This afternoon, the students of Beis Rivkah’s Elementary and Head-start divisions were sent home early, while the staff-members stayed behind for a three-hour training seminar on the proper way to prepare for and respond to an active shooter situation.
A number of changes and transfer orders have come in the NYPD and among those changes will see the 71st Precinct getting a new commanding officer. Captain Norman Grandstaff, formerly the commander of the 69th Precinct will take the helm in place of Inspector George Fitzgibbon.
Alicia Boyd, founder of the Movement to Protect the People (MTOPP), an organization dedicated to fighting rezoning and development in Crown Heights, sent an e-mail to all members of Community Board-9 that contained some inflammatory language against Jews and white people, and which seemed to justify the Crown Heights riots of 1991. One recipient of the e-mail, board-member Yaacov Behrman, took it upon himself to respond.
A number of city and state politicians alongside a group of law enforcement officials were honored this morning at a “Legislative Brunch” in Crown Heights.
The NYPD’s 71st Precinct held its monthly community meeting Thursday evening, which was attended by dozens of members of the Crown Heights Jewish Community eager to hear of any developments regarding the stabbing of a newlywed young Jewish man on Empire Boulevard the previous week.
On Friday, inspectors with the New York City Department of Buildings, the Fire Department and uniformed police officers served vacate orders on 14 ‘rooms’ inside of 749 Eastern Parkway due to dangerous conditions with the buildings structure and overcrowding.
Young activists and entrepreneurs from the Jewish community met for the first time with Assemblywoman Diana Richardson, who represents Crown Heights in the New York State Assembly. Among the topics discussed were affordable housing, traffic and the recent stabbing of a young Jewish man.
A day after the shocking stabbing of a young Hasidic man in Crown Heights, elected officials gathered for a press conference and denounced the horrific and random attack.
Speaking at a press conference in Crown Heights, the mother of the stabbing victim, Mrs. Rivkah Brikman, called on police to apprehend the attacker and thanked G-d that her son was not killed.
Today, the 30th of Shvat, marks 10 years to the cold-blooded murder of Efraim Klein, HYD, a well known and loved member of the Crown Heights Jewish community. The investigation into his murder has long since gone cold.
Over the weekend of Chof Beis Shvat a Kinus for young women ran parallel to the Kinus Hashluchos with programming specific for still unmarried young women. One of the highlight sessions was given by Rabbi Shea Hecht titled “13 Secrets of Successful Dating” in dealing with today’s Shidduch crisis.
In a fiery speech at a recent event in Lakewood, businessman and noted philanthropist Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz derided a phenomenon which he called “a man-made and self-made problem” regarding education. He called out the schools and asked “do you think these children are stupid?”
A man in his 50’s out shoveling snow after this weekend’s blizzard, suddenly collapsed. Hatzalah was called and with the help of a Shomrim volunteer together they managed to resuscitate him.
Members of Oholei Torah’s faculty received a comprehensive training course this morning on the necessary steps to be taken if an active-shooting situation rises on campus, r”l.
Administrators and principals from over 130 schools gathered at the Tiferes Mordechai Ballroom to hear from top NYPD officials and FBI regarding urgent measures that need to be taken to secure local schools from terrorism and active shooter situations.
A months-old rift between the administration of Oholei Torah and their board of directors became public this morning when students’ parents awoke to find a flurry of e-mails from both sides awaiting in their inboxes.
Recently, after admitting that they finally “lost complete control” over the 749 Eastern Parkway dormitory, the United Lubavitcher Yeshiva administration decided to pay off the electric bill and close the account with Con-Edison. A few weeks later, the electrical service was physically disconnected, and the power was off for nearly a week – until Sunday night.
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