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.
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OK Honors Outstanding Mashgichim
Last week, on 2 Kislev (November 24), OK Kosher Certification held its annual Mashgiach Conference at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Brooklyn, NY. Over 100 OK personnel and mashgichim were in attendance, including many from around the world.
Ambassadors Puts on Tefillin for Terror Victims
The Israeli Ambassador to Australia, Shmuel Ben Shmuel, together with the Deputy Ambassador to Australia, Meir Yitzchaki, put on Tefillin in honor of the victims of the recent terrorist attack in Jerusalem. This took place during a minyan at the Embassy of Israel, organized by Rabbi Shmueli Feldman, Chabad’s representative to Canberra, Australia’s capital city.
Info to Be Menachem Avel Gansburg Family
The Gansburg family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their mother, Mrs. Gita, OBM, at 587 Montgomery St. [corner Brooklyn Ave.] until Thursday morning. Shachris: 7:30am. Mincha: 4:15pm. Maariv: Bizmana. Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion V’yerushalaim.
Baby Girl!
Avi and Mina Richler (Mullica Hill, NJ)
File photo: Rabbi Menachem Hartman, Shliach to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.
Story: Why Was the Plan Changed?
When OK Mashgichim travel around the world, they might find themselves coming back with more than kosher reports and new information – sometimes, they also have amazing stories of hashgocha protis to recount.
8:00pm: Autism & Special Children; Infertility; Jacob and Esau in 2014; Secular Subjects for Children
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 45, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the following topics: Autism and special children; infertility; Jacob and Esau in 2014; secular subjects for children; admitting wrongs; being overly critical.
New Mikvah Dedicated in Russian Capital
Amid much joyous celebration, a new Mikvah was dedicated in Moscow, which will be used by the students of the local Mesivta.
Baby Girl!
Osher and Esti (nee Levilev) Gutnick (Crown Heights)
Shluchim Revive Japanese Jewish Community
The Kansai (Kinki), historic Jewish community was in shambles when American bombers took out its synagogue and Jewish community center in Kobe, Japan in 1944. It was only four years earlier when the Japanese opened their borders, respecting Chiune Sugihara, their diplomat and Vice Consul to Lithuania. After the bombing, the Jews of the city mourned and fasted, with the war waging, and no one to turn to for assistance.
Picture of the Day: Shoppers Patronize Local Small Businesses
Long lines of shoppers, like this one in Hamafitz Judaica, stretch through many Crown Heights stores tonight as consumers seize the opportunity to participate in American Express’ ‘Small Business Saturday’ program, whereby $30 worth of purchases are given to each cardholder free of charge.
Gallery, Shul and Artistic Endeavor for Students in Brooklyn
Esther Zibell’s colorful and imaginative holiday paintings have left synagogue-goers inspired by Judaism, art and a rather ambitious theme—Jewish unity.
Video: When the Rebbe Saved Three Lives
Dr Harold Serebro, a leading medical practitioner, entrepreneur and author of several books, recalls how on a busy afternoon, a panicked Rabbi Bernhard walked into his Johannesburg practice holding a file of x-rays belonging to a congregant.
Machon Chana Bids Farewell to Beloved ‘Dorm Mother’
Hundreds of women gathered in front of the Machon Chana dormitory on President Street to attend the Levaya of Mrs. Gittel Gansburg OBM, who served as their beloved ‘dorm mother’ for over 30 years. The Levaya then made its way to 770 en route to the beis hachayim.
New Engagement!
Menachem (ben Schmul Osher) Mendel Begun (S. Paulo, Brazil) and Mussie (bas Chaim Shaul) Brook (Crown Heights)
Berlin Shliach to Netanyahu: ‘Be Strong’
Before Shabbos, Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal – spiritual leader of the Jewish community in Berlin – met with Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and shared with him a message on behalf of the Jewish community of Berlin: “Be strong in these challenging times.”
Shabbos at the Besht: Kislev with the Rebbe
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Seligson, Mashpia in Oholei Torah, will lead a discussion on the topic – The month of Kislev by the Rebbe.
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