The NYPD’s 71st Precinct held its monthly community meeting Thursday evening, which was attended by dozens of members of the Crown Heights Jewish Community eager to hear of any developments regarding the stabbing of a newlywed young Jewish man on Empire Boulevard the previous week.
As far as super-parents go, the Friendship Circle parent body tops the list. As part of their ongoing mission to offer respite to their parents, the Friendship Circle of Brooklyn hosted their third annual “Parents Night Out” this past Tuesday.
A federal judge has given a boost to a Chabad Center that has fought a years-long zoning battle in Litchfield over a proposed synagogue and community center. Now the religious land use case, which has already made one stop at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, appears destined for trial.
A French tourist named Frederic Gracia visited New York during October of 1990. During his visit, which coincided with the holiday of Sukkos, he spent time in Crown Heights, where he captured the sights and sounds in and around Lubavitch World Headquarters-770 and Kingston Ave. with his personal camcorder.
Thousands turned out over the weekend in support of Keren Simchas Chosson V’Kallah at their annual auction event in Crown Heights. Winners list in the Extended Article!
The annual Inter-school Lubavitch Girls’ Convention, the highlight of every high school student’s year, is right around the corner. The convention this year will be held over the Shabbos of 25 Adar. It will run from Thursday 23 Adar I, March 3rd, through Sunday 26 Adar I, March 6th.
Chabad at Wesleyan University, an organization dedicated to allowing students to gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of their Jewish heritage, hosted a Challah braiding event on Feb. 6 in Usdan University Center.
Yossi and Mushka (nee Lieberman) Shusterman (Los Angeles, CA)
Doodz and Mushky (nee Pinson) New (Crown Heights)
Performing together in concert for the very first time, over 1,000 men packed the Oholei Torah ballroom to enjoy the music and signing of Mordechai Ben David and Benny Friedman in an auction event benefiting Keren Simchas Chosson VeKallah.
Ari and Mushka (nee Greenberg) Eidelman (Crown Heights)
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 104, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Crown Jewel of Chassidus for the Healthy? Gender Segregation; Purim Katan; IsHisbonenus Applicable Today? Reward and Punishment; Hanochos Cont.
On Friday, inspectors with the New York City Department of Buildings, the Fire Department and uniformed police officers served vacate orders on 14 ‘rooms’ inside of 749 Eastern Parkway due to dangerous conditions with the buildings structure and overcrowding.
Daniel Branover, owner of dairy restaurant Basil, is planning on opening a new kosher bakery – called Bakerie – on Albany Avenue. This new venture into another area of the food business comes along with another plan on his to open a meat restaurant – called Meat.
Shmueli and Sora (nee Margolis) Milecki (Crown Heights)
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