A 19-year old boy named Chaim Stern leaned over the railing of the ship he was traveling on. Nearly two years before, he had left his homeland of Czechoslovakia to escape persecution from the spreading Nazi threat. Now, as he reached British held Israel, the ship, full of refugees like himself, was turned around because they did not have the right documentation.
Multiple New York hospitals received the dubious distinction of being among the least safe health care institutions in the country, according to a new study by Consumer Reports. Among them: Crown Heights’ Kings County Hospital and nearby Brookdale Hospital.
A group of six vocally gifted friends in Teaneck, NJ joined and formed an a cappella group, which they named Shir Soul. They filmed their debut music video, Adon Olam, at the Chabad Center of Teaneck.
Chaim Hillel Wilansky (Portland, ME) and Esther Polter (Acton, MA)
L’chaim will be tonight, Tuesday, at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.] at 8:30pm
A report in the Daily Mail, a UK newspaper, says that foreign investors from Europe, Australia and Israel are buying up houses in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Crown Heights, Bed-Stuy and Bushwick almost as soon as they are put up for sale.
With great sadness and shock we inform you of the passing of Rochel Omer, daughter of Rabbi Shmuel Omer, may he be well, a Chabad Shliach in the region of Samaria in the West Bank, Israel. She was 27 years old.
Florida Governor Rick Scott joined Chabad of Tallahassee on the eve of the first night of Pesach “pre-Seder” event hosted by Rabbi Schneur and Chanie Oirechman. Joined by 70 Florida State University (FSU) students, Governor Scott had the opportunity to participate in a “pre-enactment” of the ritual Seder dinner, which was hosted later that evening when the holiday began at sunset.
Over 12,000 people from 42 countries participated today in the March of the Living, walking in a procession from Auschwitz to Birkenau to commemorate the more than 1 million victims of the infamous death camp, and the 6 million Jewish victims of the holocaust.
A Crown Heights resident on his way home from work Sunday evening had a harrowing experience when a man attempted to carjack his vehicle as he was driving through the Bronx. The driver then filmed a dramatic scene unfold as the attacker attempted to break into several other vehicles, one of which he clung to for almost nine miles along a busy highway.
A special mitzvah, which can be fulfilled only once a year, is to recite a brachah upon seeing a fruit tree in bloom. A group of Beis Rivkah students went out to make the blessing on an apple and cherry tree! Plus: Locations of fruit trees in Crown Heights.
The students of Miami’s Lubavitch Educational Center got a real-life experience in what it means to help members of their community. This year, Purim’s mitzvah of matanos l’evyonim and Pesach’s mitzvah of ma’os chitim were tied into one.
The parents of Zlati Sharfstein, OBM, who tragically passed away last month at the age of 53, will mark their daughter’s Shloshim with an evening of remembrance and inspiration.
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for Yehoshua ben Risha Leorah, a 2-year-old boy with cancer who is undergoing surgery today, and for Yitzchak Ben Sarah, a Shliach who needs our prayers for a speedy and complete recovery.
The mayor of Ukraine’s second-largest city was shot in the back while out jogging Monday morning, and was reported to be in critical condition following emergency surgery.
A Kinus Hatmimim was organized by the Talmidei Hashluchim of Yeshivah Gedolah Zal in Melbourne, Australia, in honour of Chof Ches Nissan.
Aharon Mendel Kupfer (Borough Park, NY) and Shaina Perlstein (Montreal, Canada)
