Baby Girl!
Avremi and Rocheli (nee Meyers) Gerlitzky (Crown Heights)
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Video of the Day
It’s become obvious that Crown Heights has a problem. That problem rides around on a bike, black garbage bag in hand, and steals packages from in front of Crown Heights homes in broad daylight. The thief has been caught on camera yet again confidently walking up to houses and lifting their packages. Despite being caught on camera multiple times, the man has yet to be caught in the act.
JEM: Highlights #5, Dollars on the 15th of Elul 1991
Each time the Rebbe distributed dollars, individuals were touched and lives were impacted. Presented here are photos of several highlights and encounters from Sunday Dollars of 15 Elul 1991 (5751).
Sunday: #OneCrownHeights Festival in Brower Park
The Jewish Community Relations Council of New York (JCRC-NY), and a coalition of diverse community leaders in partnership with Brooklyn Children’s Museum and Jewish Children’s Museum, present the 4th annual #OneCrownHeights Neighborhood Festival, Sunday, September 15, 2019 at Brower Park, Park Place between Brooklyn and Kingston Avenues, from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
BDE: Mrs. Yehudis Posner, 80, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Yehudis Posner OBM of Lod Israel, the wife of the first Shliach to Israel Rabbi Zushe Posner. She passed away Shabbos morning, the 14th of Elul, 5779.
Shomrim Reunites A Special Needs Child With His Mother
A parents worst nightmare played out Thursday evening in Crown Heights, when their special needs child managed to get out of the house and run off. Following a door to door search, Shomrim managed to reunite the mother and child.
NYPD CrimeStoppers Launches App
A new smartphone app has given New Yorkers a new way to communicate crime tips to the New York Police Department. The NYPD’s new CrimeStoppers app was unveiled Thursday, and lets people send tips in multiple languages, along with photos and videos from their smartphone.
Yale Launches Holocaust Survivors Podcast
Yale University’s Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies launched a podcast series featuring the remembrances of survivors. The series launched this week with the testimony of Martin Schiller, a Jewish man from Poland who described his experiences in the concentration and slave labor camps of Plaszow, Skarzysko-Kamienna, Buchenwald and Theresienstadt. Plaszow serves as the setting for the film “Schindler’s List.”
Shabbat Brings Young Singles Together in Latin America
With intermarriage rates worldwide at close to 50%, Rabbi Shlomo Levy makes no secret of his intentions when planning his annual “Peguisha” weekend for college students and young professionals in Buenos Aires. “We want them to meet other single Jews,” he says simply.
This Weeks Shalom Zochor List
We present the Shalom Zochor list for the week of Shabbos Parshas Ki Seitzei:
Weekly Story: Establishing Tomchei Tmimim
This week we are celebrating the 122nd anniversary since the Rebbe Rashab established Tomchei Tmimim. In honor of this momentous occasion, I am posting this week the chapter from his upcoming biography that discusses the happenings of that time.
Permits Filed For 1120 St. Johns Place In Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Permits have been filed for a seven-story apartment building at 1120 St. Johns Place in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Located between Albany Avenue and Kingston Avenue, the owner is listed at Zev Steinmetz of Complete Development Inc.
High Schoolers Visit Rabbi Yitzi
A group of high school girls were inspired by Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz while he was on his recent trip to New York City. The group conversed with him through a special communication program, receiving positive and inspirational words.
Photo Gallery: Highlights of Jewish Prague
We present a photo gallery of highlights from Prague with photographer Mordehai Lubecki.
Hot Off the Press: Heichal Habaal Shem Tov for Chai Elul
With the approach of Chai Elul, the thirty-ninth issue of “Heichal Habaal Shem Tov” has arrived from print, overflowing with in-depth reviews, fascinating articles, shocking discoveries and profound discussions, by the best writers and researchers of the Chassidic world.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe.
90 Years Since The Frierdiker Rebbe Arrived in America
The Frierdiker Rebbe arrived on these shores of America 90 years ago on the 12th of Elul, and remained in New York into the month of Tishrei. Watch as Rabbi Chaim Dalfin walks through the Frierdiker Rebbe’s stay in the Boro Park section of Brooklyn.
