Crown Heights dad Nechemia Newman found a very clever, but labor-intensive, way to help his community — discarded box top coupons. “We’re talking truckloads, literally. Each bag holds hundreds and we’re talking about 75,000 of them. It was real work over time,” Newman said.
A nut job tried to run away with 75 pounds of almonds in Brooklyn — but he dropped them during his getaway and ended up getting busted by the Williamsburg Shomrim Patrol, law-enforcement sources said.
Students from the Oholei Torah Mechina division enjoyed a grand breakfast in honor of Tes Adar, commemorating the auspicious day in which the Frierdiker Rebbe came to America.
Herbalist Sara Chana Silverstein, a herbalist and alternative medicine specialist gave some tips on how to beat a hangover using natural and herbal remedies, just in time for Purim!
This past Sunday Yeshivah College students paid tribute in memory of Nathan Dzienciol, a 3rd grade Yeshiva student who tragically passed away 23 years ago.
For the fourth year in a row, the Crown Heights Young Initiative Committee of Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society proved their support for the life-saving work of RCCS by participating in droves at the most recent RCCS Crown Heights Breakfast.
Dozens of participants in the European Bar and Bat Mitzvah celebrations concluded a successful weeklong trip to Israel which included learning combined with trips and tours of the holy land. The highlight of the trip was at the Kotel where they celebrated their Bar and Bat Mitzvahs.
Little ‘Mordechais’ from Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street got to feel what he felt when Haman led him around on the king’s horse and dress, when they all got to ride on a pony in front of their school this morning.
On Motzei Shabbos, Shluchim Rabbi Schneur and Chanie Wilhelm of Chabad of Milford and the Hebrew Congregation of Woodmont held a event to kick-off the restoration and building of their new Jewish Center.
Mrs. Sarah Deitsch, known as the Mammeh of Oholei Torah, passed away a short while ago. A video presentation was prepared for this event, giving a glimpse into her life, ideals and personality. It also gives us the opportunity to learn from her ways, and emulate good she portrayed to so many.
An individual with a colorful history in his short time in the neighborhood was captured on surveillance video stealing an iPad from the backpack of a man who was attending a Simcha in Crown Heights.
Russian president Valdimir Putin visited the Moscow Jewish Museum accompanied by Cheif Rabbi Berel Lazar. After the tour the president declared that “the Chabad Library can be returned to Chabad, but they must remain in Russia.”
Photos from the Lechaim of Ari Eidelman (Boro Park) and Mushka Greenberg (Buffalo, NY) which took place Monday night in Crown Heights.
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