During the summer, many children play with magnifying glasses, burning paper and cardboard using the sunlight, often not realizing the potential danger of this “fun.” But last week, one child caught fire and suffered second degree burns on his torso due to a magnifying glass.
The following heart-warming letter was sent to Rabbi Yaakov T. Rapoport, Shliach to the University of Syracuse, by a former irreligious student who briefly attended a Shabbos meal at his home back in 1996. The young student thought the customs were strange, and barely made it past the soup course, but that brief encounter had an everlasting effect.
In an open letter addressed to the Crown Heights Jewish Community, New York Assembly candidate Mendy Raitport explains why he believes he deserves the community’s vote in tomorrow’s election.
NYPD officer Brian Moore, 25, who was in a coma since he was shot in the head two days ago while on duty in an unmarked car in Queens, died this afternoon after succumbing to his injuries.
Last week, prominent Rabonim, poskim and heads of Botei Din, among many other guests, arrived at the Beis Yisroel simcha hall in Jerusalem to celebrate the Bar Mitzvah of Shloime Ulman, the youngest son of Rabbi Yehoram Ulman, Senior Dayan on the Sydney Beth Din, and his wife Shternie.
On a Sunday night, the evening of Monday, the 27th of Sivan, 5737 (June 12, 1977), Avrohom Eliezer Goldman, HYD, was tragically and brutally torn from our midst at the tender age of 17.
Corned beef, pickled just right, on thick slices of rye, with pumpernickel seeds embedded in the chewy thick crust. A juicy, firm garlicky pickle. The kosher deli stirs up warm memories, nostalgia for the old world.
A 75-year-old man put on Tefillin for the first time yesterday, Pesach Sheini. The man came to the Chesed Center Shaarei Chesed in Moscow, Russia asking for assistance.
The tension was palpable as seventy-six boys gathered Wednesday evening to write the first exam in advance of the International Chidon to take place in New York next month. As they feverishly answered question after question, the unanimous hope within each boy’s heart was that of scoring high enough on the test in order to merit representing his peers at the Chidon.
With great sadness, shock and deep pain we inform you of the very untimely passing of Chaya Spalter OBM, a brave young girl who united and inspired many with her positivity. She was 11 years old.
Hundreds of Crown Heightsers turned out for Mendy Raitport‘s “Rally for Assembly”, featuring entertainment for children including the French Twins and Benjilini.
In a cute promo video, Gan Israel in Parksville, New York has announced and introduced the staff of their Bar Mitzvah Division for the upcoming summer.
Ahead of the upcoming special elections for the New York State Assembly seat vacated by Karim Camara, Mendy Raitport received dozens of endorsements from the Crown Heights Political Action Committee as well as many community rabbis.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 66, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: The Lost Art of Farbrenging; Doubts in Marriage; Vegetarianism.
In the upcoming special elections for the 43rd District in the New York State Assembly on May 5th, Shirley Patterson lays out the reasons why she should receive your vote. From the affordable housing, to economic development, education, public safety and immigrant services she lays out the reasons why she should be our next State Assemblywoman.
“It’s never too late. There’s always a second chance.” This, according to Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn (the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, 1880-1950), is the message of Pesach Sheini, the biblically ordained “second Passover” for those who fail to bring the Passover offering on its designated time.
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Eliezer Dov Zylbernagel OBM, a resident of Crown Heights and more recently Baltimore, at the age of 77. Levaya and Shiva information in the Extended Article.
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