Mrs. Henya Chasha Schusterman, a respected member of the Crown Heights Chasidic community and the matriarch of a prominent Chabad family, passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2011. She was 90. Her life story is one of courage and self-sacrifice.
As in other years we are working hard to ensure the parade runs as smoothly and safely as possible. For that reason we turn to you, our community, to help ensure the safety of our children and the many visitors set to join us for what we know will be a wonderful event.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A brazen pedaling thief made off with a Jewish woman’s purse as she was walking on Kingston Avenue doing her Shabbos shopping. When police were called, they simply never showed up.
5-year-old Yoily Englander OBM was riding his tricycle on Heyward Street in Williamsburg, a meat delivery truck stuck him and he passed away at the scene.
Three creative Lubavitchers from Montreal – artist Haim Sherrf, Shliach Yisroel Bernath and screenwriter Zvi Hershcovich – are behind a $1.8 million animated film.
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like present a series of Photos of the Rebbe entering the main shul in 770 in the mid 1970’s. With special thanks to the Schildkraut and Levin families.
Last week, I heard a truly touching story. Of all the exploits of Lubavitcher shluchim, the following one does not rank in the top tier. But it’s a true testament to the movement and the vision of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, that an inspiring story like the following is almost unremarkable – that small miracles have almost become the norm.
Just a few days ago, on a warm spring Monday morning, ten participants of Menachem Education Foundation’s Women’s Leadership Program piled into a van that took them to the magnificent Walder Education Pavilion of Skokie Illinois.
Two men in the same town came into sudden wealth. They both hit upon the idea of burying their treasures in the ground. Each picked a landmark on their respective properties, paced 50 steps and dug a hole.
Chaim, the more anxious of the two, kept looking over his shoulder to make sure he wasn’t being watched before placing the treasure into the ground. The more trusting Berel, on the other hand, took no such precautions. Alas, unbeknownst to him, he was noticed by a dishonest neighbor who eventually stole the treasure.
City residents will be paying more for water starting this summer.
This coming Sunday a delegation of IDF soldiers that were badly wounded in the 2nd Lebanon war, Gaza and in various terrorist attacks will land in NY for a 9-day trip, organized for the second year by Rabbi Uriel Vigler of Chabad Israel Center of the Upper East Side in conjunction with Chabad Terror Victims Project in Israel.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposal to charge religious institutions and nonprofit organizations a fee for garbage pickup beginning in July 2012 drew stiff opposition at a City Council hearing Thursday.
These are the first images of the alleged terrorists who plotted to attack New York synagogues dressed as Hasidic Jews.
Over the past two months, the boys in Cheder Chabad of Monsey were busy learning Mishnayos By Heart! Many boys would bring their Mishnayos to recess and lunch and use their free time to study.
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