Hundreds Turn Out for Self Defense Training Event
An event on Sunday offering two hours of hands-on safety awareness and prevention training exceeded expectations, with hundreds of Crown Heights residents showing up and participating.
Three Miami Hebrew Schools Unite for JewQ Regional Championship
On February 9, students from 3 Miami Hebrew schools will go head-to-head onstage in a Torah competition being held at The Shul of Bal Harbour.
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Sen. Cory Booker Drops Out of 2020 Presidential Race
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker announced on Monday that he was suspending his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.
PSA: No Turning Sign From Utica to President Back Up
CrownHeights.info would like to notify the Crown Heights community that a no turning sign from Utica Ave to President St is back up and being enforced by the NYPD. Drivers should be aware and avoid making that left turn to avoid receiving a violation.
Kiddush Hashem Gets Shared On Social Media
A kiddush hashem went public on social media after a Jewish man stopped to help a stranger with a flat. The Jewish man, who identified himself only as Ernest, made a lasting impression.
Baltimore Awards Dinner Honors Men and Women in Uniform
Jewish Uniformed Service Association of Maryland-Chabad (JUSA), the only Chabad House of its kind, honors Men and Women in Uniform. James M. Murray, Director of United States Secret Service offered greetings, and saluted the Shluchim for their important work.
New Engagement!
Mendy Greenbaum (Crown Heights) to Rivka Rosenblum (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tuesday at the JCM
8:00pm: Why Is the Story of the Exodus Not Corroborated by Archeological Evidence?
The topics in this week’s 291st episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: How to Prepare for the Approaching 70th Anniversary of the Rebbe’s Leadership; Why Is the Story of the Exodus Not Corroborated by Archeological Evidence? Were Any of the Rebbeim Influenced by Secular Philosophers? Is Any Chassidus Based on Moreh Nevuchim? With so Many Competing Ideologies All Purporting to Tell the Truth, Is There Any Way to Objectively Determine the Truth of Judaism? How Was the Rambam Able to Live in Egypt? Can We Rationalize the Entire Torah?
The Greenbaum family will be sitting shiva following the passing of their husband and father Rabbi Yakov Greenbaum OBM, at 726 Eastern Parkway. Times in extended article.
Information to Menachem Avel the Greenbaum Family
The Greenbaum family will be sitting shiva following the passing of their husband and father Rabbi Yakov Greenbaum OBM, at 726 Eastern Parkway. Times in extended article.
Israeli Air Force Fighter Jets Suffer Damage in Winter Flooding
Israeli Air Force aircraft were damaged last week in southern Israel, when aircraft hangars at an military base were flooded during a storm, Channel 12 reported Sunday evening.
“Kill All Jews” Found in Stairwell of Brooklyn High School
Anti-Semitic graffiti was discovered scrawled on a staircase wall at Brooklyn Tech High School Thursday afternoon, city Education Department officials said. A school employee discovered the message reading “Kill All Jews” and a swastika scribbled in black marker on a third-floor stairwell of the 6,000-student high school in Fort Greene around 3:40 p.m. Thursday, police said.
Rabbi Berel Levine Continues Tour Of Agudas Chasidei Chabad Library With Showcase of the Alter Rebbe
Watch as Curator and Librarian of the Agudas Chasidei Chabad Library, Rabbi Berel Levine, continues his tour of the Library. In this video, he showcases an exhibition of the Alter Rebbe.
Community Pays Respects At Levaya Of Mrs. Anni Asseraf OBM
The Levaya of Mrs. Anni Asseraf OBM, a wife and mother in the Paris Chabad community took, passed by Beth Chaya Mushka in Paris, where the community came out to pay their respects.
Hatzalah Hosts Maimonides for Annual Melava Malka and Health Symposium
Hundreds of men and women turned out this Motzai Shabbos for Crown Heights Hatzalah’s annual Melava Malka and health symposium. The winner of this years annual raffle for $25,000 was also drawn
Jews Beaten in Uman By Anti-Semitic Crowd
A group of about 30 Ukrainians attacked Jewish worshipers close to midnight on Friday night in Uman and beat Jews outside the grave of Rebbe Nachman in what was described as a “pogrom”.
BDE: Rabbi Yakov Greenbaum, 70, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Yakov Greenbaum OBM, an educator formerly of Crown Heights and most recently of Los Angeles. He passed away Motzoei Shabbos, the 15th of Teves, 5780. Updated with New York Levaya information.
Baby Boy!
Shmuli and Racheli (nee Gerber) Greisman (Crown heights)
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