Holocaust Escape Story Proven by Science
A one-hour TV program airing next week on PBS links an incredible Holocaust escape story to advanced scientific techniques.
Alternate Side Rules Suspended Monday-Tuesday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Monday and Tuesday, April 17-18, for the second days of Passover. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Op-Ed: Becoming a Grandmother
When Shoshanna Silcove learned that she had become a grandmother for the first time, she couldn’t contain her excitement. She jumped up out of her office chair and exclaimed, “I’m a grandmother!” All her 150 co-workers stood up and applauded. Then, she had a moment of reflection.
New Engagement!
Yossi Schwartz (Hallandale, FL) and Chaya Block (Melbourne, Australia)
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Rabbi Beryl Epstein, 58, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Rabbi Beryl Epstein OBM, a longtime Crown Heights resident who was famous for his walking tours of the neighborhood. He was 58 years old.
Twin Boys!
Shmaya and Rivkee (nee Belkin) Krinsky (Miami Beach, FL)
Rabbi Sholom Ber Orenstein recites Psalms at the resting place of his great-great-grandfather.
Chabad Rabbi Returns to Roots in North Dakota
A Chabad rabbi from Crown Heights, whose great-great grandfather served as spiritual leader of the the Jewish community of North Dakota for 53 years, returned to the state to conduct a Pesach Seder this year.
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Bochur Critically Injured in ATV Accident
CrownHeights.info has learned that a Bochur on Shlichus for Pesach in Guatemala was critically injured in an ATV accident and is fighting for his life. Tehillim in the extended article.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Rabbi Mendel Deitsch, 64, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the tragic passing of Rabbi Mendel Deutsch OBM, a Lubavitcher Rabbi and activist from Jerusalem, Israel, who was savagely beaten while in the Ukrainian city of Zhitomir earlier this year. He never recovered from those injuries and over Shabbos came the tragic news of his passing. He was 64 years old.
Baby Girl!
Mendel and Chani (nee Wolff) Moskovitz (Kharkov, Ukraine)
Shabbos Alarm Sounds One Hour Early
Crown Heightsers preparing for Shabbos Chol Hamoed Pesach were startled into thinking Shabbos was starting an hour before the zman when the siren announcing the 18 minutes and the start of Shabbos went off an hour early.
Baby Girl!
Maychee and Shaindy (nee Cadaner) Sherr (Crown Heights)
Baby Boy!
Shlomo and Brocha Sternberg (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Refoel and Chani (nee Pevzner) Silver (Crown Heights)
Weekly Story: You Were Not Abandoned, Part 3
The Rebbe responded: “listening to non-Jewish music can badly affect a sensitive soul, resulting in physical illness.” In order to clarify what he meant, Malka asked; “Does the Rebbe mean that I should only listen exclusively to Jewish or chassidic or Chabad music?”
Thousands Attend 500+ Public Seders Across Russia
Spanning the vast country, from Moscow, Siberia, and to the Far East – over 500 Pubic Seders were attended by thousands upon thousands of Russian Jews. On Erev Pesach, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his Passover greetings to Russian Jewry.
Terrorist Kills Young Woman on Jerusalem Light Rail
A young woman was fatally wounded in a stabbing attack earlier today (Friday) on the light railway in the center of Jerusalem.
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