New Engagement!
Levi (ben Boruch) Napastek (Crown Heights) and Chaya Raskin (Cote St Luc, Canada)
Gunfire Shatters Window as New Year Kicks Off
As the new year was being rung in, one Jewish family in Crown Heights had the misfortune of having one of their apartment windows shattered by errant gunfire at midnight.
Timely Tales: The Tightrope Walker
JLI presents its unique two-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from a timely tale. Here is this week’s video.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Rabbi Zev Dov Slonim, 83, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Dov Zev Slonim OBM, the Rov of the Jerusalem city center, member of Beis Din Rabbonei Chabad – Israel and among the elder Chabad Chassidim. He was 83 years old.
Letter: ‘Resume virtues’ vs. ‘Eulogy virtues’
Ten years ago a tragic accident claimed the lives of Rabbi Zev and Rochel Simons in Sydney, Australia, and last week marked their tenth Yohrtzeit. Their son, Rabbi Mendel Simons, today a Shliach in Los Angeles, authored a letter connecting his parents roles as educators into his Shlichus and the need for values based education with an emphasis on passionately living.
Jewish Family Among 12 Killed in Costa Rica Plane Crash
Twelve people were killed, among them all the five members of a Jewish family, in an airplane crash in a remote mountainous area of Costa Rica.
University Students Partake in Miami Torah Experience
For the ninth time, Jewish students from a number of universities enjoyed a week-long hands-on Yeshiva learning experience in North Miami Beach, Florida with top Chabad educators.
Video: We Received the Torah but Did We Get It?
This lecture by Rabbi Manis Friedman delves into the receiving of the Torah and its containing more than just surface meaning. Like layers of an onion, an infinitely more so, the bed of the Torah sea is forever deepening. Take this chance to delve into each letter, word, and phrase, deciphering the hidden messages between the lines.
Baby Girl!
Noach and Alti (nee Pevzner) Majesky (Accra, Ghana)
8:00pm: Can I Get Married If I Don’t Love Myself?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 195, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Can I Get Married If I Don’t Love Myself? What Is Our Attitude to the Secular New Year? How to Respond to Someone of Another Religion About Their Faith? How to Deal with Married Children Who Are Not Frum? The Rubashkin Phenomenon Cont’d; Suggestions to R’ Jacobson.
Baby Boy!
Levi and Rochie Perelmuter (Long Beach, CA)
Five-Story Hotel Coming to Eastern Parkway
Developers have revealed renderings for the Bedford Hotel, a five-story, 38,000-square-foot development at 1550 Bedford Avenue at the corner of Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights. The complex will be built at the site of the former Gulf gas station.
In Nigeria: 600 Tanyas Printed in Six Different Cities
Interest in Chassidic teachings and Torah study are on the rise in Nigeria, according to Rabbi Israel Uzan, co-director of Chabad Lubavitch of Nigeria. And now, those wanting to learn have some more tools at their disposal.
Alternate Side and Meter Rules Suspended Monday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) and parking meter regulations will be suspended on Monday, January 1, for New Year’s.
Seniors Get Weekly Deliveries from Preschoolers
Arlene Botkin looks forward to the kosher care packages she receives each week as part of a year-round program called “Stoop Soup,” run by Chabad of Brooklyn Heights, N.Y. The soup, challah, cake, and sometimes, seasonal items (this month, warm scarves) are “very nice,” she says.
Cops Suspended for Blowing Off 911 Call
Two NYPD cops were suspended for allegedly blowing off a 911 call to check on a Crown Heights woman — who was later found dead in her home, her husband being the primary suspect.
New Engagement!
Sam Block (Dayton, OH) and Mushky (bas Boruch) Pinson (Crown Heights)
