Last week marked 40 years since the first kvutzah of תלמידים השלוחים was sent to the newly established yeshiva in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In honor of this special occasion, last Tuesday, a special zoom farbrengen was organized together with the kvutza from תש”מ.
Starting at 12:00pm Tuesday, New York City residents were able to watch a flyover of military parade jets in a tribute to the healthcare workers fighting the COVID-19 virus. The flyover passed directly over Crown Heights, bringing the rarely heard roar of low flying military jets.
Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron, who served as Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi (Rishon Letzion) between the years of 1993 and 2003, passed away on April 12, in the middle of Passover, as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19). He was 79 years old.
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A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court charging two California residents with conspiracy to commit wire fraud by seeking more than $4 million for personal protective equipment (“PPE”) that the defendants did not have.
Rabbi Binyamin Wolff was dedicated to his family, his work and the Jews of Hanover, Germany. Fifteen years ago, the rabbi and his wife, Sterni, arrived in the capital of Lower Saxony and established Chabad-Lubavitch of Hanover. In a short time, the passionate and dynamic couple transformed the city’s Jewish landscape and the lives of countless individuals. On Friday evening, April 24, not long after the onset of Shabbat, Rabbi Wolff tragically passed away at the age of 43.
A terrorist stabbing attack has been reported in the central Israeli city of Kfar Saba Tuesday afternoon. A sixty-two-year-old woman was wounded in the stabbing, and is said to be in serious condition.
A car rammed two police motorcyclists in a suburb of Paris on Monday, police unions said. One of the officers was left in an artificial coma in hospital because of his grave injuries.
With schools getting back in session online, JEM and Tzivos Hashem have announced that Connection Point is looking at resuming its regular programming as part of the school curriculum. They did assure the public, however, that it will all be available online. Each school will be able to run it on their own online platforms.
A twenty fifth update has been released by the Gedaliah Society for the Crown Heights Jewish community. This update aims to clarify any questions regarding the antibody tests being given for COVID-19.
A garage in Crown Heights caught on fire around 6:20pm Monday afternoon, sending a cloud of smoke wafting over the community. Firefighters brought the blaze under control within minutes, and without any injuries.
After a surge in unhappy responses to NYC’s two Crown Heights locations for ready to eat kosher meals, the city will be moving its Parkside location, this time properly located in Crown Heights.
The family of Rabbi Asher Zelig Gottlieb OBM, has invited the community to join in a virtual Zoom Shloshim event to take place this Wednesday. The event will take place at 9:15pm, and will feature a siyum and guest speaker Rabbi Gershon Avtzon.
The Shloshim for Gershon Sabol will take place over zoom Monday night. All are encouraged to attend, and are asked to submit personal messages and stories through email.
Author and Historian, Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, shares his memories of Harav Ahron Yaakov Schwei OBM, his third Mesivta Rebbi in 1977, and member of the Badatz of Crown Heights. Rabbi Schwei passed away this past Friday.
An Air Force and Navy flyover salute to the healthcare workers on the front line of the COVID-19 Pandemic is planned for Tuesday in the skies of New York City. The spectacle will be able to be seen as far as Brooklyn and Staten Island,
As the world remembers the soldiers who lost their lives fighting on the front lines for Eretz Yisroel, we daven for the soldiers that are fighting each and every day, serving and protecting our nation. ‘Mi Sheberach for the IDF’ is performed by Aryeh Hurwitz and the Rinat Israel Choir conducted and arranged by Ofir Sobol.
