On September 11th, 2001, Ari Schonbrun went to his office at Cantor Fitzgerald – the Wall Street firm that occupied the top five floors of Tower One – and he happened to be on the 78th floor changing elevators when the first plane hit. In the midst of the smoke and chaos, Ari found a fellow employee who was terribly burned and who needed his help to walk her down 78 flights of stairs.
Col. Jacob Goldstein, who served for 34 years as Chairman for the Crown Heights Community Board, explains why he believes community members should support Ede Fox in tomorrow’s Democratic primary for City Council, and not Laurie Cumbo.
Puppeteer Dovid Taub of Itche Kadoozy fame on the set of Mitzventions, a new video series that will be released by the makers of Mitzvah Boulevard next month.
On Motzei Shabbos, a Farbrengen was held in 770 in honor of Chai Elul, the birthday of the Baal Shem Tov and the Alter Rebbe.
CrownHeights.info has learned that a story we published yesterday about the family of Shluchim on the Caribbean island of St. Martin being rescued on Shabbos was factually incorrect. In fact, the Shluchim evacuated to Puerto Rico by the U.S. Military on Friday, having arrived before Shabbos began.
With the Democratic Primary Elections set to take place Tuesday, September 12th, Laurie Cumbo — who represents Crown Heights’ 35th District and began her career by blaming “Jewish landlords” for the unprovoked attacks of the “knockout game” — snagged an endorsement from a self-proclaimed “Crown Heights Jewish Coalition,” which touts her supposed qualifications and alleged assistance to the Jewish community.
A man was arrested after he assaulted a Jewish man on President Street on Sunday afternoon.
Chai Elul marked the conclusion of Lahak’s historic sale on the first sixty volumes of Toras Menachem. Now, for a few limited weeks, another sale will take its place: Those who wish to complete their partially-bought sets can purchase individual volumes for the low price of $11 each.
Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch, in conjunction with the Shluchim of Florida, has launched an emergency campaign for the victims of Hurricane Irma. The hurricane left a path of destruction in the Caribbean and is now doing the same in Florida.
Three members of a prominent French Jewish family were kidnapped, tied up, brutally beaten and robbed on Thursday night in their home in the suburb of Livry-Gargan northeast of Paris. “You are Jewish, you have money,” the assailants said before brutally attacking them, threatening to kill them.
Avrohom Eliezer Steinmetz (Detroit, MI) and Brocho Ezagui (Ormond Beach, FL)
Levi Yitzchak Ceitlin (Montreal, Canada) and Shana Shemtov (Washington, DC)
This video depicting severe flooding was filmed right outside Chabad of Brickell / Downtown Miami. The flooding is the result of storm surge from Hurricane Irma coinciding with high tide in Biscayne Bay.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 179, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: What Are We to Make of All the Recent Natural Disasters? How Do You Explain Foul Language Use by Prominent Chassidim? What Should Be Our Attitude to Reading Non-Jewish Books? What Approach Should We Take Regarding Our Children Watching Videos?
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for Nesanel Ben Chaya Rochel, the one-year-old son of Shluchim who will be undergoing open heart surgery Monday morning.
Judaism celebrates life. Joy. Family. But what happens when tragedy strikes? Misaskim answers the cry.
Mendel Kass (Toronto / Miami) and Chani Zwiebel (Crown Heights / Miami)
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