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New Engagement!
Sochy Eisenberg (Monsey, NY) and Sarah Sherman (Philadelphia, PA)
8:00pm: Parental Disagreements about Chinuch
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 50, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Mental Illness; Parental Disagreements about Chinuch; Honoring In-laws; Shabbos Calm for a Busy Mom? Alternatives to Yelling.
Hundreds Attend the Levaya of Eldest Shliach
Hundreds turned out to attend the Levaya of Rabbi Dovid Edelman OBM, a beloved educator and the eldest Shliach, who passed away Friday morning just days after celebrating his 90th birthday.
NYC Murders Hit Record Low in 2014
Murders in New York fell to 328 in 2014, the fewest since the New York Police Department started keeping reliable numbers in 1963, the New York Times reported on Thursday.
Info to Be Menachem Avel Steinhouser Family
Abba, Yankel, and Meir Steinhauser are sitting Shiva after the passing of their father/brother, Chaim, OBM, at 1719 President St. [between Utica and Rochester Aves.] until Thursday morning. Shachris: Sunday – 8:30, Monday-Wednesday – 7:30, Thursday – 7:00. Mincha: 4:30. Maariv 5:15. […]
Video: NY Governor Mario Cuomo on ‘the Rebbe’s Gift’
Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo, who passed away last week, gave a fascinating interview to JEM on “The Rebbe’s Gift.”
What does it take to be an Entrepreneur?
What does it take to be an Entrepreneur? The Crown Heights Young Entrepreneurs initiative seeks to answer this question with a new four part series which will feature well known business people who will share some of their ideas for success.
New Engagement!
Mendy Goorevitch (Laguna Beach, CA) and Sara Liberow (Barranquilla, Colombia)
New Engagement!
Yosef Dovid Schtroks (Surrey, Canada) and Rivky Kesselman (Detroit, MI)
Baby Girl!
Avrohom and Devorah (nee Epstein) Kan (Crown Heights)
Shomrim Apprehend Intruder following Interrupted Break-in
A would-be intruder was apprehended and arrested after he was spotted climbing the front of a Union Street home. Once spotted him jumped from the window and fled into a nearby home only to be confronted and apprehended by Shomrim after a short chase.
Hatzalah Hosts Maimonides for Annual Melava Malka and Health Symposium
Hundreds of men and women turned out this Motzai Shabbos for Crown Heights Hatzalah’s annual Melava Malka, health symposium and raffle for $18,000.
Baby Girl!
Zalman and Chaya (nee Brafman) Lever (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Shmuel and Malki (nee Kitchner) Edwards (Miami Beach, FL)
Town with “No Jews” Gets Its Own Jewish Center
Back in 1850, Solano County’s Indian Chief didn’t bargain for a Chabad Center, but chances are he’d be a proud man today knowing that one of California’s first counties named for him, has closed on a new property—the first Jewish building of its kind in the county, and one that promises to be a game-changer for the Jews of this area.
Video: Two Anecdotes of a Veteran Shliach
In this excerpt from a video produced by JEM for the International Kinus Hashluchim, the treasurer of Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy of Springfield, MA, Mr. Jeffrey Kimball, relates two stories of the Yeshiva’s founder, Rabbi Dovid Edelman, OBM, who passed away Friday shortly after his 90th birthday.
