Rabbi Chaim and Sora Jacobs, senior Chabad Shluchim to Scotland for over 45 years, were interviewed yesterday on the popular daily BBC Radio Program ‘Macaulay & Co’. The producers were looking to speak to a married couple who work together every day of their lives, and the Shluchim fit the bill perfectly.
I almost missed the entrance to 353 Bowery. A narrow door sandwiched between a large 7/11 and another storefront gives pedestrians no clue about what’s happening on the inside.
About a month and a half ago, CrownHeights.info published an article about Alexander Imich, a 111-year-old holocaust survivor and his rediscovery of his Jewish heritage thanks to Coney Island Shliach Rabbi Pinny Marozov. As of yesterday, Alexander has been confirmed to be the oldest man in the world.
Oholei Torah, the largest Jewish boys’ school in Crown Heights, has for the first time in years appointed a Board of Directors that will be tasked with overseeing the school’s finances and important decision making.
A bill aimed at expanding Florida’s tax scholarship program, which provides funds for low-income families to attend the school of their choice, including sectarian schools, passed that state’s legislature on Friday and is awaiting the signature of Gov. Rick Scott.
When fire destroyed the home of Rabbi Chaim and Yocheved Boyarsky on April 2, 2014, leaving them and their five children homeless, one of their first concerns – once they knew everyone was safe – was for the students who would be counting on them for Passover meals.
CrownHeights.info has obtained hair-raising footage from the driver of a Crown Heights school bus, which depicts the moment a 2-year-old child ran across the street as the massive bus was barreling towards him.
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman stands with the chief rabbi and Shliach of Kiryat Gat and Sderot, Rabbi Moshe Havlin, at a ceremony on Israel’s Remembrance Day. Sderot is located near the Gaza border and is constantly under rocket fire from the Hamas controlled territory.
The fifth annual Maternal Wisdom Jewish Doula Training, a unique opportunity for women who aspire to help others during childbirth, takes place this month in Crown Heights.
The lead story of the May 6 edition of the New York Times began by saying “In a major decision on the role of religion in government, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Constitution allows town boards to start their sessions with sectarian prayers.” In writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy said that the prayers did not violate the Constitution because they were ceremonial and served to signal the solemnity of the occasion.
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