65-Year-Old Arrested for Crown Heights Stabbing
Viera Rodriguez, a 65-year-old man, was arrested for stabbing another man in Crown Heights Sunday morning after a heated argument broke out between them.
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Eber’s Tishrei Liquor and Wine Sale
Video: The Rebbe and the Rav
Over 700 people gathered Wednesday night, April 30th, at Yeshiva University’s Lamport Audtorium for an event titled ‘Living the Legacy of the Rebbe and the Rav,’ which explored the relationship between the Lubavitcher Rebbe and Rav Y. B. Soleveichik.
Need a Shidduch? Devorah Benjamin Has an Idea!
On Yud daled Kislev a couple of years ago an idea was born: for a nominal fee of $100, Devorah Benjamin of KSCVK will take your name, the name of your child, friend or relative and daven at the Ohel for a shidduch. The money will go straight to KSCVK’s fund for Crown Heights Chassanim and Kallos.
Inspirational Shabbaton for Florida High School Girls
Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, directed by Shluchim Rabbi Yitzchok and Nechamie Minkowicz, hosted 25 Girls from the Rohr Bais Chaya Mushka High School for a beautiful and inspiring Shabbaton.
“Honoring Ima” in Orange County Hebrew School
At the Chabad Hebrew School of Orange County, NY, directed by Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston, mothers and students beaded, giggled, squeezed and celebrated on Mother’s Day.
Kehot Releases The Art of Giving
Kehot Publication Society has just released The Art of Giving, a discourse on tzedakah, as part of the acclaimed Chasidic Heritage Series.
Video: Mother’s Day on Ave. J
Is Mother’s Day one day or every day? What do Frum Jews do to celebrate Mother’s Day? Is Mother’s Day a Jewish concept or a made-up secular holiday. Join Moshe Kravitsky as he journeys around Flatbush for TheCoolJew.com to get answers to all these questions.
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Wednesday: Bikur Cholim Bus to the Ohel
This Pesach Sheini, Bikur Cholim of Crown Heights invites all women of the community to join its volunteers, families of patients and friends of the organization on a group trip to the Ohel, where they will unite in prayer for the health of the members of our community who so desperately need our prayers.
Chabad of Northeast London Celebrates 30 Years
A crowd of some 300 strong gathered in Essex, UK, last week for “Celebration 30,” paying tribute to Rabbi Aryeh Sufrin MBE and his wife Devorah for their 30 years of shlichus and community service.
Great Parade Takes Released Time by Storm
The Released Time program is gearing up in a very big way for this year’s great parade. Hundreds of Jewish public school children and their Released Time teachers are in high-gear and driven to really make this year’s Lag Ba’omer Parade an unforgettable one, as it’ll be the last time Lag Ba’omer coincides with a Sunday in four years.
Hundreds Attend Lectures on Kabbalah and Chassidus
Last week, over 700 people participated in the ‘Jewish Spirituality’ lectures delivered by Chabad couple Rabbi Eyal Riess and his wife Mrs. Nathalie Riess of Tzfat. The lectures were held in several Jewish communities of South Florida: Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Jupiter and more.
Rabbi Yitzchok Schmukler, co-director of Chabad of the Bay Area with his wife, Malky, stands in front of the aron kodesh with the Torah he received on long-term loan, as his daughter Mushkie looks on.
No Torahs on Mars Yet, but One Small Step Closer
You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to live in League City, Texas. But it doesn’t hurt.
Moscow Jews Join Red Square Victory Day Parade
Amid the “Victory Day” celebrations in Moscow on May 9th, 69 years after the surrender of Nazi Germany, Chief Rabbi of Russia Rabbi Berel Lazar led a delegation of Jewish WWII veterans and members of the local Jewish community to the Red Square to participate in the celebrations.
Daphna Beerdsen was a regular at the Phnom Penh Chabad Center and a close acquaintance of Shliach to Cambodia Rabbi Bentzion Butman.
Jewish Mother, Daughter Killed in Cambodia
Daphna Beerdsen, a Dutch Jewish woman living in Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia, was found slain in her apartment along with her 19-month-old daughter on April 28. Rabbi Bentzion Butman, Shliach to Cambodia and a close acquaintance of the deceased, spoke to the media about Daphna’s unique positive character and the community’s “incredible loss.”
Fire Breaks Out in Crown Heights High-Rise
A fire broke out this morning in Crown Heights’ largest apartment complex, the Fieldbridge buildings, located on Bedford Ave. and Montgomery St.
Police Promise Presence at Parade
With preparations for this year’s Lag Ba’omer Parade well underway, lead parade coordinator Rabbi Shimon Hecht, met again with New York’s finest to discuss safety and logistics for this upcoming event.
Lottery to Be Held for Low-Rent Apartments
A new condo complex that was recently completed in Crown Heights is offering several apartments at steeply discounted rates, as part of the city’s Low Income Marketplace Program (LAMP).
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