A rockslide buried Japanese tourist Akiho Sugiyama, who was trekking the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal, under heavy boulders. Luckily for her, a group of Israeli backpackers with a satellite phone provided to them by the local Chabad Shluchim was close behind.
Chanukah celebrations started early at Victoria’s Parliament House on Monday when Premier Daniel Andrews lit the Menorah.
With so many suggestions on how to tackle the “Shiduch Crisis” being passed around, one anonymous CrownHeights.info reader believes there is a key issue being ignored, and offers an innovative way to deal with it.
CrownHeights.info has obtained surveillance footage of the horrifying moment Tuesday morning when a 13-year-old boy was hit by an SUV making a right turn from President Street onto Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights.
Please continue to say Tehillim for Shneur Zalman Ovadia Ben Rina Miriam.
Shliach to Montana Rabbi Chaim Bruk took to the pages of the Huffington Post to describe what it’s like to raise his special-needs daughter, Zeesy, who has GLUT-1 Deficiency, a disorder so rare that she is the only person known to have it in the entire state of Montana.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Thursday, December 8, for a Catholic holiday. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Rabbi Adin Even Yisrael-Steinsaltz was rushed to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on Wednesday morning after apparently suffering from a stroke.
Please say Tehillim for Adin ben Rivka Leah.
The mother of Dinush Rivkin, a four-year-old girl from Kiryat Malchi, Israel, for whom Jews around the world contributed over 1.5 million Shekels to help pay for a desperately needed surgery in the U.S., has reported on Facebook early this morning that the surgery was a success.
A fast moving and exciting program was held for delegates from across the globe who participated in the Chabad Partners Conference held last Sunday at the Brooklyn Marriott prior to the Kinus Hashluchim Gala Banquet that was held at Pier 8 in Brooklyn.
After his studio went up in flames, Israeli artist Yoram Raanan reflects on the loss of 40 years of work.
Shneur Brook (Crown Heights) and Leah Olidort (Crown Heights)
Michoel Tawil (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Rikki Wolff (Crown Heights)
Chabad Hebrew School of Orange County, NY, decorated and presented cookies to cops to express their appreciation for all they do.
A CrownHeights.info reader sent us a video he filmed today on Eastern Parkway – of a white chicken clucking around and seeming to mind its own business. Anyone who has a theory as to where it may have come from is welcome to share it in the comments section.
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for Menachem Mendel ben Sima Chasya, a husband and father in desperate need of a speedy Refuah Shelaimah. His Perek is 62.
On Monday, Councilors, Rabbis, communal Lay Leaders, council staff and friends joined together to celebrate the upcoming Jewish festival of lights in Sydney’s Waverley Council – and what a wonderful atmosphere it was.
On Monday, a video uploaded to YouTube by Prager University titled Born to Hate Jews was labeled “hate speech” and removed from the site. After facing social media backlash, YouTube reinstated the video late Monday night, but it remains tagged as “restricted content.”
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