Photos: Crown Heights Gets Winter’s First Snow
As the northeast plunges into a deep freeze, Crown Heights got its first snow of the season, with the streets and cars getting a light dusting.
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Photos by Benams
Another Two NYPD Officers Shot, Wounded
A manhunt was under way Tuesday for at least two suspects who shot and wounded two New York City police officers responding to a robbery in the Bronx. Both officers were listed in stable condition. [Update: Arrests Made.]
‘The Rabbi at the Boarding Gate Was Our Beshert’
Alix Wall is a columnist at J Weekly, a Jewish newspaper based in Oakland, CA. Her most recent column was about an inspiring and touching encounter she and her husband experienced with a young Chabad rabbi in the airport, while they were en-route to Baltimore to be with his dying mother.
Twin Boys!
Yitzchak and Talya Schwartz (Alon Shvut, Israel)
New Engagement!
Motti (ben Yisroel) Wilhelm (Crown Heights) and Chaya Sara Benshimon (Montreal, Canada)
Baby Boy!
Mendy and Abi (nee Bharier) Cohen (Crown Heights)
Photos by Ah Blick
Jewish Community Turns Out to Honor Slain Officer
The light drizzle falling from overcast skies were like heavenly tears as thousands lined 65th Street yesterday in Brooklyn to pay their respects to Officer Wenjian Liu, gunned down fifteen days ago as he sat in his patrol car with his partner, Officer Rafael Ramos.
Esther, Moshe Reach NYC Top Baby Name List
New York City’s Health Department has released its annual breakdown of popular baby names. Besides the general top 10, there are also lists for different ethnicities: Among white babies, Esther was the third most popular girls’ name, trailed by Sarah, Leah, Rachel, Chaya, Miriam, and Chana, all in the top 10.
Info to Be Menachem Avel Edelman Family
Rabbi Dovid Edelman’s wife, Rebbetzin Leah Edelman; his children: Mrs. Seema Goldstein – Crown Heights; Mrs. Cyrel Deitsch – Crown Heights; Mrs. Sterna Tenenbaum – Crown Heights; Rabbi Yisroel Edelman – Deerfield Beach, FL; Rabbi Yossi Edelman – Crown Heights; […]
Tuesday: Rally at the Ohel
On Tuesday, the 15th of Teves (January 6), there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5 to 12 featuring arts & crafts, gifts, refreshments and an amazing program. Buses will leave 770 at 5:00pm and return at 7:30pm. Transportation will cost $3.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Levi Moscowitz, 24, OBM
With great sadness and deep pain we inform you of the tragic and untimely passing of Hatomim Levi Moscowitz OBM, of Chicago, IL and more recently of Los Angeles, CA. He was 24 years old.
902 Franklin Avenue. Photo: Bing Maps.
Plans Filed for 209 New Residential Units in Crown Heights
New construction plans have been filed for a massive, seven-story, 209-unit residential tower on Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights. The lot, which now holds a single-story linen-cleaning operation and warehouses, will be demolished to make way for the 168,000 square foot development.
Young Shluchim Treated to Exclusive Shows
More than ten thousand Jewish children from throughout Europe attended a very special Chanukah program produced by the Morasha program, which is run in Brussels and provides programs for the children of shluchim throughout Europe.
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.
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