It is at once a deeply-rooted Polish neighbourhood with industrial roots where immigrants still speak in their native tongue on the streets. At the same time, Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighbourhood is a fast-gentrifying area of New York full of young families and working professionals who wish to live close to Manhattan.
Two South Florida women are hoping to create unity between the many diverse cultures inhabiting their local area by having community organizations partner in the construction of a succah that will be classified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s largest succah made entirely out of Mega Bloks.
Rabbi Shmuel Lew is sitting Shiva after the passing of his brother, R’ Yitzchock Yosef, OBM at 1566 Carroll St. [between Troy and Schenectady Ave.] from Friday until Monday morning. Please refrain from coming between 1:00pm and 4:00pm and no later than 10:00pm.
Shachris: 8:00
Mincha: Friday – 1:00, Sunday – 5:30
Maariv: Bizmanoh
Please send memories and condolences to: nichumforlew@gmail.com
Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim
Crown Heights [CHI] — A driver attempting to flee after crashing into a school bus caused even more carnage in the wake of his flight. In total, five people were hurt – one, a Lubavitcher Bochur, seriously – after the fleeing vehicle caused a three car pileup.
One of the most-widely attended Jewish film festivals in the United States shined a spotlight on the lives of religious women this week, treating all-female audiences to screenings of a uniquely feminine work of art and a chance to get to know the film’s director.
When Rabbi Mendel Wilmovsky was growing up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn—worldwide home of Chabad Lubavitch, a Chasidic movement of Orthodox Judaism—he never imagined working in Utah, the state that’s the worldwide home of another religious movement, and at a ski resort, no less. Nevertheless, since December, Wilmovsky and Rabbi Yosef Kirszenberg have been overseeing Bistro at Canyons in Park City, the first kosher restaurant in America housed at a ski resort.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of R’ Yizchok Yosef Lew of Brooklyn. He is survived by his several brothers and sisters, among them Rabbi Shmuel Lew of London, and Mrs. Mindy Feller of Minnesota. Shiva information will be provided when it becomes available.
Three former New York City police officers pleaded guilty on Monday to taking part in a scheme to illegally transport firearms across state lines. One of them, Gary Ortiz, 28, was an active-duty officer in the 71st Precinct in Crown Heights.
Thousands of Chassidim gathered in Red hook, Brooklyn this past Sunday to celebrate the wedding of the son of the Bobover Rebbe, which took place on pier 12. The simcha was attended by many Rebbes and Roshei Yeshiva from around the world, and the festivities lasted until the early hours of Monday morning.
The Chernobyl Rebbe, R’ Menachem Nochum Twersky Shlita, visited the Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Brunoy, France. While there, he shared words of Torah with the bochurim, and toured the premises with the Yeshiva’a Hanholah.
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