A gay Russian Jewish teenager comes of age in Brighton Beach in the touching new independent film “Minyan,” a subtle and sensitive drama that tells an unexpected story about the Brooklyn ...

New Yorkers often label Brighton Beach a “Russian” neighbourhood, but that is inaccurate ... There were no hyphens: the categories of Russian-Jewish or Ukrainian-Jewish did not exist.

In Brighton Beach, south Brooklyn, Russian Jewish immigrants ... for the weather forecast,” Brighton Beach resident Gennady Estraikh, professor of Yiddish studies at New York ...

Though Brighton Beach was originally an Orthodox Jewish community, Russian immigrants moved to the area in waves throughout the 1970s, '80s and '90s, both before and after the fall of the Soviet ...

The Brighton Beach community came together last week near Coney Island for a joyous menorah lighting, marking the first night of Hanukkah with a celebration of light, unity and freedom.. Rabbi David ...

“It became more and more kind of a legendary mythic place,” Silverstein said of Brighton Beach, which he left in his own Exodus to New Jersey in the 1980s. “It was both my Egypt and my ...

For Rosh Hashanah ― the Jewish New Year, which starts Oct. 2 ― the spirit is sweetness and renewal. Those themes could also reflect what's happened at Brighton's kosher bakery over the past year.

In 1990, the Armenian actor Karren Karagulian arrived in New York City with just two hundred dollars and five tins of black caviar. His first stop was the Russian-speaking enclave of Brighton Beach.