of Prayer for All Nations
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