Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations are suspended Monday, February 1st through Saturday, February 6th for snow operations. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Three guns, a ballistic vest, and lots of ammunition, were seized by the 71st Precinct, taking the dangerous weapons off the streets of Crown Heights.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today declared a state of emergency in New York City and 9 other counties throughout the Hudson Valley and Long Island. Encouraging drivers to be off the road by noon.
29 years ago, on the 2nd of Adar Aleph, Mrs. Pesha Leah Lapine, HYD, was murdered al kiddush hashem. The horrific killing shocked the community, and the Rebbe took it very personally – attending her Levaya with pain visible on his face. A gallery of photos from that Levaya was acquired and restored by JEM, and can be viewed in the extended article – along with the translated diary of an Israeli Bochur who transcribed his firsthand account of the events of that fateful day.
Yechiel Baron (Crown Heights) to Rivka Drihem (Montreal, Canada) L’Chaim: Tuesday, 8:00pm, at F.R.E.E.
With the passing of Larry King, the iconic television personality and radio host, many outlets have been hashing out his lifelong relationship with Judaism and Jewish organizations. This is the story of how Larry ended up being filmed in Tefillin.
In 1947 an unexpected snow storm dropped over 26 inch’s of snow on New York City which brought it to a complete standstill. Vintage news footage from the Universal-International News shows scenes from that storm.
Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski, a Chassidic rabbi, psychiatrist, prolific author of more than 60 popular books on Jewish spirituality and recovery from substance abuse, and founder and longtime head of the Gateway Rehabilitation Center in Pittsburgh, Pa., one of America’s leading facilities for addiction treatment, passed away on Jan. 31 in Jerusalem from complications from coronavirus. He was 90 years old.
The blizzard of the year has descended on New York City with seven inches of snow already blanketing the Big Apple. The snow is expected to worsen throughout the day, with the worst hitting Monday evening.
Rabbi Gershon Avtzon of Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati, penned a heartfelt tribute to Rabbi Dr. Avraham Twerski A”H, who passed away Sunday. He was a Rabbi Tweski, not just Dr. Twerski.
The Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO), in the Directorate for Defense R&D of the Israel Ministry of Defense, and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems have completed a successful series of flight tests of the Iron Dome weapon system.
Surveillance video of a shooting on Sterling Place in Crown Heights shows the heart stopping moments a man runs for his life while another does his best to shoot him Sunday afternoon.
Naftali Marazow (Montreal, Canada) to Chayale Raitport (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tuesday night, 8:00pm, at the JCM
New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio has announced a travel restriction for Monday starting at 6:00am, restricting non essential travel throughout the city.
Just as New York City hunkered down for a nor’easter set to blanket the city in up to two feet of snow, someone in Crown Heights felt the need to try to shoot someone else. No injuries were reported in the incident.
At the Levaya of Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski z”I that took place in Eretz Yisroel Sunday, the Niftar asked that no hespedim should be delivered and instead they should just sing the song he composed over 60 years ago, ‘Hoshia Es Amecha’. The niggun had been picked up by the Rebbe, and was sung by many farbrengens.
The following Crown Heights schools have announced cancelations or delays for Monday, February 1st due to weather conditions:
