Police have arrested Abraham Samotin, a 26 year old Jewish man from Crown Heights, for luring and committing a heinous assault against a 5-year-old girl – the very same day he was released from jail after an arrest for felony burglary.
James Vincent, the man who was arrested in connection with the brutal and hate-fueled attack on Menachem Moskowitz nearly a month ago, was indicted today on a litany of charges including strangulation and assault as a hate crime. He faces up to 25 years in prison.
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A construction worker suffered injuries after falling into a hole at a construction site on Carroll Street.
Aaron Feinblum (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Devora Feiglin (Melbourne, Australia)
Anash in Montreal partook in a Kinus Torah on Isru Chag Shavuos, inline with the instruction from the Rebbe to hold such gatherings. Rabbi Ayeh Leib Kaplan delivered a discourse on the topic of Kiddushin.
A man was arrested after going on an anti-Semitic tirade, threatening to “kill all the Jews”, spitting and throwing rocks at Jewish women and children on Carroll Street in Crown Heights.
Operation Survival’s releases children’s safety video, “Inner Voice, Better Choice”, starring popular Jewish singer Eli Marcus, and students from local boys’ and girls’ schools.
On Friday afternoon a number of residents in a Crown Heights apartment building discovered that swastikas have been drawn on the doors to their apartments. The police have opened a hate crimes investigation.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of R’ Moshe Shuchat OBM, a longtime Crown Heights resident who prepared the Mikvah the Rebbe used for many years, He was 97 years old.
A new Torah learning initiative was started in the Central Marina Roscha Shul. “Yeshiva Hour” brings together community members, Anash, Shluchim, and the students of all four Chabad Yeshivos of Moscow, as well as the the city’s Jewish University students for three hours of learning together.
In honor of Shavuos we present a letter in which the Rebbe explains the importance of performing milah [circumcision] the Jewish way and its connection with the geyrus [conversion] process of the Jewish people – which began in Egypt on Pesach and concluded at Mount Sinai on Shavuos. The Rebbe’s emphasis on performing milah in accordance with all the details, including metzitza (which some misguided individuals object to) – is so relevant and speaks to us today as well. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
In the final chapter of the Tanya [kuntres acharon] the Alter Rebbe speaks about the laws of Shabbos and states that they can be divided into two categories; the external dimension and the internal one. There he explains the external dimension of Shabbos, are the laws which instruct us to refrain from doing anything on Shabbos that the Torah defines as work.
On the first night of Shavuos at the Besht, three renowned lecturers will lead discussions in Torah: 12:00am – Rabbi Mendy Hershkop: The lineage of Dovid and Moshiach; 1:00am – Rabbi Daniel Schonbuch, LMFT: Torah and Psychology ; 2:00am – Rabbi Aryeh Israeli: Matan Torah.
Akiva Steinmetz (S. Paulo, Brazil) and Mushky Sudak (Crown Heights)
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a photo of The Rebbe receiving and Aliya to the Torah.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations are suspended on Monday, May 21, 2018 for Shavuot. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
On Sunday, the first day of Shavuos, there will be various minyonim for Krias Hatorah and Aseres Hadibros around Crown Heights, which were arranged for women and children who cannot make it to Shul during Shachris.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of the month of Sivan and the Yomtov of Shavuos for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Hundreds of girls gathered in a beautifully decorated hall this past Tuesday – Rosh Chodesh Sivan. These young ladies were the Bais Rivkah volunteers of HOO, who help 110 families in Crown Heights.
Mendel Gross (Los Angeles, CA) and Avigayil Deveroli (Miami Beach, FL)
140 high school girls and their proud mothers came together at the JCM to salute the girls’ hard work and dedication to the Friendship Circle of Brooklyn. Beautiful decor and a delicious milchig buffet (setup by Chani Greenbaum Events) greeted the girls as they came in.