A multilevel parking garage under construction in the city of Tel Aviv collapsed on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring about 17 others, Israeli police and rescuers said, as rescue teams worked frantically to locate several people believed trapped under the rubble.
The German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier met last week with the Rabbi of the Jewish community and Chabad Shliach in Berlin, Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal. During this meeting, Steinmeier congratulated Rabbi Teichtal on reaching 20 years of rabbinical public service in the capital Berlin, and wished him much success in his future endeavors.
Jewish singing star Shuky Sadon is back! Fresh off the release of this year’s debut album, “Yamim Baim,” which had a lot of success on the Radio in Israel, the USA and France, Shuky closes out the summer season with a wild new single called “Kulam Rokdim,” which will make you dance, jump and sing along!
Rabbi Mikhael and Esther Cohen, directors of the Francophone Jewish community of New York (CCF), welcome the newly-appointed French Consul to New York, Miss Anne-Claire Legendre.
Thousands of NYPD officers and light towers did not deter the violence at last night’s J’ouvert festivals, where two people were shot dead and another four were injured from gunshots and stabbings.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Miriam Blachman OBM, matriarch of a large family who lived in Far Rockaway, NY. She was 91 years old.
Leib and Sheindel (nee Hellinger) Wexler (Crown Heights)
Eli Duban (Crown Heights) and Ilana Polack (Seattle, WA)
Tomorrow, Labor Day Monday, hundreds of thousands will be attending the annual West Indian American Day Parade in Crown Heights. Celebrations begin Sunday evening and run through Monday night. CrownHeights.info has compiled all the info you need to know in order to navigate the gridlocked neighborhood.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 130, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Are We Allowed to Study Kabbalah? What Is the Proper Balance Between Science and Religion? Can Our Minds Actually Control Our Hearts? Since G-d is Indivisible How Can We Call a Soul a Chelek Elokah M’Maal Mamash?
Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins denied on Saturday an accusation in a lawsuit that he plowed into a bicycle deliveryman while driving on a Manhattan street and then fled.
The NYPD arrested 34 people along the J’Ouvert parade route in an effort to prevent another deadly celebration this year.
Continuing their quest to insure that Jewish children get the best possible education, both in Judaic and Secular studies, Mr. and Mrs. Yosef Popack have once again stepped up to the plate. They have graciously helped beautify the building at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Ocean Parkway by putting down new floors in the classrooms.
In last week’s Living Torah from JEM, Rabbi Marvin Tokayer recalled the life changing audience in which the Rebbe brought the plight of the Jewish community in Japan to his attention, along with the suggestion that he might hold the solution to their problem.
While their Talmidim get ready for the new Shnas Halimudim, United Lubavitcher Yeshiva is preparing their Yeshiva building for another great year.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Shmuel Pevzner, Director of Merkaz Avrechim, will lead a discussion on the topic – Chasidisher Elul.
