Torah vanishes from Bais Menachem

Jill Kassander – St Jewish Light

Rabbi Yosef Landa of Congregation Bais Menachem — Chabad, looks inside the ark where the missing Torah scroll was kept. Another scroll, which is on loan to the congregation remains stored there. Photo: Dennis Caldwell

ST LOUIS, MO — University City police are investigating the disappearance of one of the Torahs belonging to Congregation Bais Menachem — Chabad on Delmar. Rabbi Yosef Landa and the congregation discovered the Torah was missing during Shabbat services on May 24.

“When we opened the ark for the Torah service I realized one of the Torahs was missing,” Landa said. “A big gasp went up throughout the congregation.”

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Black Teen Shot on Brooklyn Ave, in Serious Condition

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A 19 year old Black teen is in serious condition after being shot four times following an argument on Empire and Brooklyn. The incident took place at around 10:00pm in front of 441 Brooklyn Avenue, a large apartment building, which is home to many Jews, where an argument was going on between a large group of Black teens when witnesses say 5 shots rang out.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Stone Strikes Baby Stroller, B”H No Injuries

Standing outside 446 Kingston Avenue

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Sunday, late afternoon, a mother on her way home had a stone land on the sun screen of her stroller with her child inside. The incident took place in front of 446 Kingston Avenue, [between Empire Blvd and Lefferts Ave], a large co-op building, on Sunday afternoon.

Completely shocked the woman approached a police foot-post on Empire and Kingston and informed him of the incident, who responded that she should call the department of buildings, not satisfied with the answer she made a fuss and the incident was given better attention.

Detectives and the brass of the Precinct responded and began investigating the incident, initially checking the roof for debris to see if it was possible that the rock fell of its own accord, but found the roof to be meticulously clean.

BREAKING NEWS: Arrest Made in the Beating of Alon Sherman

The victim, Alon Sherman

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — CrownHeights.info has just learned that detectives have made an arrest in connection with the robbery and assault of Alon Sherman which took place last week.

A 14 year old Black teen was brought in just moments ago into the 71st Precinct who is being charges with the robbery, a second accomplice; a 16 year old Black teen was just brought into the station house but has yet to be charged.

“Detectives feel that this was a crime of opportunity,” said a source, he added “that this was based on the injury pattern, which the victim appeared to have sustained when shoved off his bike and slammed his head into a car and the pavement.”

Detectives were able to make the arrest after the teen tried to sell the loot, and through use of the cell phone. The teens do not live in the confines of the 71st Precinct.

Police Investigate Second Attack On Crown Heights Jews

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Just days after an Hasidic teen was attacked in Crown Heights, police investigated Sunday another alleged attack on a group of Jews in the neighborhood.

The incident took place Saturday afternoon near a temple on Eastern Parkway.

Police Officer does nothing as Black Teen Strikes Woman, Man

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — As residents were returning home from Shul on Motzoai Shabbos one Black teen on a bicycle assaulted a Man and later a woman along Empire Boulevard, and witnesses claim that one police officer watched part of it and did nothing.

The incident began on Brooklyn and Empire where the man was kicked by the cycling teen, who than made another pass and pulled out a large ‘box cutter’ type knife and cursed at the man he has assaulted. A police officer who was posted on that corner witnessed the incident and immediately called for backup and began giving chase after the perp who fled towards Kingston.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Yet Another Bochur Viciously Beaten and Robbed

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Thursday night at around midnight, a group of men walking down Albany Ave, between Empire Blvd and Leferts Ave, saw a Jewish teen lying on the floor, unconscious and bleeding from his head. They called Hatzalah and Shomrim, who quickly responded to the scene. Hatzalah revived the teen, who couldn’t remember his name or why his head hurt.

More in the Extended Article

Bus Loaded with Children Pelted with Stones

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Monday, A Lubavitcher Yeshiva school bus full of young children was pelted with stones earlier this afternoon as it was making its rounds dropping children off. The incident took place on President Street between Utica and Schenectady as the bus began pulling away, when the driver noticed a large group of youths and all of a sudden a few rocks hit the bus.

