Woman Assaulted and Robbed on Crown Street
A Jewish woman was assaulted and her purse was stolen while she was walking on Crown Street on Monday evening.
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Video: What Is More Important, the Jews or the Torah?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Tetzaveh. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is more important, the Jews or the Torah?
60 Nominated Alumni to be Honored at Dinner
Marking Oholei Torah’s 60th anniversary, the institution will be honoring 60 of its alumni at their annual gala dinnir. They were all nominated through a voting campaign which took place around election time.
The NYPD says it has seen a 55 percent increase in hate crimes compared to the same time last year. That includes a 94 percent surge in anti-Semitic incidents.
NYPD: 94% Increase in Anti-Semitic Incidents in NYC
The NYPD says it has seen a 55 percent increase in hate crimes compared to the same time last year. That includes a 94 percent surge in anti-Semitic incidents.
New Engagement!
Mendy Donin (Crown Heights) and Chana Minkowicz (Fort Myers, FL)
Baby Boy!
Moshe and Chaya Mushka (nee Sherr) Levi (Crown Heights)
‘Wild West’ North Dakota Rabbi’s Legacy Continues
It is a story taken almost straight out of Hollywood. A young Lithuanian rabbi arrives in a “Wild West” frontier town, some 7,000 miles from his home and his family, with only a Torah scroll and a few sparse belongings in his possession. Four generations later, his great-great-grandson returns to help bring Purim to his forbear’s city.
Man Arrested for Defacing Penn Station with Swastikas
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo today announced that a man suspected of multiple incidents of bias graffiti at Pennsylvania Station was arrested and charged for committing a series of hate crimes. The arrest and charges highlight the aggressive actions the state is undertaking to combat the growth of hate crimes and anti-Semitism.
Controversial Chabad Center’s Future Uncetrain After Donor’s Passing
Chabad of East Boca Raton, Florida, which has spent years fighting multiple Federal lawsuits brought by neighbors in an effort to build its city-approved Synagogue and Jewish Center, now faces another daunting hurdle: the passing of the donor who owned the plot of land the center was to be built upon, before the property was transferred to Chabad’s possession.
After 50 Years, Tefilin Stand Gets a Makeover
50 years ago, in the lead up to the Six Day War, the Rebbe launched his first Mivtza (campaign), instructing his Chassidim to help any Jewish man they meet to put on Tefilin. The merit of the Tefilin, the Rebbe explained, would protect the Holy Land from harm.
Video: Illuminating the World Starts With You
Crown Heights Filmmaker Meir Kalmenson relates a story of the Fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, and explains how his name inspires his work.
US Air Force 1st Lt. Rabbi Levy Pekar
New Chaplain Fulfills Wish of Soldier Killed in WWII
At a ceremony last week, the rabbi chaplain recently assigned to the Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada honored an American Jewish soldier killed in the line of duty days before the surrender of Japan in World War II, by granting his 72-year-old wish to have a Star of David engraved on his tomb stone, a feature published by the Honolulu-based Air Force 15th Wing website detailed on Friday.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Michoel Atlan, 72, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Michoel Atlan, OBM, a longtime resident of Crown Heights known for his generous heart and acts of Chessed. He was 72 years old.
42 Headstones Found Toppled Over, Police Say not Vandalisim
Some 42 tombstones were discovered toppled over in a Jewish Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, but police and cemetery managers say it was not vandalism. Despite this local elected officials are calling for an investigation.
Photos: Avraham Fried Concert Draws Full House
A full house turned out for a concert featuring Avraham Fried at the Brooklyn School of Music in Crown Heights.
New Engagement!
Zalman Jacobson (Des Moines, IA) and Coty Simon (Crown Heights)
8:00pm: Are Prayer and ‘Tracht Gut Vet Zein Gut’ Compatible?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 153, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Are Prayer and ‘Tracht Gut Vet Zein Gut’ Compatible? How to Cope with Social Anxieties? Would the Rebbe’s Attitude Toward Secular Education Perhaps be Different Today? Opening “Noah Houses”?
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