Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez today announced that following an investigation by his Conviction Review Unit (CRU) he will move to vacate the conviction of Phillip Almeda, 42, who was incarcerated for almost 19 years for attempted aggravated assault on police officers in Crown Heights.
A speeding vehicle slammed into another on Empire Blvd Tuesday, creating a chain reaction that left three cars damaged and one person injured.
According to the head of the Israeli Defense Forces team working feverishly to locate more people in the tragic Surfside Collapse, more bodies were discovered overnight, and are in the process of identification.
Boruch and Shterna Cohen (Crown Heights)
Baruch Hashem Yeshivas Kayitz Program started off this summer in their new beautiful grounds in Lakewood, Pennsylvania; and it only got better from there.
Yaakov and Rochel Leah (nee Tenenbaum) Banon (Crown Heights)
With great sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Pinchus Korf OBM, a renowned Mashpia and distinguished Chossid who touched the lives of thousands of his students. He passed away on Wednesday, the 20th of Tammuz, 5781. Updated with Levaya Information
The Siyum Horambam was truly historic. According to police estimates, between 12,000 and 13,000 people participated. The police chief said that it’s the most people gathered on Eastern Parkway in the past 27 years.
A momentous moment as Yair Lapid, a member of the Israeli Government, affixed a Mezuza to Israel’s new consulate building in Abu Dhabi in the UAE. He was assisted by UAE Shliach Rabbi Levi Duchman.
The Yiddish news broadcasting service Kol Berama published an article on the tragic collapse of the Champlain Tower in Surfside, and felt the need to explain to their readers why it was importantly to publish about it. Their reason? It’s more than just a few Chabad families dead, those apparently wouldn’t be worth writing about.
The Democratic primary race for mayor was thrown into chaos Tuesday as the city Board of Elections appeared to have botched the count amid the city’s first ranked-choice election.
In town to visit their parents, who had relocated to Florida, two brothers were spending time together in a condominium on the 11th floor of the Champlain Towers South at the time of the collapse.
Recovery crews found the remains of a 12th victim in the rubble of the collapsed Florida condo on Tuesday, authorities said.
Yeshivas Kayitz Yerusholayim, this year taking place in Cozumel, Mexico has concluded its first week with smashing success.
Three months ago, friends gathered in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to celebrate the wedding of Dr. Ruslan Manashirov and his wife, Nicole Doran-Manashirov. The event had been postponed multiple times previously due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Now, after the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers, friends have shared photos of the jubilant couple on social media as the Manashirovs remain missing, along with some 150 other residents.
Turn on those air conditioning units and break out those ice pops as the first of the summer seasons heatwaves continue to bake the east coast.
Ilan Naibryf, a student from the University of Chicago who is also past president of his school’s campus Chabad center, is among the missing. Naibryf and his girlfriend, Deborah Berezdivin, were in the building on the night of the collapse.
