Ticket Writing in Crown Heights Up 88%
Ticket writing by the NYPD in Crown Heights has spiked considerably under the De Blasio administration, data released by the Police Department shows.
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Cop Injured in Utica Ave Shooting Honored
Rookie police officer James Li, who was shot while apprehending a fare-skipper, was honored at this month’s 71st Precinct Council Meeting. Also honored was the officers partner and two FDNY EMT’s who came to the injured officers aid.
Video: A Cup of Blessing, 1967
In this unique vintage-color video from JEM, the Rebbe can be seen distributing Kos Shel Brocha to thousands of gathered Chassidim on Motzei Pesach, 1967.
4 Arrested in Connection with Williamsburg Assault
Taj Patterson not long after the attack.
The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Unit has arrested four members of the Williamsburg Hassidic community in connection with the beating of an African-American man last December. Additional arrests are expected.
Hundreds Attend Seder at CSU
Over 200 students, faculty members and local residents gathered at Colorado State University in Fort Collins for an inspiring Pesach Seder with Chabad that lasted late into the night.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Chana Winter, 43, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Chana Winter (nee Gurevitch), a young mother from Crown Heights. She was 43 years old. The Levaya will take place today, Wednesday.
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Baruch Shalom and Batsheva (nee Chaikin) Davidson (Crown Heights)
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Benny and Chanale (nee Gopin) Friedman (Crown Heights).
Donetsk Rabbi: ‘Registration’ Leaflets a Hoax
It was the second night of Passover, and the evening prayers had just concluded at the Beis Menachem Mendel Synagogue in Donetsk, Ukraine. Hundreds of worshippers in this border city with Russia were milling around, waiting for the second night’s community Passover seder to begin.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: R’ Chaim Menachem Tiechtel, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Chaim Menachem Tiechtel, OBM, a veteran Chosid and member of the Chabad community in the holy city of Jerusalem.
Memorial to Rebbe’s Murdered Brother Defaced
A memorial to the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s younger brother, R’ Dovber Shneerson, OBM, who was murdered by the Nazis YMS in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, was defaced with swastikas – the latest in a string of anti-Semitic incidents in the pro-Russian eastern half of the country.
Info to Be Menachem Avel Reb Yerachmiel Schneider
Reb Yerachmiel Schneider is sitting Shiva after the passing of his father, Shraga Feivish, OBM, at 1325 Union St. [corner New York Ave.] Apt. #3 until Thursday Evening. Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion V’yerushalaim.
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Menachem and Faigy (nee Schapiro) Schechter (Chicago, IL)
500th Weekly Edition of ‘Living Torah’ a Milestone
In 2004, the Jewish Education Media (JEM) "Living Torah" project shifted from VHS tapes, shown here, to DVD.
On a crisp September morning in 2001, terrorists hijacked and slammed two airplanes into the World Trade Center’s twin towers in Lower Manhattan. Just miles away, Rabbi Elkana Shmotkin, executive director of JEM (Jewish Education Media), was hard at work on a new project.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe distributing Kos Shel Brocho, circa mid 1980s.
Alternate Side Parking Suspended Monday and Tuesday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Monday and Tuesday, April 21-22 for Passover. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Toronto Salutes Rebbe with Mitzvah Tank Parade
In honor of Yud Alef Nissan, the Rebbe’s birthday, nine Mitzvah Tanks paraded through the streets of the Greater Toronto Area, bringing awareness of Pesach to thousands of Jews.
Students Rewarded with Trip to Trampoline Park
For a full month, each student of 7th and 8th grades of Lubavitcher Yeshiva-Crown St. gained and achieved on his own level with personal Hachlotos in honor of the Rebbe’s birthday. As a celebration of their tremendous success, the Talmidim were treated with a visit to the largest Trampoline Park in the world.
Another Synagogue Firebombed in Ukraine
File photo: The main synagogue of Nikolayev, Ukraine.
At around 2:00am Shabbos morning, two Molotov cocktails were lobbed at a synagogue in Nikolayev, located in the southeast of Ukraine, amid rising tensions between the country’s ethnic Russians and the newly instated pro-western government in Kiev.
Ottawa Shlucha Receives Governor General’s Award
Mrs. Devora Caytak receives the Governor General's Caring Award.
On Monday April 6, Mrs. Devora Caytak was among 46 Canadians who received the Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award for reaching out to others. Established in 1995 by then governor general Roméo LeBlanc, the award celebrates ordinary Canadians who do extraordinary things helping those in need.
4 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Dovid Leib and Itty (nee Barber) Marasow
712 Empire Blvd. [between Albany and Troy Aves.]
Chaim and Aidel (nee Blau) Zaklos
852 Eastern Pkwy. [between Kingston and Albany Aves.]
Dudi and Bella (nee Pinson) Alroy
1466 President St. [between Kingston and Albany Aves.]
Zushe and Chaya (nee Aizenman) Wilmowsky
1522 President St. [between Albany and Troy Aves.]
Jews in Eastern Ukrainian City Told to ‘Register’
A notice was posted on the door of the main Synagogue of Donetsk, Ukraine, and similar flyers appeared elsewhere in the city, demanding that all Jews appear at the pro-Russian-rebel-controlled municipal headquarters to ‘register’ and pay a fee, or else they would be forcibly deported.