Baby Boy!
Folik and Sheina (nee Hirsch) Gurevitch (Crown Heights)
Leviev Serves as Sandek for Young Student’s Bris
Last week, four students of the Or Avner educational complex for Jewish students from the former Soviet Union in Kfar Sitrin, Israel, entered the covenant of Avraham Avinu by undergoing circumcisions.
CDC: Circumcision Benefits Outweigh Risks
U.S. health officials on Tuesday released a draft of long-awaited federal guidelines on circumcision, saying medical evidence supports having the procedure done and health insurers should pay for it.
Benny Friedman Releases New Album
Jewish music recording star Benny Friedman has announced the release of a brand new album. Titled “Kol Haneshama Sheli,” this album is Friedman’s fifth and his first original album since his 2012 mega-hit “Yesh Tikvah.”
‘Morning Joe’ Rips Rep. Yvette Clarke
Photos of three members of the U.S. House of Representatives, one of whom – Yvette Clarke – is the Representative of a New York City district that includes Crown Heights, holding their hands up in a “don’t shoot” gesture on the floor of Congress were widely disseminated through social media this morning.
Picture of the Day: Billboards Advertise Farbrengen
Two billboards, one on Rt. 59 and the other alongside Rt. 306 in Monsey, NY, announce the Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen / Melave Malka hosted by the local chapter of Heichal Menachem, under the leadership of Rabbi Dovid Oberlander.
School Gets an Unusual Gift: A Building
It’s not often that someone receives a 55,000-square-foot building as a gift. But that’s exactly what happened to Chabad of Park Heights and its school, Cheder Chabad of Baltimore.
Home Depot, Lowes, Partner with Chabad for Chanukah
Partnering with Chabad, major hardware store chains such as The Home Dept, Lowes and Ace Hardware, will bring Chanukah crafts to dozens of locations across North America. Surrounded by piles of lumber, the smell of sawdust and the bustle of the large hardware stores, kids will create DIY Chanukah menorahs out of wood.
Why Do Eggs Cost So Much These Days?
Attentive shoppers may have noticed that in recent weeks the price of a carton of eggs has gone up drastically. In fact, over the past month egg prices have nearly doubled, according to Mr. Greens owner Shlomie Klein.
New Engagement!
Srolic Barber (Syndey, Australia) and Rochel Cohen (Melbourne, Australia)
Jewbellish The News: Solving the Shiduch Crisis
In his latest episode of Jewbellish The News, Lubavitcher comedian Mendy Pellin discusses Israel’s strange controversy, the KKK has open membership and a matchmaker helps solve the singles’ shidduch crisis.
From Days Gone By: Bedford and Dean, 1966
This vintage photograph, taken in the summer of 1966, depicts a class posing for a group portrait outside the building of Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Brooklyn, which was then located on the corner of Bedford Ave. and Dean St., before it moved to Ocean Parkway. Can you identify anyone in the photo?
Baby Girl!
Yechiel and Chana Devorah (nee Perl) Goldberg (Crown Heights)
Chabad on Campus Milestone: 220 Centers Worldwide
Rabbi Levi and Adina Tiechtel couldn’t wait to get to work. The young couple moved to Indiana just last month to start a Chabad House at Purdue University where they are serving the approximately 800 Jewish students enrolled there out of a total student population of about 40,000.
Op-Ed: Too Close for Comfort
A post-seminary Lubavitcher girl wrote the following op-ed, which she shared with CrownHeights.info on condition of anonymity, regarding the feelings of discomfort she and her fellow students would often have while being mentored by male rabbis and Mashpi’im.
Hit & Run Driver Leaves Clue at the Crash Scene
At around noon today, the driver of a Mercury sedan collided with a Nissan SUV at the intersection of Crown St. and Troy Ave. in Crown Heights.
