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Over 1,000 subcontracted airport security officers, baggage handlers and wheelchair attendants at New York City’s two major airports plan to strike starting Wednesday night.
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Police Officer Teaches Campers About Bike Safety
A Police Officer from the 71st Precinct visited Camp Machane Heights yesterday, Tuesday, to talk about bicycle safety.
Serial Shoplifter Apprehended by Store Owner
A career criminal with a long history of shoplifting from Kingston Avenue stores was apprehended earlier this week by a shop owner after he stole a pack of teeth whiteners.
Picture of the Day: Kosher Cooking at Machon Chana
After a phenomenal Kashrus class at the Jewish woman’s Institute Machon Chana, a group of students pose for a picture with dean Mrs. Sara Labkowski.
Video: How to Love All People
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Devarim. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one love all people?
Yaldei Shluchei HaRebbe Holds 2nd Annual BBQ
A warm night in Brooklyn, a bunch of guys, some beer and a delicious BBQ. Sounds like a perfect night, and it was. Not only was Yaldei’s BBQ in Brooklyn the event of the summer, it was also an event with meaning.
The Rebbe during a visit to Camp Gan Yisroel in upstate New York.
The Rebbe’s Call for Summertime Tznius (Pt. 2)
“Prior to the summer, the Rebbe would – almost annually – discuss the topic of Tznius,” says Crown Heights Mashpia Rabbi Michoel Seligson. At his suggestion, CrownHeights.info presents a weekly feature for the summer months: a short thought of the Rebbe on tznius, as compiled by Rabbi Seligson.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Mottel Sharfstein, 88, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Mordechai Eliezer (Mottel) Sharfstein OBM, longtime resident of Crown Heights. He was 88 years old.
Photos: Campers of the First Month Bid Farewell
The atmosphere in the dining room was a mixture of joy and melancholy as the first trip of Camp Gan Yisroel in Parksville, NY, came to an end. Joy, as the winners of bunk, learning class, and sports competitions were announced, and the sadness of parting as campers wished their friends farewell.
Pioneers Seek to Create New Chabad Village in Israel
A group of ambitious young Lubavitch families are on the cusp of making history: the founding of a new Chabad village in Israel’s formidable but beautiful Negev Desert.
Shluchim of Long Island Gather
Over 30 Chabad Shluchim on New York’s Long Island came together for a full-day regional kinus at the Chabad House of Huntington/Melville, followed by an evening banquet at the Jewel Hall nearby.
Picture of the Day: Bais Rivkah Day Camp
The girls and staff-members of Crown Heights’ Bais Rivkah Day Camp posed today in the school building’s playground for group portrait, as they mark the start of the second month of summer vacation.
Rabbi Shaul Perlstein lights a candle in memory of the slain men.
Chattanooga Jewish Community Gathers for Healing After Shooting of Five Military Men
As residents of Chattanooga, Tenn., continue to grapple with the killing of five members of the U.S. military last week, about three-dozen members of the Jewish community gathered for Shabbat services at the Chabad-Jewish Center of Chattanooga. Then, on Sunday morning, about 50 people came together for a vigil that included the reading of Psalms, Mishnah study, prayer and candle-lighting.
Manholes Explode, Con-Ed Still Working to Restore Power in Crown Heights
With the season’s first multi-day heat wave refusing to break, high electricity demand put a lot of stress on the system’s infrastructure, which caused manhole explosions all around Crown Heights.
File photo: The scene of a previous dollar van crash that occurred in April.
Dollar Van Driver Hits 2 People in Crown Heights, Flees
A dollar van driver plowed into a pedestrian and pinned another between two cars in Crown Heights last week before trying to flee the crash scene on foot, police and prosecutors said.
Photo: Shturem.net
Picture of the Day: Son Continues Father’s Tradition
Rabbi Kuti Rapp, OBM, would customarily lead a Siyum on the completion of every Halacha of Rambam during the annual cycle of study. Shortly after his tragic death by a car accident, upon the completion of Hilchos Parah Adumah, his son, Shneur Zalman Tzemach Rapp, was asked to take his place and lead the Siyum in 770.
Baby Girl!
Yehoshua and Muki (nee Simpson) Rivkin (Crown Heights)
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