Amid a prolonged visit to Moscow, Rabbi Shmuel Eiyahu, the Chief Rabbi of Tzfas, visited the local chapter of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim, where he tested the students on various subjects, and expressed amazement as to their proficiency in their studies.
Captain Scott Forster, second-in-command at the 71st Precinct, was stripped of his badge and gun and placed on ‘modified assignment’ for choosing to clock out and go home in the aftermath of the shooting of two police officers in Bud-Stuy, both of whom were rushed to Kings County hospital – located in his precinct – for treatment, instead of staying behind to help organize visits for the wounded cops’ families.
In most institutes of higher learning in Israel, the winter semester ends now. The students are perhaps leaving for a brief vacation, but at the headquarters of Chabad on the Campus, work continues round the clock.
The Mikvah Organization/Mikvah.org will be presenting a complimentary evening out, featuring the inspiring Lisa Twersky, LCSW, renowned therapist, author and lecturer.
Rabbi Shimon Freundlich, Chabad Shliach and Chief Rabbi of Beijing, China, addresses a Melave Malka benefiting the Beis Medrash Darchei Chaim-Stavnitz in Boro Park this past Motzei Shabbos.
A 22-year-old man was shot in the stomach while he waited for the 3 train on the platform of the Nostrand Ave. subway station in Crown Heights.
Rabbi Yisroel and Chaya Kozlovsky, Chabad Shluchim to Mumbai, India, named their newborn son after Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holzberg, who was murdered alongside his wife, Rivka, eight years ago at the Chabad house in Mumbai by Islamic terrorists from Pakistan.
Over 4,000 people gathered in a beautiful display of unity from all across the world for a fun filled Family Adventure Day at the magnificent gardens at Jungle Island in Miami.
Meir and Mina Leah Levine (Crown Heights)
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 105, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: 12 Step Program; Our G-d vs. Their G-d; Is Resignation Ever Acceptable? How to Remain Connected in a non-Jewish Environment?
A number of city and state politicians alongside a group of law enforcement officials were honored this morning at a “Legislative Brunch” in Crown Heights.
Record temperatures of 18 degrees below zero (-28 degrees Celcius) couldn’t keep the hardy denizens of Montreal from banding together this month for an evening of inspiration, camaraderie and unity.
Following a spiritually uplifting Shabbos in Crown Heights, some 2,000 Cteen’ers hopped on the subway and traveled to Times Square for a Havdalah ceremony and concert, all broadcasted live online and on the American Eagle jumbotron, and capped off with a video of the Rebbe. The result was a Kiddush Hashem of immense proportions.
Dovid Abba and Chaya Goldstein (Crown Heights)
The man who was brought in for questioning in relation to the stabbing of 26-year-old Leiby Brikman in Crown Heights earlier this month was not responsible for the attack, the NYPD said.
Witness a monumental event for Jewish teens – a display of Jewish pride and unity – which will take place tonight in New York’s Time Square. The gathering will feature a special havdalah ceremony, inspiring speeches and concert with 8th Day, beginning at 8:45pm (EST).
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