Today on the 15th of Shevat, the Kollel Tiferes Zekeinim Levi Yitzchok celebrated its first siyum on masechta brochos and began learning masechta sukah. The Kollel was established in order to serve the English speaking retired individual in Crown Heights.
Last night, a few minutes after 9:30pm, a rare lunar eclipse began. The lunar eclipse, which covers the moon temporarily, left it dark. Those outside braving the cold were able to take photos of the phenomenon. The eclipse lasted for hours, only fully ending a few minutes before 3:00am.
Shmuel Sholom Lokshin (Crown Heights) and Miriam Leah (bas R’ Shmuel) Lieblich (Crown Heights)
The porch pirate phenomenon is an annoying reality of NYC right now, but its gone from a crime of opportunity to a lucrative trade. Another incident of package theft has been reported, and the video released.
With frigid temperatures and strong winds, some of Crown Heights’s landmarks are having a hard time coping. Besides for the humanity, which has nearly deserted the streets, one of the early casualties to the weather was the iconic sign over Mermelsteins Restaurant. The sign, which has proudly stood for one of the longest standing restaurants in Crown Heights, was torn by the wind, with scraps of it being blown around.
LYA hosts a Shabbos dinner every year in honor of Yud Shvat, titled One Shabbos/One World. This year, Rabbi Yossi Paltiel, founder of www.InsideChassidus.org, spent Shabbos with LYA, inspiring the community with speeches and farbrengen
Ramon International Airport opens in southern Israel, just north of Eilat. A special anti-missile ‘smart fence’ to shield airport from attacks is just one of its special features.
Mendy Brown (Los Angeles, CA) and Goldie Pekkar (North Miami Beach, FL)
An emergency call involving Crown Heights Shomrim was caught on camera, when an angry man shoved an innocent passerby on Kingston Ave as another bystander filmed.
Yehuda Aryeh Leib Bondar ( Melbourne, Australia) and Ilana Rotblat (Melbourne, Australia)
The IDF on Sunday night attacked targets belonging to the Iranian Quds Force in Syrian territory, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said. This story is developing, and updates will be posted as information becomes available.
In a yearly event, over 100 educators gathered in Crown Heights for renewed inspiration and camaraderie during a farbrengen for Yud Shvat.
The topics in this week’s 243rd episode of the highly acclaimed popular MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: After a Major Life Crisis, How Do You Begin Living Again? If G-d Gave the Torah Today, Would It Be Very Different Than the One Given 3300 Years Ago to Primitive People? Does a Torah Abiding Jew Need Therapy? How Do We Even Begin Relating to a G-d That Seems so Beyond Us? How Should We Be Promoting the Seven Noachide Laws? Was the Holocaust a Punishment for Jewish Sins?
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations are suspended on Monday, January 21st, 2019 for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Friends and supporters of G’mach Keren Yisroel Aryeh Leib turned out for a seudas Melava Malka last night, Motzai Shabbos Parshas Beshalach.
ACT Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Community Services and Facilities, Roads and City Services, Chris Steel MLA, honored the Jewish Community with a visit to Chabad ACT HQ and Gan Yisroel Community and Childcare Centre last week.
A very relaxed package thief thought he made it off a porch undetected earlier this month. The Crown Heights porch, located on Carroll St, held an unexpected addition he failed to notice, a video camera!
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