Video: Man Steals Pushka from Bagles N’ Greens
A man brazenly steals a charity box from the counter of Bagels N’ Greens in Flatbush.
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Tonight: Mikvah.org Presents Evening with Renowned Therapist
The Mikvah Organization/Mikvah.org will be presenting a complimentary evening out, featuring the inspiring Lisa Twersky, LCSW, renowned therapist, author and lecturer, beginning at 7:45pm tonight at United Lubavitcher Yeshiva-Crown St.
Fathers and Sons Unite for Melave Malka
In celebration of Hakhel, fathers and sons of Oholei Torah Mesivta gathered together this past Motzei Shabbos for a special Melave Malka.
JEM Appeals to Its Many Viewers for Support
After growing up in what he describes as a “New York Reform Jewish household,” Norman Frankel did not have extensive contact with Torah for most of his adult life. However, after attending High Holiday services at aChabad center near his home several years ago, he reintroduced many Jewish practices into daily living and is now embarking on an ambitious project to study the entire Talmud.
Video: Montana’s Champion Child
Meet Zeesy, Montana’s Children’s Miracle Network Champion Child for 2016.
Picture of the Day: Black Hats and Black Belts
European rabbis learn self-defense at a rabbinical conference hosted at the Chabad Center of Berlin earlier this month.
Mothers and Daughters Unite to Celebrate Hakhel
Bais Chaya Mushka of Los Angeles celebrated Rosh Chodesh Adar Sheini in fantastic style with back-to-back Mother/Daughter and Hakhel gatherings.
Prosecutors: Stabbing Not a Hate Crime
The Brooklyn D.A.’s Office has dropped hate crime charges against Keny Rochelin, the 26-year-old man arrested for the stabbing of Leiby Brickman in Crown Heights one month ago and another two people in Prospect Park last week, saying the suspect is likely suffering from mental illness and didn’t stab Brikman because he is Jewish.
Chasidic Man Rescues Asian Woman from Jumping Off Brooklyn Bridge
A Chasidic man from Williamsburg is being hailed a hero after rescuing a 52-year-old Asian woman who attempted to jump off from the Brooklyn Bridge Monday morning, witnesses said.
250+ Kidney Donors Gather in Borough Park
Close to 3,000 people turned out at Ateres Chaya on Motzei Shabbos for a dinner honoring over twenty dozen Orthodox Jewish men and women who donated kidneys through Renewal, a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting people suffering from various forms of kidney disease.
Photo: Pascal Dumont / Outremont Hassid
Montreal Borough Outlaws Purim Tradition
Chasidic Jews in the Montreal borough of Outremont are left wondering whether they will be able to celebrate Purim as usual this year, after the borough began to enforce an ordinance banning a cherished Purim tradition.
Music Video: Benny Sings ‘Libi’
Be inspired by this powerful ballad, originally performed by Shuki Sadon and composed, produced, and arranged by Udi Damari, truly reflects the resilience and hope we have as a united people during these difficult times. The Blue Melody orchestra and Benny Friedman came together to bring you this emotional and stirring rendition of “Libi.”
Community Marks 10-Year Study of Shulchan Aruch
It took 10 years, but a small but dedicated group in Kingston, N.Y., recently completed the study of the entire Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, the popular abridgement of the “Code of Jewish Law” authored by Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried, the 19th-century rabbi of Ungvar, Hungary (now Uzhgorod, Ukraine).
8:00pm: Does G-d Need Us?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 107, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Does G-d Need Us? How Did the Rebbe Address Disagreements? Why Does Chabad Make Such a Big Deal of the Rebbe? Women Contn’d; Is Resignation or Berating Oneself Ever Acceptable?
91-Year-Old Survivor Mesmerizes Colorado Audience
For 55 years, Albert Rosa would not speak about the Holocaust. Eventually, his grown children convinced him to share his story, and when told publicly, the 91-year-old’s account of fighting and survival captivates and inspires those who hear it.
Big Wrap Message: Live as Proud Jews
Doug Ross is the chairman of Birthright Israel’s Atlanta Regional Council and serves on the national board of the Birthright Israel Foundation, and he’s active in AIPAC because he sees the combination of the United States, Israel and the Jewish people as “the greatest force for good in the world.” But for much of his life, Ross told an Atlanta audience at Chabad-Intown’s first ‘Big Wrap,’ he has hidden his Judaism.
Rent in Crown Heights Up 8% Since Last Year
Despite relatively steady rental prices in Brooklyn overall, Crown Heights rents jumped almost 8 percent last year, a new real estate report found.
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