Kings County District Attorney Kenneth P. Thompson today announced that a 29-year-old Brooklyn man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting a New York City Police Department officer in the leg after the cop and his partner, who were both in uniform, stopped the man for boarding a bus without paying his fare.
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A Jewish man was shot to death by pro-Russian insurgents in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, community leaders told The Jerusalem Post.
When Rabbi Chaim Bruk and his wife Chavie Bruk arrived in Montana in 2007, they found a culinary desert, kosher food-wise. “Other than the generic food on the supermarket shelves, it was really difficult to find any kosher food — no frozen items, not a lot of dry goods,” the rabbi said. “It was a challenge.”
Beis Rivka administrators just informed CrownHeights.info that the new school year will begin with orientation tomorrow, Thursday, and the original schedule will be pushed back by one day. Complete school schedule added.
When the High Holidays begin in a few weeks, a Chabad Lubavitch rabbi will be on the bima at Young Israel of Pembroke Pines, which will be known as Young Israel/Chabad of Pembroke Pines. The Orthodox synagogue at Century Village introduced Rabbi Shimon Andrusier, 38, and Rebbetzin Liba Andrusier, 35, to the congregation at an Aug. 24 open house.
For the benefit of the Crown Heights community, Oholei Torah has made its new 5775 calendars available free of charge at local neighborhood stores.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Moshe Hillel, a member of the Chabad community in Lod, Israel, after suffering a stroke recently.
The two Israeli Bochurim involved in a drunk altercation with an off-duty auxiliary police officer late Shabbos afternoon in Crown Heights were charged with a hate crime.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Moshe Katzenelenbogen, OBM, of London, UK. Reb Moshe was the son of the venerated Lubavitch heroine, Mumeh Sarah, who helped countless Jewish families escape the iron curtain after WWII, and eventually died in the hands of Stalin’s henchmen. He was 83 years old.
A new Minyan in Tel Aviv received a brand new Sefer Torah, courtesy of Reb Yakov and Chava Ohana of Crown Heights. With a large attendance and much joy, the final letters were written and a joyous procession made its way through the streets of North Tel Aviv.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Ki Seitzei. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can we succeed in overcoming our evil inclinations? A bonus video on the meaning behind the blowing of the Shofar in the month of Elul is presented in the extended article.
“Every year before the summer, generally at the Yud Bais Tammuz Farbrengen, the Rebbe would speak about Tznius”, says Oholei Torah Mashpia Rabbi Michoel Seligson. At his suggestion, CrownHeights.info presents a new weekly feature for the summer months: a short thought of the Rebbe on tznius, as compiled by Rabbi Seligson.
For the Jews of Ukraine, this past year has been one of extreme turmoil. This challenging year has seen revolutions, war, and economic collapse. Through all the unrest and tension, Jews throughout Ukraine have reached to the shluchim for support, and the shluchim continue to provide for their needs – both practical and spiritual – with devotion.
Ashkelon’s school year started under the shadow of numerous rocket attacks from Gaza over the summer vacation, and fears of what the future has in store.
A 76-year-old man had to be rescued from a Chabad Mikvah in Manhattan’s Upper East Side this morning after his legs got trapped in a shaft that feeds water into the ritual pool.
Rabbi Nochem Kaplan, director of the Merkos Chinuch Office, who was privileged to lead many Tefilos in front of the Rebbe during the Yomim Nora’im, has recorded the ‘Nusach’ of the Davenings of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur for the sake of aspiring Chazanim and the general public.
About an hour ago, shortly after 10:00am, a Crown Heights father was walking his five-year-old son to his first day at school, when they were both brutally – and randomly – attacked and injured by an assailant. A vigilant bystander heroically chased the man down and delivered him to the hands justice.
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