Police Seek ‘Knockout’ Attacker of Jewish Mom
Police have released a sketch for a possible suspect involved in a ‘knockout’ assault in Midwood, Brooklyn.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Nochum Tzvi Potash, 8, OBM
With great sadness and deep pain we inform you of the very untimely passing of Nochum Tzvi Potash OBM, an 8 year old boy from London, England.
ENDED: ‘Call of the Shofar’ Gathering
CrownHeights.info will be broadcasting live video footage of tonight’s gathering in Oholei Torah, which was called by the Rabbonim and community leaders to address the penetration of the Call of the Shofar “cult” into the heart of the Chabad community. The event begins at 8:30pm. Archive of the broadcast available in the Extended Article.
Kingston Ave. Pushka Thief Apprehended
Police have apprehended a man suspected of stealing Pushkas (charity boxes) from several stores on Kingston Ave., after the suspect was spotted by a vigilant storeowner, who immediately notified the police.
Tonight: ‘My Encounter’ Videos Unlocked on JEM App
In connection with “Nittel Nacht,” JEM has announced that they will be unlocking all the story segments on their Living Torah App – close to 400 videos.
Tonight: Nittel Nacht
A friendly reminder to our dear readers: Tonight is “Nittel Nacht,” and the Chabad custom is not to learn Torah so as not to “add Chayus” to impurity.
Florida Chabad Center Finds Permanent Home
Nearly eight years ago, Rabbi Yossi and Dina Eber started out in a rented three-bedroom house in Trinity, Florida that served as both their home and synagogue.
Suncoast News
New Engagement!
Gavriel Cohen (Birmingham, UK) and Bryna Segelstein (Las Vegas, NV)
L’chaim will be Wednesday night at Beis Levi Yitzchok
556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany Ave.]
Google Glass Film Spotlights Crown Heights
On a Sunday evening earlier this month, the Mister Rogers restaurant in Crown Heights played host to the neighborhood’s primary residents—West Indian Blacks with waist-length dreads and baggy jeans, and Hasidic Jews in black hats and sheitels.
Federal Judge Allows Drug Convict to Visit Ohel
A Staten Island drug kingpin under house arrest has been granted permission to join his fiancé in a visit to the tomb of the late Lubavitcher rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, so the couple can prepare for their marriage.
NY Daily News
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Wednesday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations and parking meter regulations will be suspended on Wednesday, December 25, for the non-Jewish holiday.
Dr. Levi Reiter, a PhD audiologist and proud Lubavitcher Chosid, was featured in an international publication called The Asha Leader, which has a readership of 160,000 professionals in communication disorders worldwide.
Chasidic Hearing Expert Teaches Cultural Sensitivity
Dr. Levi Reiter, a PhD audiologist and proud Lubavitcher Chosid, was featured in an international publication called The Asha Leader, which has a readership of 160,000 professionals in communication disorders worldwide.
Tonight: Urgent Gathering over ‘Call of the Shofar’
An urgent gathering has been called by Chabad Rabbonim and community leaders over the recent revelations that members of the community, notably Yeshiva educators and their students, have participated in certain “cult gatherings” that are antithetical to the Chabad Derech.
Chabad.org Celebrates 20 Years
Chabad.org is marking twenty years today since the Rebbe gave Rabbi Yosef Y. Kazen the bracha and haskama to proceed with Chabad-Lubavitch in Cyberspace.
Crown Heights residents participate in the 'Selfies 4 Safety' initiative.
‘Selfies’ to Fight Gun Violence in Crown Heights
In the latest campaign to prevent youth gun violence in Crown Heights, the medium is cheeky — but the message is dead serious.
by Sonia Sharp - DNA Info
Video: A Trip Down Memory Lane with Avrohom Fried
Jewish music fans will thoroughly enjoy this six minute journey through the past few decades of Chasidic singing star Avraham Fried‘s music, produced by Rosenblatt Productions and Avremi G.
Chabad Delivers Toys to Montreal Special Children
Recently, Jack Hoziel, Reuven Lev, and Benjamin Haziza of Montreal Chabad-Chai Center’s Toys for a Smile program arrived at the Yaldei Child Development Center with a special surprise – boxes and boxes of toys!
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