Duo Performs Moving Tribute to Moshe Yess
The Rogers Park Band, starring Yosef Peysin and Mordy Kurtz, recorded this moving rendition of Beggar Woman, a song composed by the late Jewish music star Moshe Yess, to whom their performance is in tribute.
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Former NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani
Giuliani: We’ve Unlearned Lessons of Crown Heights
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani criticized his successor, Bill de Blasio, for letting the protests in the aftermath of Eric Garner’s chokehold death get out of hand, saying “This is what we learned with Crown Heights, and it seems like we’ve unlearned it.”
World’s First Tombola Menorah in London Suburb
The Chabad Centre in Buckhurst Hill, Essex, UK, has done it again with another amazing record-breaking Menorah to feature at their Chanukah party this year. The World’s First Tombola Menorah.
Info to Be Menachem Avel Mrs. Tzivia Dray
Mrs. Tzivia Dray is sitting Shiva after the passing of her father, Yehuda Elbaz, OBM, of Sderot, Israel, at 765 S. Johns Place [between Nostrand and Rogers Aves.] Apt. #2B, until Sunday morning. Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion V’yerushalaim.
Photos by JDN
Shluchim Light Menorah at Officers’ Assassination Site
A group of Brooklyn Shluchim flanked by Williamsburg Askonim, community members and police officers lit a Chanukah Menorah at the intersection of Tompkins and Marcy Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn – the corner were two NYPD police officers were murdered in cold blood.
New Engagement!
Shalom Lipszyc (Woodbury, NY) and Rochel Leah Cohen (Montreal, Canada)
Baby Boy!
Chezky and Zelda (nee Rosenfeld) Weiss (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Avremel Vogel (Wilmington, DE) and Shulie Shur (Montreal, Canada)
100’s Participate in Menorah Lighting in Dam Square
Hundreds participated in the annual ‘Light up AmsterDAM’ Menorah lighting last week, and that was thanks to a letter sent in to the Ohel by the event organizer Rabbi Menachem Evers. Just before the event began the strong rain and winds ceased and calmed down.
Mothers and Daughters Enjoy Menorah Skate
The air was crisp, a wintery breeze caressed the air as the crowds slowly gathered around the strangely-shaped aluminum structure – strangely-shaped only to someone who has never seen a menorah before. To this crowd though, it was a familiar and heartwarming sight.
Chicago Mayor Presented with Crystal Menorah
A ribbon cutting ceremony for the Devon Avenue Streetscape project in Chicago’s West Rogers Park neighborhood was held in front of the F.R.E.E. Synagogue on Thursday evening.
ULY-OP Brings in Chanukah with Carnival
To bring in the holiday of Chanukah appropriately and joyously, ULY of Ocean Parkway celebrated with a carnival for all the children of the yeshiva. There were booths for all ages and arts and crafts for the talented and hungry – these art projects not only looked like beautiful menorahs, but tasted great too.
Shliach Helps Break Ground for New Development
Rabbi Mendy Hecht and other members of the Brooklyn Jewish community joined developer Bruce Ratner, Mayer Bill De Blasio and numerous dignitaries at a special groundbreaking ceremony in Pacific Park.
Baby Girl!
Chanoch and Tzivie (nee Rapoport) Hecht (Rhinebeck, NY)
8:00pm: Balancing Modesty and Activism
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 48, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Balancing Modesty and Activism; Fear of Night and Being Alone; Baal Teshuvah Disappointment: After the Honeymoon is Over; Moshiach’s Identity and Signs in 770.
Shomrim Volunteers Graduate Citizens Police Academy
Four Crown Heights Shomrim Volunteers were among the most recent graduates of the NYPD’s Citizens Police Academy, a special 14-week course in which participants are trained to acquire a wide range of skills in community policing, such as identifying gang members and hostage rescue procedures.
Public Menorah lighting at Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station with Mayor Michael Nutter.
Menorah Lit at Spot Where Frierdiker Rebbe Arrived in Philadelphia Exactly 85 Years Earlier
On Monday, Dec. 16th, 1929 (exactly 85 years ago to the day), a Philadelphia Yiddish Newspaper reported that a day before – on Sun, December 15th, 1929 at 12:45pm – there were cries of “baruch haba” from a crowd of 3,000 strong who were gathered at 30th Street train station to greet Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneershon, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe.
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