New Engagement!
Menachem Mendel Cohen (Montreal, Canada) and Bassie Mishulovin (Los Angeles, CA)
Alternate Side Rules Suspended Thursday & Friday
Alternate Side Parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Thursday and Friday, January 4 and 5 for snow operations. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
“Bomb Cyclone” to Hit NYC
With most of the United States now in freezing temperature territory, it is about to get even worse in New York City as forecasters are expecting a winter hurricane, which is also known as a “bomb cyclone.”
From Days Gone By: Bedford and Dean
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present this photo of Bochurim in the lunchroom of Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Bedford and Dean, circa 1960. Can you identify anyone in the photo?
Teshurah Offers Unique Glimpse into the Rebbe’s Editorial Involvement
How deep was the Rebbe’s involvement in the editorial process of the publication of Maamorim and Sichos? Of the three teshuros from the wedding of Menachem Mendel and Shterna Sarah (nee Brook) Mondshine, One offered a truly unique glimpse into three rounds of edits the Rebbe made on a Maamar and Sicha said on Asarah B’Teves.
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Zalmen and Dishy (nee Blachman) Zarchi (Crown Heights)
Video: Car Bursts Into Flames on Brooklyn Ave.
A car suddenly burst into flames as it was travelling on Brooklyn Avenue. The driver managed to escape the burning vehicle before flames entered the cabin.
R. Eckstein Honored for Leading Efforts to Free Rubashkin
Members of the Chabad leadership, along with the Rubashkin family, gathered Tuesday for a Seudas Hoda’ah for the great miracle of the commutation of Sholom Mordechai Rubashkins prison sentence. Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein was saluted at the event for his efforts that led to this miracle.
Video: “Can We Experience Redemption Now?”
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha — Shemot. This week he answers the question: How can we experience the redemption now? – based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
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Sholom and Chaya Kramer (Crown Heights)
District Manager Position Open Following Judges Order
Brooklyn’s Community Board 9 has announced an opening for the job of district manager – which carries up to a $90,000 a year salary – following a judges voiding of the controversial hiring of another candidate in 2016, which she deemed illegal and has been vacant since.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Zlata Benjaminson, 94, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Zlata Benjaminson OBM, a resident of Montreal, Canada who has been recently living in Crown Heights. She was 94 years old.
Mr. Clean Opens Second Dry Cleaner Location
Mr. Clean Organic Dry Cleaners, an Albany Avenue dry cleaners, has opened a second location in order to meet the community’s ever expanding boundaries.
Letter: How Hard Could It Be To Coordinate School Vacations?
A frustrated mother laments ‘our broken community’, and the neighborhood schools’ inability to treat its parent bodies with ‘respect’. From random and sudden school calendar changes, to the schools inability to coordinate with each other.
Chief Rabbi of Central Jerusalem Conceptualized the ‘Chitas’
It’s a small rectangle, the size of a box of baking soda, but it revolutionized the world of Torah study. Known as a “Chitas”, it is a book that combines Chumash, Tehillim and Tanya. The compendium, which is almost as thick as it is wide, was the brainchild of Rabbi Zev Dov Slonim of Jerusalem, who passed away on Jan. 1 at the age of 83.
Jewish Names Among Most Popular NYC Baby Names
As the year 2017 came to a close, the New York City Health Department released vital statistics for births over the previous year. Rounding out the list of most popular names, they included five Jewish girls’ names and four boys’ names. The city also saw an overall decline in the birthrate.
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Bentzi and Rochie Sudak (London, England)
