Today, the 30th of Shvat, marks 7 years to the cold blooded murder of Efraim Klein HYD, a resident of Crown Heights who had been a staple in the community and a figure known and liked by all, who was shot and killed. The investigation into his murder has long since gone cold.
The Rabbi of Kfar Chabad, Rabbi Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi, released a letter in which he warns of the ‘long wig’ phenomenon. In the letter, which was addressed to hanhalah of Beis Rivkah in Kfar, he warns that long wigs are not proper hair coverings.
Tuesday night Bochurim and Anash aligned with the Gabboim and Tzfati factions whipped up some frenzied celebrations in reaction to a courts ruling that neither side had won. Copious amounts of alcohol was consumed along with singing and dancing to the song of Didan Notzach.
In a ruling handed down by Judge Devin P. Cohen denied motions for summary judgment from Aguch and Merkos as well as denied the Gaboims motion for dismissal, indicating that a full trial is in order.
A Brooklyn man whose beating last year by two police officers was caught on videotape, and the story broke first on CrownHeights.info, has filed a civil rights lawsuit Tuesday against the officers and the city.
Previously uninvolved in politics, a group of over 50 young Lubavitchers gathered in Basil for a meet and greet evening in support of mayoral candidate Bill Thompson. This was the first ever event of this kind and the organizers were impressed with its success.
WASHINGTON, DC — Community leaders, chaplains, activists and representatives from a number of Jewish organizations were on hand for the swearing in of the 113th Congress this past Thursday.
This past Sunday the Rebbeim and English teachers of the Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Ocean Parkway got together to fine tune and hone their educational skills.
770 descended into chaos this morning after a group of fanatical zealots disrupted learning and Davening in the ‘big zal’. This incident has forced us to break from our editorial embargo on the weekly ‘Sunday Dollars’ phenomenon after shocking video revealed the calloused disregard for holy Seforim, and careless disruption of learning torah – all for the sake of receiving a dollar from the Rebbe.
A video has surfaced on Youtube showing police officers attempting to restrain a man in an alleyway in Crown Heights. The person who took the video claims that the video depicts police brutality, but is it? The story behind the video was posted on CrownHeights.info last week where police arrested 4 men for trespassing.
It is well-known that there is a group of thugs that parade around as Yeshiva Bochurim who terrorize and attack anyone who does not agree with their “shita.” Over the years there have been countless incidents, where they have verbally and physically attacked those that are not from their “camp.” Usually these attacks occur in 770.
TEL AVIV — The Connecticut school massacre has raised the issue of gun control not only in the United States but also in Israel, where self-defense is not so much a point of law as a way of life. In Israel, schools are protected by armed guards, and everyone is on some sort of an alert for suspicious objects or people.
Democratic National Committee chair, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, hosted an exclusive Chanukah party for Jewish leaders in the Library of Congress on Capitol Hill this Thursday evening. Among the participants were two young and fresh Crown Heights political activists.
At a recent Chanukah party hosted by the district attorney of Brooklyn Charles Hynes, he presented an award to Meyer Seewald, the director of a Crown Heights-based Jewish community watchdog group that investigates and exposes claimed predators in Hasidic communities.
Two years ago, on the 22nd of Kislev, just days after Yud Tes Kislev where Alter Rebbe and Chassidim celebrated the triumph of light over darkness, the Shomrim Six mark their vindication from the vicious blood libel and Messirah against them.
As reported previously, the Rabbi of Beis Shmuel-Chabad in Crown Heights, internationally renowned lecturer Rabbi Yossi Jacobson, is stepping down from his post after several years of service.
A few hundred demonstrators marched down Kingston Ave. this afternoon, demanding the end of police brutality and the dropping of the false and absurd charges against Ehud Halevy.
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