A heat wave has hit NYC Tuesday, putting temperatures into the upper 90’s. With the sun beating down, it is easy to get dehydrated outdoors, CrownHeights.info reminds everyone to remain indoors when possible, drink plenty, and check in on your loved ones.
My Encounter with the Rebbe recently interviewed Dr. Louis Teichholz, a cardiology specialist from Mount Sinai Hospital who was among the first to attend to the Rebbe following his 1977 heart attack. Among the many anecdotes he discussed during his interview, Dr. Teicholz related that as he spent time with the Rebbe, the Rebbe became his friend. His doctor-patient relationship with the Rebbe developed into much more, and for many years afterward, even after the Rebbe fully recovered, he would come to 770 to visit the Rebbe.
Switzerland on Tuesday said it was suspending funding to the UN agency for Palestinian Arab refugees after an ethics report revealed alleged mismanagement and abuse of authority at the agency’s highest levels.
Capital One Financial Corp reported a massive data breach that affected 100 Million, with private information stolen by a hacker. The hacker has reportedly been arrested.
Rabbi Aharon Rakeffets, a teacher of Rabbinical and Talmudic studies, visited 770 on Monday. Rabbi Rakeffets is a noted scholar with an incredible memory, who was zoiche to be by a farbrengen in the 1950’s and speaks fondly of Lubavitch activities.
Yeshivas Kayitz Kingston hosted the campers parents on visiting day this year, for a memorable day of fun and excitement.
A video has surfaced of the car jacking that occurred this morning on Kingston Ave. The car was brazenly stolen by two teenagers, who dragged the owner of the car, and sent him to the hospital.
On Thursday night 25th July, CBDChabad launched their newest inner city hub to serve the Jewish professionals and residents of Surry Hills.
We all know about Snapple facts, but did you know about New York City facts? According to NYC fact Number 971, there are “18 miles of clear wire strung around much of Manhattan to make a symbolic enclosure (Eruv) on Shabbat.”
President Trump has communed the sentence of Boaz Nachmani, an Orthodox Jew from Miami. The move reportedly comes after his 11 year old son sent a letter to the white house.
Rabbi Mendy and Leah Raskin a new, young, and vigorous source of spiritual strength will be joining the family of shluchim on the Isle of Cyprus.
Operation Survival: Watch as Operation Survival discusses how to spot if a child is doing drugs, and the early warning signs with Dr. Miriam Gross. Dr. Miriam Gross, PsyD, MFT was interviewed for Operation Survival’s Prevention101 series.
An animal rights group filed a lawsuit against a Jewish center in Los Angeles to prevent it from holding kapparot, a pre-Yom Kippur religious ritual.
An early morning Kingston Ave car jacking in Crown Heights left a car totaled and another damaged. The car jacker fled the scene on foot, after dragging the owner nearly a block. The owner of the vehicle was taken to the Hospital for his injuries.
If you could put a value on a blessing, what might it be worth? For a unique, nearly 90-year-old blessing, the going rate is $6,750. That’s the amount a bidder paid last week in Tel Aviv for a well-traveled Lincoln penny, the subject of frenzied bidding at the Israeli Genazym Auction House rare artifacts auction July 16.
Historic event – a conference of principles and administrators of all Torah education institutions in New York State. Together, they committed to stand united against our mutual enemies – those who want to infiltrate, and worse yet, contaminate the scared education of our next generation.
A person was shot outside the Young Israel of North Miami Beach, Sunday afternoon. Hatzolah of Miami Dade was on the scene and treated the victim, reportedly in his 60’s, who suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his leg.
