In 1941, in an effort to help America defeat the Nazis Ym”s, The Rebbe went to work in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, drawing wiring for the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63), and other classified military work. Long closed to the public and considered a place of mystery, the Brooklyn Navy Yard is now open to the public.
Rivka Eilfort is an 18-year-old Chasidic singer and songwriter whose parents serve as Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in southern California. She sings deep, mystical lyrics while playing the guitar like a natural star.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended on Friday, November 11th, for Veterans Day. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
IYH this Motzei Shabbos, the 15th of Cheshvan (November 12th, there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5 to 12.
Boruch (Dave) Berenson OBM, from the first mekuravim of Chabad in California, passed away today. He is credited for coining the term “Chabad House,” on reference to Chabad-Lubavitch outreach centers. He was also a survivor of the infamous Westwood Chabad fire, which prompted the creation of the Chabad Telethon. He was very beloved to many of the original Chabad Shluchim’s children (many today shluchim themselves) for driving them to school for many, many years.
Parking scofflaws are about to lose a precious perk. The city Department of Finance is axing a program that offers reduced parking-ticket fines for motorists who agree not to fight their summons in court, The Post has learned.
An Israeli court has ordered a Brooklyn man extradited to the U.S. in connection with an April 2008 assault on a black man.
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Harav HaChossid Rabbi Sholom Dovber Goldshmid, OBM, of Crown Heights, 86. Reb Sholom Dovber survived the Chevron Massacre in 1929. Arriving in New York, he opened a butcher shop in Crown Heights and was zoche to be the one supplying the Rebbe’s household with meat. He was also zoche to drive the Rebbe home from 770 many times until his marriage in 1951.
In what has become a timeless tradition, one of the most beloved Maggid Shiurs in the entire Chabad Yeshiva system had his birthday marked on the windshields and light poles of Crown Heights. The 14th of Cheshvan marks Reb Avrohom Gerlitzky’s 64th birthday.
A historic redesign of Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza is now complete, with the upgrades simplifying traffic patterns while enhancing safety for pedestrians, motorists and bike riders at the gateway to Eastern Parkway, Prospect Park, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, the Brooklyn Public Library and the Greenmarket.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A group of three thugs attempted to rob a checks cashing on Bedford Avenue, prompting a wild police chase which culminated on Montgomery Street with the robbers exchanging gunfire with police officers.
Preparations for the International Kinus Hashluchim of 5772 are well underway. As part of the Vaad Hakinus’s bid to enhance the experience for the thousands of Shluchim who will participate, an innovative idea was unanimously approved by the committee.
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