The residents of a Crown Heights apartment building recently noticed that some of their mail was going missing from their mailboxes. This coincided with several instances of identity theft among the building’s residents, with fraudulent transactions worth tens of thousands of dollars – all of which were a huge headache and took many hours of effort to resolve.
Does the above innocuous photograph of a boy wearing Tefilin look familiar to you? If not, try covering up the photo below the pencil line drawn across it… how about now? The upper portion of this photo, depicting the proper placement of the Tefilin Shel Rosh, appears in the back of almost every old print of Siddur Tehilas Hashem, as well as several other Lubavitch publications.
Two beautiful wooden gazebos were recently donated by Hershey Chitrik and his mother Slava to Gan Yisroel-Parksville in loving memory of Shmuel ben R’ Aaron Chitrik, OBM, a former staff-member in camp who passed away on the 20th of Tammuz during the summer of 1987.
Yesterday afternoon, the anti-child-abuse organization Jewish Community Watch launched a fundraising campaign in anticipation of the relaunching of their website, with the goal of raising $100,000 in 24 hours. Barely halfway through the day, the funds were already raised.
Update: With only minutes to spare, JCW Has achieved their secondary goal of raising $150,000.
An exciting and tasty barbecue graced East 22nd Street and Avenue I in Flatbush, in front of the home of Pinny and Yaffa Rand, yesterday, July 23rd. The event was for the benefit the Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society and their assistance to cancer-stricken patients in the Flatbush and Crown Heights communities.
Last week, a Crown Heights Jewish woman awoke in middle of the night to find a stranger standing in her bedroom. Though terrified, the woman remained calm and demanded that the stranger leave. Thankfully, the man obeyed.
“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 proudly presents a new weekly feature for the summer months, in which a few words of the Rebbe on topic of Tznius will be presented for our readers, as compiled by Rabbi Seligson.
Campers and staff at Gan Yisroel-Parksville had a wonderful time on their trip to Lake Compounce, the oldest, continuously-operating amusement park in North America, founded in 1846!
Leibel and Sheva (nee Naparstek) Greenbaum (Crown Heights)
This past Friday Night, Chabad at the Shore hosted a Friday Night Dinner to honor members of the Community who served in the Israel Defense Forces. 16 individuals from the Greater Atlantic City area were honored by Chabad, and more than 120 participated in the event.
Safety on the Brooklyn Bridge was called into question Tuesday when two white flags appeared on the top of the structure’s towers. An NYPD investigation is ongoing, CBS News’ Michelle Miller reports.
Early this morning, Wednesday, a few IDF soldiers being treated in the hospital after they were wounded in the recent anti-terror operation in Gaza remarked to visitors that their Tefilin has been lost or destroyed while they were under attack.
As the first session of the summer comes to a close, the campers and staff of Gan Yisroel in Parksville, NY gathered together this morning to pose for a group portrait.
Velvel Tiefenbrun (London, England) and Mussie Greenfeld (Crown Heights)
Chaim and Nechama (nee Estrin) Hershkowitz (Crown Heights)
Dr. Shlomo and Dr. Philippa Newfield are sitting Shiva after the passing of their mother, Ruth, OBM, at 670 Crown St. [between Troy and Schenectady Aves.] until Monday morning. Shacharis: 8:00am. Mincha: 8:00pm. Maariv: 8:50pm. At the family’s request, please refrain … Continued
Tens of thousands of mourners paid their final respects to Sgt. Max Steinberg, a slain IDF ‘lone soldier’ who was laid to rest on Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem this morning, Wednesday.
Chaim and Nechama (nee Estrin) Hershkowitz (Crown Heights)
Mendy and Chaya Mushka (nee Moscowitz) Hecht (Prospect Heights, NY)
Anna Kroll sighs with relief. She’s grateful for the opportunity to care for her month-old daughter in the comfort and quiet of the Chabad-run old age home in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, where she has found refuge. The Lugansk native watched her hometown erupt in violence over the past few months. Recently, as the situation grew more dangerous, she escaped with her extended family and newborn to Eastern Ukraine’s largest Jewish community, where she was welcomed with open arms.
Shloimy and Mirele (nee Kugel) Greenwald (Crown Heights)
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Masei. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one make this world into G-d’s home?