As polls opened this morning residents of the 43rd Assembly District turned out to their respective poll sites to vote in a special election to fill the seat. CrownHeights.info accompanied Mendy Raitport as he voted at the President and Brooklyn poll site.
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A head-on collision between two buses killed a 23-year-old woman from Jerusalem, and injured three other Israeli travelers near Cancun, Mexico. The Shliach to Cancun, Rabbi Menachem Druck, is in close contact with the family of the woman killed.
Some time ago, I met a young man wearing a T-shirt with the following words: Accept – Understand – Love. I asked him when these three words meant. He told me that it was a signal from all the Special Children in the world.
After a recent spike in complaints the New York State Consumer Advocate Office has opened an investigation into Ambit Energy, citing potential deceptive business tactics following a spike in consumer complaints.
For Pesach Sheini, Tzivos Hashem UK visited Satmar and Vishnitz chedorim with the Model Matzo Bakery, teaching the idea of “Lomoh Nigoroh” to hundreds of children, telling them that we must keep asking Hashem to send us Moshiach.
New York State Assembly candidate Shirley Patterson was hosted last night by a group of young professionals on a trendy rooftop in Crown Heights.
In this unique color photograph, the procession of the Lag Ba’omer Parade of 1966 can be seen coming down the Eastern Parkway service lane. Can you recognize anyone in the photo?
New York State Assemblyman in 48th District Dov Hikind penned the following op-ed detailing the reasons why he is supporting Geoffrey Davis in tomorrows special elections for the 43rd District.
Watch a rare clip from one of the earliest Lag Ba’omer parades with the Rebbe, featuring narration by Rabbi Eli Lipsker.
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.
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