In a shocking and infuriating event Monday night, a person claiming to be an NYPD employee entered the Beis Rivkah building on Lefferts Ave with hundreds of girls inside, and proceeded to yell and threaten the school. Then the NYPD tried to cover it up.
New York State Attorney General’s office announced that it will be filing an appeal Tuesday in an attempt to overturn a NYS Supreme Court judges ruling that said that the states mask mandate was unconstitutional. When such an appeal is filed, an automatic stay is placed on the original ruling, effectively reinstating the mandate until a ruling is made on the appeal.
A Jewish woman walking on Winthrop Street in Crown Heights was spat on and threatened Tuesday morning, leading to an arrest.
Gabriel Naccache (Creteil, France) to Haya Brook (Yerres, France)
A new release from JEM, a Children’s Rally with the Rebbe in 770 in the days following the new year for trees, 21 Shevat 5742 – 1982.
This photo should have won a Pulitzer Prize simply for having happened. Yitzhak Gorelik, the Rabbi of Kazan, is seen with the Mufti of Republic of Tatarstan, and it seems like they know each other.
Rabbi Zushe Posner, the beloved American-born mentor to generations of Israeli yeshivah students whose piercing Chassidic wit and devotion to straightforward honesty was a canon of its own, passed away on Friday, 12 Shevat. He was 85 years old.
In Episode 17 of Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier, Lamplighters Reporter/Producer Gary Waleik presents the story of Rabbi Zalman and Rebbetzin Toba Grossbaum, who started the country’s second Friendship Circle program and expanded into the 53,000 square foot Life Town facility, which creates opportunities for special needs individuals. The programs are based on the insights of Chabad Rebbeim about people with special needs.
Adam Valen-Levinson wasn’t looking for Judaism in Shanghai, China, and he definitely wasn’t thinking about starting a Jewish podcast.
As today is Chof Beis Shvat, this following story was submitted to Crownheights.info for publication.
Anash around the world are anticipating the annual Chof Beis Shevat farbrengen near the Rebbe’s Ohel.
In a win for students across the state, a New York State Supreme Court Judge overturned a State mask mandate for students, saying that the governor overstepped the bounds of office.
This Yud Shvat young shluchim from around the world were treated to immersive programs both before Yud Shvat and on the day. So that they too could be surrounded by the atmosphere of the Yom Hanesius.
Instead of flying back home to their families in New York, a group from the Chabad Women’s Convention were stuck, snowed in at the airport in Detroit. But with guidance and direction from the Rebbe, what appeared to be an inconvenience was transformed into an unprecedented opportunity.
Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, one of the most powerful figures in state government for two decades before his conviction on corruption charges, has died in federal custody. He was 77.
The Anti-Defamation League has announced a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual or individuals responsible for the assault on the bochur Friday night in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
This is the story of Nechemia Soibelman, a band drummer who found his life changed by Harry Rosenberg A”H, the first Jewish victim to be found in the surfside collapse last year.
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