Temperatures in Crown Heights plunged last night into single digits, but that did not stop a determined resident from chasing him down, barefoot and in pajamas, calling Shomrim and together apprehending a burglar he witnessed inside his car.
One person was hurt when the minivan he was driving was struck by a FDNY ambulance that was responding to an emergency. Hatzalah and Shomrim gave assistance and made a big Kiddush Hashem in the process.
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Oholei Torah’s younger division, grades Pre-1a through 2nd, held their annual father and son Melava Malka and Farbrengen which coincided with Hey Teves. The students enjoyed musical entertainment, prizes and a special program in honor Hey Teves.
Chicago Shliach Rabbi Baruch Hertz along with his wife Chanie and a few of their children walk 5.5 miles on Shabbos in order to serve two congregations, one in Lakeview and the other in West Rogers Park. A DNAInfo/Chicago reporter tagged along one Shabbos and prepared an inspiring story on what he witnessed.
With the opening last week of the new Ten Yad Jewish Center in São Paulo, Brazil, the much adored tradition of Chanukah Gelt has taken an enormous leap. Until recently, Ten Yad’s acclaimed soup kitchen fed the hungry; now the social services arm of Chabad of São Paulo is providing access to the kinds of benefits that will raise the quality of life for the city’s struggling Jewish population.
Avrohom and Zeldy Brashevitzky (Doral, FL)
I was not molested as a child, yet a number of close friends were. Boruch Hashem, the perpetrators are locked up. The tide has turned, and molestation is no longer tolerated, nor swept under the rug. Yet, there are some real questions that no one seems willing to address in a meaningful way.
Over Chanukah, the children who spent last summer at Camp Gan Yisroel in Parksville, NY were delighted to find a special Chanukah edition of the CGI Newsletter awaiting each of them in their respective mail boxes.
On Sunday, the fifth night of Chanukah, the second annual public Menorah lighting in Kanata – a suburb of Ottawa – was dedicated in memory of Rabbi Mordechai Berger, OBM, the Rebbe’s first Shliach to Canada’s capital city.
About a thousand children and parents from various communities of Montreal participated in the 41st annual Chanukah Spectacular & Carnival at Beth Rivkah.
Remember that feeling when you saw something you’ve only heard about for the first time in your life? Remember the emotion? It’s a pretty cool moment, isn’t it?
Chabad of Canberra, Australia’s Capital Territory, lit a public six foot Menorah erected at Westfield Belconnen in the presence of hundreds of people. It was followed by a community-wide celebration kicking off the first night of Chanukah.
Yisroel and Nechama Dina (nee Stern) Zilberstrom (Crown Heights)
With sadness we inform you of the passing this morning of Mrs. Chana Reizel Rabin, OBM, of Edgware, London, UK.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Chaim Miller will lead a discussion on the topic: Is It Okay to Be Fat?
A grand menorah lighting and olive oil tasting took place at the Whole Foods in Berkeley, CA, on the seventh night of Chanukah.
Levi and Avremel Piekarski of Crown Heights’ Bais Shmuel go every Sunday to put on Tefillin with seniors at an adult daycare center in Canarsie. This Chanukah, the brothers, joined by other Beis Shmuel congregants and their families, made a party attended by about 200 of the seniors, where they distributed Menorahs and doughnuts and danced to live music.
During Chanukah, the tireless and dedicated Released Time instructors visits the homes of their students, bringing the joy and beauty of Chanukah not just to the students who attend their classes but to their entire family. In total, more than 700 families were visited.
Almost a year after the U.S District Court ordered that books taken from the Chabad Library be returned to Agudas Chasidei Chabad, they were finally brought back.
A young teenage Jewish girl was the victim of an assault in Crown Heights Thursday evening. The perpetrator, a Black teenager riding a scooter, groped the girl and sped off.
Dov and Chanie Landa
734 Lefferts Ave. [between Troy and Schenectady Aves.]
Shaya and Marissa Rochester
352 Crown St. [corner New York Ave.]
Shimon and Mushky (nee Goldberg) Schechter
370 Brooklyn Ave. [between Carrol and Crown Sts.]
Reuven and Rivka (nee Goldstein) Roth
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