A 23-year-old man was shot in Crown Heights Saturday just minutes before Mayor Bill de Blasio took the stage at a peace walk blocks away.
Mendy and ChanaMiriam (nee sputz) Marasow (Crown Heights)
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Chasidic historian shares interesting facts, many revealed for the first time. The purpose of his program is to inspire all but especially the youth. Watch another installment here on CrownHeights.info.
A few weeks ago I wrote about the summer that I went on Merkos Shlichus, and the feedback demonstrated that there is an interest in reading happenings of the present, as well as of the past, so I decided to begin this week’s post with a story that took place during that summer of 5738 (1978).
As we navigate the current epidemic and resulting economic crisis, Lahak releases a new letter in their weekly Hisvaadus booklet where the Rebbe associates one individual’s economic scarcity with a “spiritual debt.”
As the Beis Chaya Mushka building in Paris remains devoid of people due to COVID-19, renovations have begun in preparation for the upcoming school year.
In the past three months, while finding ways to stay sane, the N’shei Chabad Mivtzoim Committee (NCMC) faced a monumental challenge and wondered; How can we continue doing Mivtzoim while quarantining in our homes? With creativity and willpower, they managed to bring smiles to thousands of people.
Chabad of Hackensack has brought a positive message to the masses in a “back to the basics” form, a massive billboard. The board overlooks the large I-80 highway as it passes through New Jersey, proclaiming the ever relevant old saying, “Think good, it will be good.”
A Lubavitcher Yungerman in Crown Heights has created a blog focused on financial assistance available for the COVID-19 pandemic. The website covers the basic stimulus benefits and opportunities, and features articles and instructions on how to maneuver through the bureaucratic process.
After two wildly successful years of JewQ competitions in North America and Europe, the program is launching in Australia, where close to 200 children from nine Chabad Hebrew Schools are uniting for their first Torah championship.
Rabbi Shneur Simcha and Moussia Landa have directed Chabad on Campus in Netanya, a seafront city in central Israel just North of Tel Aviv, for the last seven years. One of the rabbi’s greatest honors during that time, he says, was conducting marriage ceremonies for graduates that he and his wife had mentored at their Chabad House.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe as he greets a supported of Lubavitch of Michigan.
The Bronx man who allegedly punched NYPD Chief Terence Monahan and two other officers during protests on the Brooklyn Bridge Wednesday has been released without bail.
The National Weather Service has issued a heatwave advisory for the New York City area as hot and humid weather is expected to arrive over the weekend and remain through Tuesday.
Two cyberattacks on Israeli water facilities have occurred recently, the Ynet news website revealed on Thursday. One of the attacks targeted water pumps in the Upper Galilee and the second occurred in the Mateh Yehuda region.
This unique photo is of Governor George Nye of Oklahoma presenting a proclamation for Rambam’s 850th birthday with Rabbi Chaim Dalfin. This happened on July 23rd, 1985
Urgent call for all healthy eligible plasma donors (men & women) as the supply of convalescent plasma drops to dangerously low levels!
