Crown Heights, NY - Black Jewish Teen Wants to Help His Divided Neighborhood

Crown Heights, NY - A 16-year-old teenager is hoping to help improve relations between Orthodox Jews and blacks in his Brooklyn community by trading on what makes him a curiosity to both: He is African-American and a Hasidic Jew. Yosef Abrahamson, a Yeshiva student, got a chance — at least symbolically — when he was made commanding officer of a Crown Heights police precinct on Tuesday. He...