Two women killed in a massive traffic accident involving a bus that was en route to Jerusalem have been identified as sisters from the haredi city of Modiin Illit. The accident was a mishap involving a second vehicle, and not terror related.
The KSCVK Men’s Auction Event was filled with hundreds of people, as the community turned out in support of Keren Simchas Choson V’Kallah. Entertainment for the evening was given by Simcha Friedman and Levy Falkowitz.
With great sadness we report the passing of Yitchak Yaakov Simon OBM, a longtime resident, and original caterer of Crown Heights. Updated with Shiva times.
It is with profound sadness and deep pain that we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing of Moishe Deitsch OBM, a resident of Crown Heights who passed away on Friday, gimmel Adar 1 5779 after a brief illness.
A recently unclassified report by the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) revealed that a United Nations body that runs hundreds of Palestinian schools failed to offset “potentially problematic content” in its textbooks, and that State Department documents on the matter contained either inaccuracies or omissions.
The Kever of the Manchester Rosh Yeshiva, Hagaon HaRav Yehuda Zev Segal ZATZAL was vandalized over Shabbos. Police have slammed vandals who destroyed the tombstone as a ‘complete disgrace to humanity.’
A Jewish man was menaced and harassed in hate driven incident Friday afternoon while walking in Crown Heights. The incident victim flagged a nearby police vehicle who arrested the assailant.
An Arab from Hevron was arrested for last week’s brutal murder of 19-year-old Ori Ansbacher. The suspect was caught in a mosque in Al-Bireh, an Arab village adjoining Ramallah. Authorities pinpointed his location following forensic evidence collected at the scene by police and the Shin Bet security service.
With great sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Baumgarten OBM, a Crown Heights resident. He was 92 years old.
Isaac and Miriam Kleinman
We present the Shalom Zochor list for the week of Parshas Teruma.
The Woman’s section of 770 is getting a much needed and long overdue makeover this week. Windows replaced, and walls being renovated, can be seen in pictures and from downstairs in 770.
“Looking Up, Not Down” is a video on the Rebbe’s Perspective on Special Children that shaped the way we look at those with alternative abilities. Video starring Chaim Liberow and Avraham Fried.
As we contemplate our response to the “laws” that were recently passed in New York, Virginia and elsewhere I thought it appropriate to relate the following story, which I recently heard from Rabbi Nissim Mangel sheyichye. It took place in the late 60’s or early 70’s.
Hundreds gathered at the Tekoa cemetery in the eastern Gush Etzion area south of Jerusalem to pay their respects to Ori Ansbacher, whose remains were found in the Ein Yael area next to the Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem Thursday night.
The KSCVK Auction Mens Event is just One day away! The Men’s Evening will be held on February, 9th 2019 4th Ador at Oholei Menachem Ballroom. Buy Your Today at KSCVK.org.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe.
