Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism, Elan Carr, visited the home of terror victim Mindy Ferencz HY”D to offer condolences to the family. In this photo, he can be seen with Shliach to Hoboken, NJ Rabbi Shapiro, as he comforts the son of Mindy Ferencz.
As Lubavitcher Chassidim across the world sit to Farbreng on the auspicious day of Yud Tes Kislev, one farbrengen especially was a beautiful sight. Rabbi Groner sat for a packed house at Oihel Nosson Shul in 580 Crown St, and Farbrenged into the night.
Chief Rabbi of Israel Rabbi Yitzchok Yosef, visited the Jewish community in Moscow, stopping by the Marina Roscha Shul for Shacharis. There he was given an Aliya, and said Birkas Hagomel.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe delivering a sicha at the groundbreaking of the expansion of 770.
Watching our children play outdoors with their friends is a beautiful sight. Watching our children play with strangers might make us nervous. Here we have the prefect middle ground, as boys from Mesivta Oholei Torah held an impromptu game of catch with a New York City police officer.
A massive crowd came out in Williamsburg to pay their respects as the niftar, Moshe Hersh Deutch HY”D, was laid to rest. Shomrim organizations from multiple communities worked jointly to ensure a smooth and safe Levaya.
Sometimes you look at a photo and think, “how did they manage that”? Other times you think, “How would you fix that”? But sometimes, the issue is so shocking that there is simply no thought at all. What are you thinking?
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe.
It’s always fun to play “Can You Recognize This Location? with old photos. On that note, can you guess which Crown Heights landmark this is? Look in the extended article for the answer.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe.
CrownHeights.info would like to extend a hearty congratulations to one of the longest serving officer in the 71st precinct, detective Vincent Martinos, on his promotion to Detective First Grade this Tuesday.
Israels Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi, Rabbi David Baruch Lau, made a visit to the Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens Monday morning. Photographer Mordehai Lubecki was there to catch the moment.
As thousands of Shluchim hopped on tens of buses from Crown Heights to Edison New Jersey for the Gala Banquet of the International Kinus Hashluchim, intensive security sealed them in, literally. To dispel the need to screen the those coming off the buses, each bus was sealed with a police tape, preventing anyone from sneaking on.
More than 20 buses lined Frances Louis Blvd by the Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens Motzei Shabbos, as hundreds of boys in the Tziurei Hashluchim program visited the Ohel. The Tziurei Hashluchim runs in parallel to the International Kinus Hashluchim that takes place each year in Crown Heights.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe speaking to a shliach outside 770.
The entire Bais Rivkah’s Campus Chomesh on Lefferts Ave found themselves lining the street around 10:30am Thursday morning for a fire drill. The surrounding streets were blocked off by the NYPD with the help of Shomrim as a safety precaution.
The windows of Bais Rivkah Lefferts which were broken by a man with a gun earlier this month were replaced this afternoon. The man who broke the windows was arrested this past Friday.
