Crown Heightses own Mendy Raitport is running for election as Assemblyman in the 43rd District under the Republican-Conservative banner, he has all the qualifications needed to be an effective voice of the people whom he hopes to represent. He is one of us: he is a Crown Heights resident.
Construction workers are hard at work putting together the 4th floor of the Jewish Children’s Museum. Starting just a week ago the first exhibit, Noahs Ark, is already taking form.
In November 2008, one of the most iconic businesses in the Brooks Landing area opened for business — the Boulder Coffee Co. One month later, the business was sold to Elijah Wilton, who made one of the most substantial donations to the project of renovating the building for the coffee shop.
Now, nearly two years later, Wilton is trying to sell the building, which would become the new home for the Jewish organization UR Chabad.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A man was shot multiple times in a apparent drug related incident this afternoon. The unidentified man was taken by EMS to a local hospital, and is expected to survive.
On a mission to Moscow to promote dialogue between European nations and religious communities, Mevlüt Çavusoglu, president of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, expressed concerns about a rising tide of xenophobia during a meeting with Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar.
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