By Kelly Boyce Monica Parfait, a 16-year-old immigrant from Haiti who attends Paul Robeson High School in Crown Heights, had never met any member of the neighborhood’s large Jewish population until Herb Weitz. A secular Jew aged 76, Weitz entertained Monica with stories of his rebellious childhood, telling her how he and his friends used...
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July 20, 2010September 8, 2010Brooklyn Life
Four Years Later, A Vigil Seeks Clues to a Teenager’s Murder
By Kelly Boyce Four years ago, Chanel Petro-Nixon was murdered near her home in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn at the age of 16. A community activist posted signs in the neighborhood that said, “Somebody Knows Something.” To this day, no one has come forth with any information. In the hopes that someone still will,...