The driver, Reb Dovid Astulin said “all of a sudden I hear ‘BOOM BOOM’, and I right away stopped the bus” he then tried to chase after the group while calling police and Shomrim but they scattered and was impossible for him to follow them.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Jewish code snarls probe into Crown Hts attack

NY Daily News

BROOKLYN, NY — Long before the first rapper stopped snitching or any Mafiosi swore an oath of omertà, there was the Jewish law of mesira.

The tenet that forbids Jews from informing on fellow Jews is one of the hurdles facing Brooklyn prosecutors probing the April 14 attack on a black man by two Jewish men, sources told the Daily News.

Authorities – invoking a complaint long cited in cases involving rappers – said the initial probe was hindered by the local Hasidim’s refusal to cooperate.

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Member of Anash Prevents Serious Assaultin a CH Building

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Last week, a Jewish Crown Heights resident stepped in and prevented the serious assault of a 17 year old Black girl, and contributed to the apprehension and arrest of the attacker.

The incident took place on Thursday, May 1st where the attacker, a Black male, grabbed the teen at the subway station on Nostrand Avenue and Sterling Street at knife point, and dragged her all the way to an apartment building, 441 Brooklyn Avenue which is on the corner of Empire Boulevard, and there proceeded to take the victim into the elevator to the sixth floor.

More in the Extended Article.

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Fire Damages Miami Beach Chabad Synagogue

Miami Herald

MIAMI BEACH, FL — Police on Tuesday are investigating an overnight fire that gutted a Miami Beach synagogue during Passover.

Congregants of The Chabad Shul at 2401 Pinetree Dr. suspect the fire was intentionally set, and they say whoever did it also vandalized a Torah inside.

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Over Yom Tov, Two Incidents in Rochester Park

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Two incidents took place in the Lincoln Terrace Park, also known as the Rochester Park, upset the overall calm of the first days of Pesach in Crown Heights.

Sunday afternoon, the first day of Pesach, two boys walked into the park with a basketball, and as they were making their way across the park to the basketball courts they were approached by a group of 4 black young teens, who demanded they empty their pockets and hand over the ball.

Continued in the Extended Article.

Victim calls for justice in Crown Heights attack

News 12 Brooklyn

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — A black man is calling for justice after he says he was attacked in Crown Heights.

Andrew Charles claims he was walking down Carroll Street with his friend, Kevin Evans, on Monday evening when he was attacked. Charles says a group of Jewish men drove up in a black SUV and got out of the car. After an exchange of words, Charles says he was beaten with a wooden object and maced.

‘I Tried To Save Him!’ Teen Thug Says

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dean Henry Pinkham lights the candle of Columbia University President Lee Bollinger at a memorial service for Minghui Yu, a graduate student struck and killed by a car after being beaten by a 14 year old thug last Friday.

Ed. Note: Just note how the 14 year old here is being charged with manslaughter, which means he caused the death of his victim. This should serve as a wakeup call that teens that perpetrate crime should be held just as serious as any crime, and not looked at in a lax manner. Like the incident where police arrested Shomrim members in just this type of an incident.

The teen accused of attacking a Columbia grad student claims he tried to stop him from running into traffic, where he was killed, a detective testified Thursday.

After ambushing and pummeling Minghui Yu, the 14-year-old thug “attempted to grab Mr. Yu to keep him from going into traffic,” NYPD Detective John Garvey said, recounting the teen’s statements. “Mr. Yu pushed him off and ran.”

Shoplifter Apprehended by Alert Residents!

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] –- At around 3:50pm an alert resident spotted a Black Male stealing from a store. The resident observed how the shoplifter took a small childrens coat from the clothing store on Kingston between Montgomery and Empire.

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Swastika found in Crown Heights

Detectives taking information from the owner of the car.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Thursday afternoon a woman found a Swastika drawn on the passenger side door of her car, parked on the corner of Lefferts Ave and Troy and Ave, not knowing what to do she called Shomrim.