Photos: Carnival Day at CGI-Parksville
The campers at CGI-Parksville were treated to an amazing carnival yesterday, Tuesday, featuring game booths created by each of the camp’s bunks.
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DOT Agrees to Relent on Bus Lane Ticketing Blitz
The NYC Department of Transportation has issued a reprieve to the many drivers who received multiple tickets for driving in the bus only lanes along the B44 Special Bus Route on Nostrand, Rogers and Bedford Avenues, some of which were for violations that occurred as much as four months ago.
Developers Wish They Could Build More in Crown Heights
Developers seek to convert warehouses zoned for commercial use to residential units.
Crown Heights is one of the fastest — if not the fastest — gentrifying neighborhoods in New York City, and the building of condos and rentals there can be a very profitable endeavor. However, due to various zoning ordinances that predate the surging demand for housing, developers are frustrated by empty warehouses in areas zoned for commercial use that cannot be converted to residential units, as well as many other building restrictions.
First Jewish Refugee Camp Opens in Ukraine
Jewish refugees from Lugansk and surrounding towns arrive at a family refugee camp in the western city of Zhitomer, organized by Rabbi Sholom Gopin, Lugansk’s rabbi and the director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Lugansk.
When Tatyana fled the beleaguered eastern Ukrainian city of Lugansk late last week, she felt relieved just to have made it out alive.
Y.G. Marks Rosh Yeshiva’s 40th Year with New Sefer
In honor of 4 Menachem Av, which marks the 40th year (5734-74) since the arrival of the Rosh Yeshivah of the Rabbinical College of Australia & New Zealand (Y.G. – Melbourne), Rabbi Binyomin Cohen, The students of the Yeshivah published a Sefer of Chidushei Torah (Vol. 20), consistent with the Rebbe’s directive that the Yeshivah Gedolah be a centre of Torah learning for Melbourne, and all of Australia.
Video: A Brief Version of the Truth
60 seconds. That’s the amount of time Hamas leaves Israeli citizens to get into a shelter. It doesn’t take more than those 60 seconds to explain the middle east conflict.
Photos: Camp Draws to a Close in Lyon, France
A successful season of Camp Gan Israel in Lyon, France drew to a close earlier this week. More than 350 campers attended, a large percentage of whom are students at non-Jewish schools.
Stropkover Rebbe Visits Melbourne Chabad Center
There was a buzz in the air at Chabad of Melbourne’s Central Business District this Tuesday: the Stropkover Rebbe would be addressing frum city professionals. Some eager attendees took off work or traveled from afar to be present.
Baby Boy!
Yossi and Rivka (nee Maltz) Freeman (Crown Heights)
Video: Transforming Intellect
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Devorim. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Can we transform our intellect?
New Engagement!
Yitzy Blachman (Crown Heights) and Rochie Carciente (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Miki (Michal) Glazer (Florida/Kiryat Malachi, Israel) and Leah Pekkar (Pittsburgh, PA)
The Rebbe’s Call for Summertime Tznius, Pt. 2
“Prior to the summer, the Rebbe would – almost annually – discuss the topic of Tznius,” says Oholei Torah Mashpia Rabbi Michoel Seligson. At his suggestion, CrownHeights.info has begun a new weekly feature for the summer months, in which a few words of the Rebbe on topic of Tznius are presented for our readers, as compiled by Rabbi Seligson.
Chabad Campaign Sweeps Through Israel: ‘With G-d’s Help, We Will Prevail’
Lubavitchers put on Tefilin with Israelis in Tel Aviv. Behind them are banners proclaiming "With G‑d’s help, we will prevail." Photo: Shturem.net.
“With G‑d’s help, we will prevail” is a line popping up all over Israel: on banners hanging from porches, on the covers of information brochures, on the glossy packages of Shabbat candles—and just about anywhere else Chabad volunteers are able to reach.
Library Books Spreading Bed Bugs?
The Crown Heights branch of the Brooklyn Public Library.
This past weekend, Shloime Klein, a Crown Heights resident, borrowed a book from the Maple St. Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. When he opened the book, he was shocked to find it crawling with ‘stage three’ bed bugs.
Crossfire: Tackling the Big Jewish Questions
Torah Cafe presents another enriching and thought-provoking episode of Crossfire! from the National Jewish Retreat of 2013. Moderated by former television personality Mrs. Molly Resnick, this crossfire addresses numerous topics and questions in a light-hearted and humorous exchange.
Campers Build Model Bais Hamikdosh
Today, in honor of the nine days, the campers of Bais Rivkah Day Camp were privileged to build a model Bais Hamikdash, assisted by Shimon Frankel of The Mikdash Educational Center.
Picture of the Day: “Bad Guy” Does Good Deed
On a recent trip, CGI-Simcha Monica visited America’s first theme park – Knotts Berry Farm. The night before the trip, the staff-members were tipped off about a Jewish worker with whom they should try to put on Tefilin. But they were warned that it would be a challenge: He was one of the “bad guys,” the actors who would regularly “rob” guests on the train which travels throughout the park.
Baby Girl!
Zvi Yaakov and Chanie (nee Barber) Zwiebel (Blacksburg, VA)
The Doula Extraordinaire of Crown Heights
by Chaya Bar-Chaim
Rochel Vail helped birth more than 2,000 babies.
It was not quite 6 a.m. on July 13, 1981, when the phone rang in Rochel Vail’s upstate summer bungalow. Her friend’s frantic husband was on the line. His wife was in labor, and his car had broken down. Would Vail drive them the three hours to the hospital in New York City?
Chabad Distributes iPads to Wounded Soldiers
Today, volunteers for the Chabad Terror Victims Project distributed iPads to wounded IDF soldiers, who were very grateful and appreciative to receive them. They will enable the soldiers to stay in touch with family and friends, as well as use other programs to help them through what in some cases is going to be long and painful hospitalizations and rehabilitation.
Doctors Call Out Medical Journal’s Anti-Israel Bias
The Lancet, a distinguished medical journal, recently published an anti-Israel diatribe in the form of an open letter signed by 24 physicians, accusing the Jewish state of committing ‘crimes against humanity.’