Brooklyn

Thousands attend funeral for murdered Brooklyn boy

Thousands of people turned out for the funeral of Leiby Kletzky, the 8-year-old Chasidic boy in Brooklyn found murdered and dismembered after having disappeared two days earlier.

By Marcy Oster July 14, 2011 1:48 pm

Body of Brooklyn boy Leiby Kletzky found, suspect arrested

The body of an 8-year-old Brooklyn boy who disappeared while walking home from camp was found, and one suspect was taken into custody.

July 13, 2011 9:19 pm

Mrs. Wyatt Earp Was a Jewish Girl From Brooklyn

Josephine Sarah Marcus was born in Brooklyn to a Jewish family, the third of four children. At 18, she ran away to join a touring theatre company, which in 1879 was considered a brazen move for a young girl from a respectable family. While in Arizona, she met Johnny Behan, sheriff of Yavapai County. Behan was married, but took […]

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