Sources have confirmed with CrownHeights.info that several suspects have just been taken in for questioning in connection with the brutal murder of Williamsburg landlord Menachem Stark. No formal arrests or charges have yet been made.
Young Dovid Friedman, son of Chasidic singing sensation Benny Friedman, was welcomed into the covenant of Avraham Avinu this morning at a ceremony in the simcha hall of Lubavitcher Yeshiva. To his left is his grandfather, renowned author and lecturer Rabbi Manis Friedman, and to his right is his great uncle, Chasidic singing superstar Avraham Fried.
Police in Calgary are investigating anti-Semitic graffiti that was scrawled on the exterior of a local Chabad Center. A swastika was spray-painted on the center, located in the largest city in the Canadian province of Alberta.
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin speaks at a Bar Mitzvah for the orphans of heroes of the Israel Defense Forces in Kfar Chabad, circa late 1970s.
About 300 Chabad Shluchim from all over Eretz Yisroel gathered Monday for an evening of inspiration in honor of the 28th of Nissan, the day the Rebbe told his Chasidim to do all they can to being about the redemption.
Gennady Kernes, the mayor of Kharkov, Ukraine, who was critically wounded in an assassination attempt Monday, has been flown by emergency medical airlift to Israel for ongoing treatment.
Residents of Crown Heights and other parts of the city have been steadily trickling in to explore The Creative Soul, an art gallery that recently opened its doors. The exhibition is located at The Mayan Center, a newly renovated community space on Kingston Ave.
A 19-year old boy named Chaim Stern leaned over the railing of the ship he was traveling on. Nearly two years before, he had left his homeland of Czechoslovakia to escape persecution from the spreading Nazi threat. Now, as he reached British held Israel, the ship, full of refugees like himself, was turned around because they did not have the right documentation.
Multiple New York hospitals received the dubious distinction of being among the least safe health care institutions in the country, according to a new study by Consumer Reports. Among them: Crown Heights’ Kings County Hospital and nearby Brookdale Hospital.
A group of six vocally gifted friends in Teaneck, NJ joined and formed an a cappella group, which they named Shir Soul. They filmed their debut music video, Adon Olam, at the Chabad Center of Teaneck.
A report in the Daily Mail, a UK newspaper, says that foreign investors from Europe, Australia and Israel are buying up houses in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Crown Heights, Bed-Stuy and Bushwick almost as soon as they are put up for sale.
With great sadness and shock we inform you of the passing of Rochel Omer, daughter of Rabbi Shmuel Omer, may he be well, a Chabad Shliach in the region of Samaria in the West Bank, Israel. She was 27 years old.
Florida Governor Rick Scott joined Chabad of Tallahassee on the eve of the first night of Pesach “pre-Seder” event hosted by Rabbi Schneur and Chanie Oirechman. Joined by 70 Florida State University (FSU) students, Governor Scott had the opportunity to participate in a “pre-enactment” of the ritual Seder dinner, which was hosted later that evening when the holiday began at sunset.
Over 12,000 people from 42 countries participated today in the March of the Living, walking in a procession from Auschwitz to Birkenau to commemorate the more than 1 million victims of the infamous death camp, and the 6 million Jewish victims of the holocaust.
A Crown Heights resident on his way home from work Sunday evening had a harrowing experience when a man attempted to carjack his vehicle as he was driving through the Bronx. The driver then filmed a dramatic scene unfold as the attacker attempted to break into several other vehicles, one of which he clung to for almost nine miles along a busy highway.
The students of Miami’s Lubavitch Educational Center got a real-life experience in what it means to help members of their community. This year, Purim’s mitzvah of matanos l’evyonim and Pesach’s mitzvah of ma’os chitim were tied into one.
The parents of Zlati Sharfstein, OBM, who tragically passed away last month at the age of 53, will mark their daughter’s Shloshim with an evening of remembrance and inspiration.
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