Baby Girl!
Shneor and Sara Leah (nee Katz) Fridman (Crown Heights)
Video: Palestinian Ambulance Joins Lynching Attack
After IDF troops responded to the attempted lynching of Jewish motorists in the West Bank last week, they learned that a Red Crescent ambulance intentionally blocked the victims to prevent them from extricating themselves from the life-threatening situation. The entire incident was caught on video.
Community Shows Appreciation for Bikur Cholim
Bikur Cholim of Crown Heights held their annual breakfast, this year themed ‘Celebrating our Community,’ in the Oholei Torah ballroom on Sunday, May 21.
Trump First President to Visit Western Wall
Clad in a black yarmulke, President Donald Trump made a historic visit to Jerusalem’s Western Wall today, Monday, standing before the holiest place where Jews are permitted to pray and saying a few words before inserting a note between the monumental stones. He is the first sitting U.S. President to do so in history.
Chabad Synagogue Vandalized in Meah Shearim
Congregants of the old Chabad shul in Meah Shearim, Jerusalem, were amazed to discover on Shabbos that vandals had broken in the night before and destroyed the synagogue’s walls, stole books and newsletters, and harmed anything they could get their hands on.
Westchester Hebrew School Students Receive Awards
Hebrew School students of Chabad Hebrew School of Westchester, located in New Rochelle, NY, enjoyed an exciting surprise as Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino attended the celebration.
New Engagement!
Moshe Aron (ben R’ Shmuel) Lipskier (Crown Heights) and Shevi Serabransky (Melbourne, Australia)
New Engagement!
Mendy Levitin (Lod, Israel) and Nechama Moskovitz (Kharkov, Ukraine)
New Engagement!
Moshe Vail (Crown Heights) and Shaina (bas Yitzchok) Tenenbaum (Crown Heights)
8:00pm: How Do We Protect the Innocent from False Allegations
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 163, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: To Give or Not to Give When the Money May be Used for Something Inappropriate? Should School Feel Like Prison? How Do We Protect the Innocent from False Allegations of a Vindictive Spouse?
Times Square Driver Wanted to ‘Kill Them All’
A man charged with slamming his speeding car into pedestrians in Times Square, killing a teenager and injuring nearly two dozen people, said he wanted to “kill them all” and police should have shot him to stop him, a prosecutor revealed Friday.
Another Chabad Rabbi Kicked Out of Russia
For the second time this year, Russian authorities have ordered out of the country a foreign-born Chabad rabbi who had lived there for years.
New Engagement!
Mendy Drelich (Edmonton, Canada) and Shoshana Goldshmidt (Miami, FL)
Weekly Living Torah Video: The Jewish Woman
In the leadup to Shavuos each year, the Rebbe would address the annual Nshei Chabad Women’s Convention. Here, JEM presents a collection of videos in which the Rebbe discusses the unique and vital contribution of the Jewish woman.
Jewish Hipsters Flock to Crown Heights
A Jewish hipster haven in the heart of Chabad’s Brooklyn territory: Known as Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters since the 1940s, Crown Heights is becoming home to a new kind of Jew – the “hipster,” reports Ben Sales for the JTA. Is this a positive or negative development? Share your opinion in the comments section.
Shluchim Help Woman Fulfill Her Last Wish
Isolated in an assisted living facility in Peru, Illinois, 100 miles from Chicago, Selma Rosenberg longed for a visit from a rabbi. On the day before her death, she finally got her wish.
