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Israeli Media Network Claims Ricky’s Protests Boost Sales

By on October 3, 2010 9:37 am in Brooklyn Heights, News

According to a West Bank-based Israeli media network, protests against Ricky’s sale of West Bank-made products have been a boon for the store and for Ahava, the manufacturer. IsraelNationalNews.com: A Brooklyn-based group trying to convince locals to boycott Israeli-made Dead Sea skin care products has managed to promote the region and boost the company’s business […]

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Another Ricky’s Boycott Protest on Montague St.

By on September 29, 2010 7:40 pm in Brooklyn Heights

Approximately 20 activists protested Ricky’s yesterday evening on Montague Street, some waving Palestine flags, and holding signs encouraging boycott of an Israeli-made cosmetics company called Ahava whose products are  carried by the store. Video after the jump.

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Rabbi Urges Fair Shake in Ahava “Controversy”

By on July 16, 2010 2:30 pm in Brooklyn Heights

At Room Eight, Rabbi Serge Lippe of Brooklyn Heights Synagogue posts the full text of an email sent out by Kane Street Synagogue’s Rabbi Samuel Weintrob about the recent protest at Ricky’s on Montague Street by Brooklyn for Peace, inspired by Code Pink’s campaign against Israeli cosmetic company Ahava. The full text after the jump.

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Protest at Ricky’s Draws Attention

By on July 13, 2010 9:24 am in Brooklyn Heights

The Brooklyn Paper reports on a protest by members of anti-war group Code Pink at Ricky’s on Montague Street Friday: Brooklyn Paper: The centuries-old Middle East conflict turned into a bizarre form of mud-slinging on quiet Montague Street on Friday when protesters demanded that the Ricky’s cosmetics shop stop selling a dirt-based cosmetic that, apparently, […]

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The Great Montague Street Pumpkin, Brooklyn Heights

By on October 25, 2009 5:42 pm in Brooklyn Heights

Ricky’s invades the old Heights Books space on Montague Street for Halloween and this giant pumpkin marks the spot.

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Report: Old Heights Books Spot Soon to be Ricky’s Halloween Store

By on September 10, 2009 8:54 pm in Real Estate

BHB contributor/author/Brooklyn Heights resident/Celine Dion’s #1 fan/Vanilla Ice expert Chuck Taylor dispatched this missive to us tonight: I noticed on the way home today that the Heights Books space is being prepped for a new opening and asked the workers what was coming. They told me that Ricky’s next door is opening a temp Halloween […]

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