Sign Greeting Young Shluchim Destroyed
A sign welcoming the young Shluchim who traveled in to Crown Heights for the Kinus Tzeirei Hashluchim, was torn down and destroyed just a few hours after it was hung up.
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JCW Relaunches with New Website
After shuttering its website in back in February, followed by a successful crowd-funding campaign of over $150,000 in July, Jewish Community Watch has made good on its promise and launched a new and improved website dedicated to combating child abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community. Included in the new site is the organization’s controversial ‘Wall of Shame,’ bearing the names of 93 alleged child abusers, along with over 150 pages of educational material.
Assault Rifle and Drugs Found in Aliya Storage Area
A 911 call for ‘possible weapons’ inside of the building of the Aliya Institute lead police to discover a number of firearms, including an assault rifle, a hunting rifle and a pellet gun, as well as a large quantity of drugs.
Dispute Leads to Seforim Piling Up in 770
For a few days now, a sorry sight has welcomed all who enter the main Shul of 770: hundreds of Seforim piled high on tables and benches, while the shelves where they belong remain bare.
Jewish Girl Assaulted as Part of Sick New ‘Game’
A sick new ‘game’ making its rounds on social media inspired a group of young teenagers to assault a 13-year-old Jewish girl in Crown Heights. The name of the game is ‘What the he** are they?’
New Gmach to Help with the Cost of Tallaisim
We have Gmach’s for wedding gowns, wedding shtick, school uniforms and even baby supplies but very few – if any – that cater to married men. Enter the ‘Tallis Fund’, the brainchild of a local Crown Heights businessman, that offers used clean Tallaisim.
Revealed: 10-Year-Old Rabbinical Ban on COTS Precursor
As a follow up to our Thursday article regarding the attempts of some to reintroduce the ‘Call of the Shofar’ program into the Chabad community under a different name, we present a letter signed 10 years ago by the leading Rabbonim and Admorim of Montreal against the ‘Landmark Forum,’ off which COTS is based.
Rabbi Schochet Issues Clarification on Telushkin Ban
Rabbi Gershon Elisha Schochet, Av Beis Din of Toronto, released today a second letter in response to a general misunderstanding of his first letter, in which he espoused a Halachic prohibition on promoting the book of Rabbi Joseph Telushkin.
Rabbi Osdoba: Badatz Hechsher Being Fraudulently Used
In a sharply-worded letter released this morning, Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba, senior member of the Crown Heights Beis Din, responds to flyers advertising a Kaporos that purports to be under the Hechsher of the Beis Din. “It is my duty to inform you all, that this is an absolutely fraudulent and misleading advertisement,” he writes.
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Animal Rights Activists Protest Kaporos
Last night, as hundreds of Jewish families gathered to perform the pre-Yom Kippur atonement ritual of Kaporos in Crown Heights, animal rights activists screamed “Murderers!” and waved signs of protest from behind a barricaded portion of Eastern Parkway.
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Melbourne School Institutes ‘Capped Fee’ Tuition
The administrators of Yeshivah College-Beth Rivkah, the Chabad boys’ and girls’ schools in Melbourne, which together boast over 1,300 students, have announced the implementation of a ‘capped-fee’ system, ensuring that no family pays more than 8-18% of their income in tuition, no matter how many children they have enrolled at the schools.
Republican Candidate Learns B’Chavrusa in 770
Yesterday evening John Cahill, the chief of staff to former Governor George Pataki and current Republican candidate for the office of New York State Attorney General, visited Crown Heights.
Vaad Expands Tishrei Programming to Female Guests
Following its success introducing responsible Tishrei programming for male Tishrei guests, the recently-formed Vaad Hachnosas Orchim will be doing the same this Tishrei for girls.
Monday Event to Highlight Relaunch of JCW
An event Monday evening will mark the official relaunch of Jewish Community Watch, an organization whose mission is to combat child abuse.
Oholei Torah school photo. Photo: Chaim Perl.
Oholei Torah Sees Faculty Changes for New Year
Oholei Torah’s elementary and Zal divisions saw some faculty changes for the new school year. A Mashpia and Magid Shiur were hired for Zal, and a new principal for grades 3 and 4.
Motorist Waits for Police for Over 3 Hours After Crash
On Friday morning, in the middle one of Crown Heights’ most busy thoroughfares, a totaled minivan sat for over three hours. The reason: Police never showed up after the accident, and the driver, a Jewish woman in her ninth month of pregnancy, was forced to sit in the summer heat and wait for them.
Community Attends Shloshim for Reb Yosef Raksin HYD
Family, Friends and community members gathered to mark the Shloshim – thirty days since the passing of Reb Yosef Raksin who was gunned down Shabbos morning as he was walking to Shul in N. Miami Beach, FL.
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