As reported previously on CrownHeights.info, Rinat Dray, a Lubavitcher mother of three, is suing Staten Island University Hospital and two of its doctors for allegedly forcing her to undergo a C-section against her will. CBS’s This Morning show interviewed the mother, her lawyer and others for a segment on the contentious incident.
Chaim and Fraidy (nee Raskin) Litvin (Louisville, KY)
Yesterday, the Jewish community of Borough Park celebrated the wedding of the son of Rabbi Leibish Teitelbaum, HYD – one of the six Kedoshim who were murdered by terrorists at the Chabad Center in Mumbai, India in November, 2008.
The graduating students of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch in Brunoy, France posed for a group portrait outside the Yeshiva’s campus in the outskirts of Paris today.
Fox 5 News did a video profile of the all-female Orthodox Jewish EMT volunteers corps Ezras Nashim, which formally launched yesterday (Tuesday) in Borough Park.
Over 100 members of the Jewish community of Western Monmouth County, New Jersey gathered last night at the local Chabad Center for an evening of prayer and unity on behalf of the three kidnapped Israeli teenagers.
Sholom Lieberman (Crown Heights) and Rishi Volvovsky (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be tonight, Wednesday, at Beis Rivkah
310 Crown St. [between New York and Nostrand Aves.]
Over 100 members of the Crown Heights community gathered last night, Tuesday, in front of the Jewish Children’s Museum to take a stand on behalf of the three Israeli teenagers kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists last week.
Camp Gan Israel in the Poconos has released the names of the four capable and experienced young women who will be leading the new and popular girls’ camp this summer.
Yehoshua and Chani (nee Orenstein) Berkowicz (Montreal, Canada)
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Korach. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How should one treat his enemy?
Federal investigators are now part of the inquiry into former Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes’ financial dealings while in office.
The Friendship Circle of West Bloomfield, Michigan, a support center for children and young adults with special needs, will expand soon, thanks to a $2.1 million donation for a new cafe and art studio.
An African-American man was found shot to death inside his Crown Heights apartment yesterday (Monday) morning.
A fascinating video of a unique encounter with the Rebbe during dollar distribution has just recently been obtained by CrownHeights.info, courtesy of JEM. The video, filmed on Sunday, December 22nd, 1991, shows a father approach the Rebbe with his son in tow. The father says to the Rebbe in Yiddish “He needs a blessing for speech; he cannot speak well.”
Seeing the demand for more dentists in Crown Heights after living in the neighborhood for a few years, Dr. Efraim Fuzailov decided to pack up his Borough Park office and set up shop right here in our community.
Rabbi Zalman Lewis, a Shliach in the southern UK, sent this open letter to CrownHeights.info describing a childhood experience that demonstrates the unique dedication with which Rabbi Nachman Sudak, OBM, fulfilled his Shlichus.
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