Baby Boy!
Yecheskel and Chaya (nee Yaffee) Stein (Southfield, MI)

US Charges Israeli Teen for JCC Bomb Threats
The U.S. Justice Department announced on Friday that it was charging Michael Ron David Kadar, 18, with making threatening calls to JCCs, conveying false information to the police and cyberstalking.

Jewish Leaders Visit Grieving Deutsch Family
MK Aryeh Deri, a close family friend, visited the Deutsch family in their Jerusalem home to comfort them after the loss of their father and brother, Rabbi Mendel Deutsch, HYD, who passed away on Pesach six months after he was brutally beaten by thugs in the Ukrainian city of Zhitomir.

CTeen a Show of Force at March of the Living
For the first time ever, thousands of teens participating in March of the Living will enjoy the complete CTeen experience beneath a large pavilion erected in Warsaw specifically for the occasion.

Weekly Living Torah Video: Counting the Days
In a beautiful clip featured in this week’s Living Torah from JEM, the Rebbe addresss guests who had come to spend Pesach with him. Bidding them farewell, the Rebbe emphasizes the unique auspiciousness of the days of the Omer as we prepare to receive the Torah on Shavuos.

Major Changes to How Credit Score Is Calculated
The math behind your credit score is getting an overhaul, with changes big enough that they might alter the behavior of both cautious spenders as well as riskier borrowers.

Weekly JLI Video: The Inadequate Candidate
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. This week’s video for Parshas Shemini is titled: The Inadequate Candidate.

Weekly Story: The Rebbe Put a Stop to the Bullying
As any parent would do, the mother immediately called the Yeshiva, spoke to the teacher, the principal and to whomever she was able to contact, and pleaded with them that they bring an end to her son’s suffering. Although the other boys were spoken to, admonished and some penalized, the relentless bullying continued.

Crown Heightser Is Crowned Brisket King of NYC
Crown Heights’ very own Sruly Eidelman, purveyor of delicious kosher barbecue from his Troy Avenue establishment Izzy’s Brooklyn Smokehouse, has claimed the top prize in the annual Brisket King NYC competition.

Jewish Boy Attacked by Neighbor’s Pit Bull
A 3-year-old Jewish boy is recovering after he was viciously attacked and mauled by his neighbor’s unleashed pet dog in Spring Valley, NY. The incident was caught on surveillance video.

Shabbos at the Besht: Kashrus Standards
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yitzchak Hanoka, Rabbinic Coordinator at OK Kosher Certification, will lead a discussion on the topic: Kashrus Standards.

Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a pair of unique photos of the Rebbe at the Lag Ba’omer Parade of 1976.
Baby Boy!
Nosson and Mushky (nee Rabkin) Losh (Crown Heights)

Police Commish. Visits Crown Heights, Hears Concerns
Police Commissioner of the NYPD James O’Neil visited the Precinct Council Meeting of the 71st Precinct on Thursday evening, answering questions from residents and detailing actions the NYPD is taking to further reduce crime beyond record lows.
Baby Boy!
Yisroel and Nechama Dina (nee Stern) Zilberstrom (Crown Heights)

Weekly Letter: The Significance of Eight
This week, as we read in the Torah Parshas Shmini, we present a letter from the Rebbe to a supporter of the Rebbe’s “Wild Project” in Eretz Yisrael – a project that goes above and beyond the regular and the usual – in which the Rebbe goes into detail about the special significance of “eight” and its transcendent quality. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s personal trusted secretary, Rabbi Nissan Mindel.