Following Tragedy, Police Crack Down on Traffic Violations
A number of police checkpoints have been spotted in Crown Heights over the past 24 hours, one of which is currently ongoing on Empire Blvd. between Kingston and Albany Avenues.
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Ukraine Synagogue Firebombed
A synagogue firebombed in eastern Ukraine sustained minor damage. The firebombs hit the Giymat Rosa Synagogue in Zaporizhia, located 250 miles southeast of Kiev, on Sunday night.
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New Shluchim to Montana
Rabbi Berry and Shayna Nash have been appointed Shluchim to Missoula, Montana where they will cater to the Jewish community and University of Montana students in Missoula, the Bitterroot Valley and NW Montana.
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Nuttie and Brochie (nee Barnett) Shpigelman (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 327 Crown St. [between New York and Nostrand Aves.]
Photos: Rubashkin Patriarch Visits Poultry Farm
Rabbi Aaron Rubashkin, founder of Agriprocessors and namesake of Aaron’s Best meat products, visited a Kosher poultry farm in Kiryas Yoel, NY, last week.
Picture of the Day: Snow, Snow, Go Away!
Photographer Shmuli Evers captured a mother and daughter enjoying the unseasonably balmy weather in Crown Heights yesterday. Can you figure out the full message they are writing in chalk?
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Yechiel and Basia (nee Yakunt) Pelman (Kfar Chabad, Israel)
Please Say Tehillim for…
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima for Meir Nissim ben Rachel Abehsera, known as ‘the Rebbe’s whistler,’ who is currently in critical condition in a hospital in Israel.
Tuesday: Ahavas Chesed Blood Drive
A blood drive will take place Tuesday, February 25 (25 Adar I) from 2:30pm to 9:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St. [corner Albany Ave.]. Refreshments will be served. Please bring identification.
Monday: Alternate Side Parking Back in Effect
The New York City Department of Transportation has announced that alternate side parking rules are back in effect today, Monday, February 24.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Gedalia Greenzayd, 25, OBM
This morning, a tragic accident claimed the life of 25-year-old Gedalia Greenzayd, a special Tomim who friends and acquaintances described as a quiet Bochur with a large following. He organized ‘unofficial’ Shiurim in Inyonei Geulah U’Moshiach, and learned diligently with many ‘new’ Bochurim. He merited to an amazing spiritual journey which brought him to Chabad – twice.
8:00pm: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Jacobson
Following the major success and popularity of the first broadcasts of MyLife: Chassidus Applied, Rabbi Simon Jacobson will air Episode six tonight, Sunday, February 16th (16 Adar I) here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week’s class is titled “How to Stay Strong 20 Years Later In the Face of Adversity.”
Tragic Accident Costs 25-Year-Old Bochur’s Life
A tragic accident claimed the life of 25-year-old Gedalia Greenzayd in Crown Heights this morning. Originally from Ukraine, Gedalia was studying Smicha in Morristown, NJ. He was in Crown Heights to celebrate the wedding of a close friend. Levaya info added.
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Mendy and Endi (nee Spalter) Tennenhaus (Hollywood, FL)
State-of-the Art Chabad Center Set to Open in Miami
When Iman Rabizadeh was seeking a medical school, he wanted to make sure there were Jewish activities and a significant number of Jewish students on campus. He selected the school of medicine at the University of Miami, and right away found the Chabad House and Shul of Downtown, co-directed by Rabbi Chaim and Deenie Lipskar. Ever since, he’s been going there Friday nights, Saturday mornings, holidays and more.
Man Arrested for Filming Cops at Utica Ave. Station
A transit police officer allegedly violently arrested a 47-year-old man as he filmed the cops ticketing another man at the Utica Ave. subway station in Crown Heights last week.
Music Video: Umiyad Heim Nig’alim
Lubavitcher singing sensation Mendy Jerufi performs his latest hit, titled ‘Nig’alim.’
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