Amid overcast skies and the cold biting winds of a winter sandstorm, 1,500 mourners joined Natan Meir and his six children at the Har Hamenuchot cemetery, as Dafna Meir, 39, was laid to rest a day after being murdered by a terrorist at her home in the town of Otniel.
Five of the seven winners of yesterday’s elections for the Vaad of Kfar Chabad, a committee created at the behest of the Frierdiker Rebbe and tasked with overseeing all mundane issues of the village, pose for a photo following the ballot counting.
In the second horrific attack in the past 24 hours, an expecting 30-year-old mother is fighting for her life after she was stabbed by a Palestinian terrorist who infiltrated the settlement of Tekoa in the West Bank.
A Palestinian terrorist murdered a Jewish mother of six children in her home, located in the hills of Chevron.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 99, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Yud Shvat; Advice to Single Women; Women & Micromanagement; Is There a Limit to Kindness? Boundaries with Friends; Bittul Torah; Ayin Hora.
In preparation for Yud Shvat, the Oholei Torah Mesivta, together with their hanhola, came to the main Eastern Parkway campus for a special program on Rosh Chodesh Shvat. The 8th Grade talmidim joined the event as well.
A major renovation of the gymnasium facilities at Oholei Torah was recently completed and a special preview was given to the projects benefactor.
On Friday afternoon, January 8th, in broad daylight and in the heart of Crown Heights, a Jewish family came very close to tragedy, without realizing they were in grave danger until several days later.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Monday, January 18, for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
A delivery worker from a Crown Heights eatery was assaulted Motzai Shabbos on President Street by a group of black men.
Some 1,128 children gathered on Tuesday afternoon for a “Kids Mega Challah Bake” event, which took place at the New York Hilton in Midtown Manhattan. There, they broke an existing record in Hong Kong held by 426 students, who learned how to knead and bake dough, in 2013. The Guinness World Records is currently tallying up the results for a final announcement.
A 22-year-old Jewish woman from Passaic, NJ, who has been missing for two days has been found dead in her car, r”l, submerged in the Passaic river.
Jaacov Zwi and Nechama Dinah (nee Stiefel) Spiero (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
As Chassidim around the world prepare for Yud Shevat, JEM’s Living Torah proves a great Hachana to this special day.
Daniella Moffson spent her winter vacation from college like she spent much of her time: by reaching out and helping others.
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