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Menachem Mendel (ben Moshe Nachman) Borenstein (Crown Heights) and Goldie (bas Mendel) Hershkop (Crown Heights)
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NYPD Launches Body-Camera Pilot in Wake of Choke-Hold Death
New York City police launched a pilot program to equip officers with body cameras on Wednesday, hours before media reports that a grand jury decided against bringing charges against a white policeman in the choke hold death of a black Staten Island man.
Picture of the Day: Siberia Governor Honors Shliach
The Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia, Russia, is celebrating 80 years to its establishment, and has decided to take the opportunity and honor 80 individuals who have devoted themselves to the benefit of the region. One of them is Rabbi Benny Wagner, a Chabad Shliach who heads the local Jewish community.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Lauren Elkin, 59, OBM
With profound sadness and deep pain we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Lauren Elkin (affectionately known as Morah Elkin), OBM, of S. Paul, MN. She was 59 years old.
‘Power of Jewish Children’ Winners Announced
Tzivos Hashem: Jewish Children’s International has announced the four winning entries in the annual ‘Power of Jewish Children’ contest, which recognizes children under the age of 14 who have devoted themselves to a worthy cause and who have made a difference in their communities.
Riots Murderer Lemrick Nelson Charged with DUI
Lemrick Nelson Jr., infamous for stabbing Yankel Rosenbaum to death amid the 1991 Crown Heights riots, was arrested for drunken driving after being found passed out with an open bottle of Scotch in a parked car near Newark Airport, The New York Post reports.
New Kollel Dedicated in London
At a recent Melave Malka, held in honour of the first Yahrtzeit of Reb Sholom Ber Raskin, OBM, a new Beis Medrash which will serve as a Kollel was dedicated and showcased to the public.
Video: Meriting Health, Wealth and Nachas
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vayishlach. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one merit to have the blessings of Good Family, Great Health and Financial Success in abundance?
Thursday: IDF Heroes Come to C.A.Y.
On Thursday, December 4th, Chevra Ahavas Yisroel will proudly host a delegation of IDF officers and veterans. These defenders of our Holy Land will conduct a panel discussion on the latest conflicts, including their personal accounts of this summer’s Operation Protective Edge and the most recent terrorist attacks.
Schools Cancel After-school Program, Police and Shomrim Step up Patrols
Neighborhood schools ended early and cancelled after school programs, NYPD added many additional patrols as did the local neighborhood volunteer patrol Shomrim, all following a decision by a Grand Jury not to indict a police officer in the death of Staten Island resident Eric Garner.
Gratitude and Condolence to Druze Hero’s Family
Chabad’s Terror Victims Project representatives recently visited the home of Zidan Saif, of blessed memory. He was the Druze police officer who was killed in the horrific terror attack in Har Nof a short while ago.
NYC Cop Not Indicted in Chokehold Death
A New York grand jury has just decided against an indictment Wednesday in the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, who died after police officer Daniel Pantaleo put him in a chokehold in Staten Island in mid July. The arresting officer had accused Garner of selling loose, un-taxed cigarettes.
S’mores and Winter Warmth for FC Volunteers
While temperatures are dropping outside, inside the world of the Friendship Circle things are toasty and warm.
New Shluchim to Angola
CrownHeights.info has learned that Rabbi Levi Yitzchok and Mrs. Devorah Leah Chekli, along with their young daughter Chaya Mussia, will be moving on Shlichus to Luanda, the capital of the southwestern African Nation of Angola.
New Yorkers Become Kids Again in Viral Video
Another video produced by Crown Heights street comic Meir Kalmanson is quickly going viral, having garnered over 10,000 views a day after it was published to YouTube.
2 Stabbed in Israeli Supermarket
Two shoppers outside an Israeli supermarket were stabbed by a terrorist this evening. The victims were moderately injured in the attack, which occurred outside the Rami Levy discount supermarket near Maale Adumim, east of Jerusalem.
