An apartment building which is home to many large Jewish families has been the scene of repeated gun violence in the last few days, and residents feel it’s only a matter of time before a major tragedy occurs – one which can be averted should police act.
20 members of Congress send a letter to President Obama requesting “the protection of Palestinian children from Israeli abuses.” One of the signatories was the Congresswoman who represents Crown Heights in the U.S. Capitol, Rep. Yvette Clarke. It was not the first time she took action against Israel.
He wore a winning smile the entire time, even though he didn’t come away with first place and the $10,000 cash prize.
The Rabbinical College of Australia and New Zealand (Yeshivah Gedolah-Melbourne) hosted a communal Kinus Torah on Sunday, the thirteenth of Sivan. The Kinus was convened in conjunction with Shavuos, as per the Rebbe’s directive that a Kinus be held on, or immediately after, each Yom Tov.
Cloudy skies couldn’t put a damper on the early-evening ribbon-cutting and building dedication of the Ronald O. Perelman Center for Jewish Life-Lubavitch House at the University of Pennsylvania. Dozens of alumni, supporters, community members and rabbis gathered on June 16 to be a part of the celebration that was more than 10 years in the making.
Chasidic pop star Lipa Schmeltzer can now add another line to his resume: Israeli Pepsi endorser. Lipa, who has broken with his New Square Orthodox community in supporting the State of Israel, recorded a minute-long Pepsi Max commercial blending Israeli culture with his own Yiddish roots that was published online Monday.
A video that has gone viral showing a man in Lefferts Park behaving in a ‘creepy’ manner around children prompted a number of concerned parents to call Shomrim after observing the same man in the park once again today. He was taken into custody.
A remarkable incident of Hashgacha Protis unfolded during Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu’s recent visit to Russia. While there, he received a letter that was sent to him from the Rebbe exactly 28 years prior while he was the Israeli Ambassador to the UN, which is remarkably timely to this very day, but which he had never received.
CrownHeights.info has obtained a comprehensive transcript of a lecture delivered on Sunday by Rosh Kollel Rabbi Yosef Heller regarding the recently erected Crown Heights Eruv.
In response to a growing need for the development of Jewish hospital services across the United States, Merkos Suite 302 has launched “Chabad on Call”, a National Hospital Assistance Program.
Four old friends from their youth in Yeshiva sit together and reminisce at the central Chabad Shul in Montreal: Member of the Vaad Rabonei Chabad in Eretz Yisroel Rabbi Yitzchok Yehuda Yeruslavsky, and veteran educators Rabbi Aryeh Leib Kaplan, Rabbi Yosef Minkowicz and Rabbi Sholom Leib Aizenbach.
Three people were arrested today, Tuesday, after police discovered multiple loaded guns, rifles and bullet-proof vests in their vehicle at the exit of the Holland Tunnel on their way into New York City.
Today marks two years since the kidnapping and brutal murder of three Israeli teenagers, Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar, and Naftali Frankel by Palestinian terrorists. Marking this somber anniversary, six artists performed a heart-rending song based on the victims’ names.
Mendel and Esthi (nee Rappoport) Yarmush (East Flatbush, NY)
A memorable Hachnosas Sefer Torah took place in Hendon, a borough of London, UK, on Sunday.
Hundreds gathered to mark the first Yohrtzeit of Reb Mordechai Goldin, OBM, a beloved friend and Yeshiva bus driver who had positively impacted many.
A turnstile-jumping teenager slipped police from custody inside a Crown Heights precinct. After an hours-long search, the suspect turned himself in to a different NYPD precinct.
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