A group of 22 tenants at a Crown Heights apartment complex is suing their landlord — who made the public advocate’s list of “worst” landlords — for $2 million over claims of rent overcharges.
As Lubavitchers across the world gear up for Yud Shvat, Lahak has announced a new initiative. Donate just $30, and get your own five volume set. Also, When did the Rebbe first allow the use of the name “Toras Menachem”?
Upon landing on a kashrus trip to the Bahamas on Monday, Rabbi Kalman Weinfeld, a Rabbinic Coordinator at OK Kosher had the opportunity to give the pilot a bar mitzvah and help him wrap tefillin for his first time ever.
Please say Tehillim and daven for Rabbi Akiva Wagner, הרב עקיבא גרשון בן רחל בתיה, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Lubavitch in Toronto, who is in need of Heavenly assistance for a full recovery. Please daven, say kapitlach of Tehillim and add in Torah, tefillah and tzedakah.
Mr. Yaakov Schiffman joined his family in an audience with the Rebbe when his father was terminally ill. The Rebbe proceeded to teach him a page of Talmud, and a lesson that changed his life. (1975)
The first-ever bris milah in the United Arab Emirates took place in Abu Dhabi last week with the arrangement and participation of the shliach to Berlin, Germany, Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal. The baby’s parents are formerly from Berlin and remain in contact with Rabbi Teichtal.
The U.S. attorney in New Jersey and the head of the local FBI said Monday that the bomb found in the van of alleged domestic terrorists Francine Graham and David Anderson could have killed or maimed people up to five football fields away. They also said there was enough material in the van to make a second bomb.
As Jewish organizations worldwide stand in solidarity and unite to fight anti-Semitism, Jewish teen boys all over the world are doing their part on January 13 by wearing a kippah the entire day—even if they don’t usually wear one.
An event on Sunday offering two hours of hands-on safety awareness and prevention training exceeded expectations, with hundreds of Crown Heights residents showing up and participating.
On February 9, students from 3 Miami Hebrew schools will go head-to-head onstage in a Torah competition being held at The Shul of Bal Harbour.
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker announced on Monday that he was suspending his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.
CrownHeights.info would like to notify the Crown Heights community that a no turning sign from Utica Ave to President St is back up and being enforced by the NYPD. Drivers should be aware and avoid making that left turn to avoid receiving a violation.
A kiddush hashem went public on social media after a Jewish man stopped to help a stranger with a flat. The Jewish man, who identified himself only as Ernest, made a lasting impression.
