Israeli Wounded in Stabbing Attack
After recent lull in such attacks, a Palestinian terrorist stabbed an Israeli man in Jerusalem.
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Video: The Art of Marriage: To Love and Laugh
Is the secret to fulfilling relationships and powerful intimacy found in a 4,000 year-old tradition? Join an unforgettable lecture by Rabbi Yossi Jacobson on how to remain sane and spirited through the roller-coaster of married life, courtesy of Torah Cafe.
Picture of the Day: Halacha Shiur
Rabbi Shmuel Halevi Horowitz, renowned Posek and author of bestselling works on Halacha Shevach Yakar and Shevach Hamoadim, delivers a Shiur to the Talmidim Hashluchim in the Chabad Yeshiva of Sydney, Australia, while visiting the city.
ULY Ocean Parkway Holds 13th Annual Auction
Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Ocean Parkway’s 13th Annual Chinese Auction took place Sunday in the Beis Rivkah Ballroom in Crown Heights. Hundreds of friends and supporters turned out throughout the day, enjoying a sumptuous hot buffet and Viennese table, all while supporting the Yeshiva. Winners list added!
California Shluchim Gather for Bais Iyar Farbrengen
Shluchim from across California gathered last Monday evening at Chabad West Coast Headquarters in Los Angeles, California for their annual Farbrengen in honor of Bais Iyar.
8:00pm: What Can We Learn from the Rebbe’s brother?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 115, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: What do we learn from R’ Yisroel Aryeh Leib, the Rebbe’s brother? How Can I Stop My Past From Creeping into My Present? Can a Perfect Life Be Meaningful? How to Respond to Missionaries?
AP: Bus Arson Evokes Riots of 1991
An Associated Press editorial says that the burning of a Jewish school bus by African-American children evokes the tensions that prevailed in Crown Heights during the infamous riots that plagued the community in the summer of 1991.
Israelis the ‘Model of Cooperation’ at Student Robotics Competition in St. Louis
When participants from 11 Israeli high school robotics teams discovered that they would be competing in St. Louis smack dab in the middle of Passover, they had a feeling that Chabad would be able to help.
Police Drop Hate Crime Charges in School Bus Arson
One day after four more juveniles were arrested for setting fire to a school bus parked in front of a Crown Heights Jewish girls’ school, the NYPD has dropped hate crime charges against all of the young arsonists.
Meyer Seewald
Founder of JCW Departs Organization
Five years after he founded Jewish Community Watch (JCW), an organization dedicated to rooting out child abuse in Orthodox-Jewish communities, Meyer Seewald is saying goodbye.
Shluchim to Asia Inspired at Regional Kinus
The 37 Shluchim families from across Asia that gathered this week in Thailand for the annual regional Kinus Hashluchim enjoyed three inspiration filled days. In accordance with the spirit of Hakhel, this year’s Kinus was expanded to include men, women and children. The participants enjoyed Shiurim, workshops, Farbrengens and more.
Rabbi Benny’s Hilarious Torah Thought: The One with Auntie Sara
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this week’s Parsha, Kedoshim. This week Rabbi Benny answers the question: Why is the Torah so severe when it comes to someone having weights or scales that are not perfectly balanced? Aren’t there more grave sins than off-balance scales?
Video: Chasidic Kids Steal Israeli Flag
A group of Chasidic children tore down and stole an Israeli flag that was flying in front of a home in upstate New York. Israelis and many Jews around the world marked the Israeli Independence Day yesterday on Thursday, May 11.
Video: The Power of a Rabbi
Rabbi Fishel Jacobs, known as the ‘Power Rabbi,’ is an ex-law enforcement officer, author and inspirational speaker. Here he performs one of his unforgettable karate breaks, four industrial cinder blocks with his head!
New Engagement!
Refoel Yehuda Polter (Oak Park, MI) and Chaya Yehudis (bas R’ Velvel) Oster (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Moshe Rosner (Postville, IA) and Naomi Wagowsky (Toronto, Canada)
In an unusual twist, New York City is actually trying to return money to motorists who were issued illegal $165 parking summonses.
City to Refund Illegitimate Tickets
In an unusual twist, New York City is actually trying to return money to motorists who were issued illegal $165 parking summonses.
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