A group of activists are planning a march in Crown Heights to raise “awareness and change for Jewish wives who are ‘chained’.” According to organizers this march is in response to a so-called “crisis in our community.”
Mrs. Rivka Kehaty, the mother of Nadiv Kehaty OBM wrote a heartfelt letter of thanks during the Shiva for her son. “I dont know if this is an appropriate thing to do during shiva… but I could not let everything being done for Nadiv’s wife and children go by with silence from us.” Read the full letter in the Extended Article.
Last night the world suddenly and unexpectedly lost an incredible man with a special soul. A kind and giving father, husband, and son who was full of love and laughter. Nadiv Kehaty OBM leaves behind his wife and four children and the community of Itchkes Shteibel launched a fund to help with the family’s immediate expenses. Over $90,000 already raised!!
A tutor working in boy’s schools in Crown Heights was arrested last week and charged with a number of heinous crimes, including child molestation and endangerment. Neighborhood schools release statements on his arrest.
Sunday, Yud Adar, marks one year to the sudden and shocking passing of Rashi Minkowicz, a young mother and Shlucha, who was well known and loved by all who knew her. In her memory many of the programs she conducted at her Chabad House were continued in her memory around the world.
A dangerous criminal that was on a violent spree was captured this week and the officers involved in his capture were honored at the precinct council meeting.
With the ongoing goal of improving the security and safety of the 1,850 students of Oholei Torah and their teachers, a meeting was arranged between the City Hall Community Affairs Department and the administration of Oholei Torah, the Flagship school of Chabad Lubavitch.
After spending more than a week on the run, the Kutsy family has been located, and after negotiating with authorities they have turned themselves and their children in. The kids were taken to a hospital for evaluation and are reported to be in good health B”H.
Crown Heights Shomrim and the NYPD have begun an extensive search for a missing family who have not been heard from or seen since January 31st 2015. Authorities are seeking information regarding the whereabouts of the Kutsy family along with their two daughters.
UPDATE: The family has been located and they have turned themselves in.
Four Crown Heights Shomrim Volunteers were among the most recent graduates of the NYPD’s Citizens Police Academy, a special 14-week course in which participants are trained to acquire a wide range of skills in community policing, such as identifying gang members and hostage rescue procedures.
Yitzchak Shuchat, a Jewish man who was accused of assaulting an African-American man in Crown Heights back in 2008, has plead guilty to assault. As part of a plea deal, all racial bias charges against him have been dropped.
A dispute between two Washington, DC, area Shluchim that ended up in secular courts has escalated, as a judge issued an injunction barring a Shliach from operating on and within one mile of the George Washington University campus. Hopes for an 11th-hour peace accord were dashed as the case moves forward.
Also: Editorial reason for suspending the original article inside.
Police officials and representatives of Merkos met this morning to discuss yesterday’s incident where Levi Rosenblat, a 22 year-old rabbinical student, was stabbed and critically injured. At the meeting police were thanked for their handling of the incident, and concern over copycat incident was raised.
Levi Rosenblat, the 22-year-old rabbinical student that was stabbed and critically injured early Tuesday morning in 770 Eastern Parkway, has awakened, is conscious and alert and has spoke with his parents late last night.
Levi Rosenblatt, the 22-year-old rabbinical student who was stabbed earlier this morning in the 770 Eastern Parkway synagogue, has been placed in an induced coma after doctors discovered internal bleeding that is putting pressure on his brain.
Update: Surgery performed successfully. Victim’s condition is improving and vitals are strong.
A dispute between two Shluchim in the Washington, DC, area has spilled out into court, and an ugly brawl over turf and territorial control is once again threatening the spread of yiddishkeit to the tens of thousands of Jewish students in the area.
A businessman’s initiative to give free coats to Crown Heights children inspired a fellow Lubavitcher to take similar action, donating 1,000 pairs of knit children’s gloves to be distributed free of charge.
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