Man Attacked by Rowdy High School Students
At about 3:30pm Tuesday, Shomrim received a call that a young Jewish man was attacked and hit in the face by several high school teenagers near the corner of East New York and Troy Avenues.
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Police Officer Shot in Crown Heights
A police officer was shot and injured near the White Castle fast-food restaurant on the corner of Empire Blvd. and Utica Ave. in Crown Heights. Update: The officer is in stable condition, and the shooter is in custody.
Devorah Halberstam with Raymond Kelly, the former commissioner of the New York Police Department.
From Bereaved Mother to Counterterrorism Authority
When a 16-year-old Lubavitcher named Ari Halberstam was gunned down on the Brooklyn Bridge on March 1, 1994 by a Lebanese livery cab driver, the killing seemed to be a cut-and-dried case.
JTA
Op-Ed: Are Agunos Becoming a Chabad Problem?
Fact: Divorce happens. Fact: There is never a good Divorce. Fact: Divorce affects all segments of society. Fact: Frum people are not immune. Fact: Chabad has its fair statistical share as well. Fact: Even Shluchim get divorced sometimes. Ugly Fact: Withholding a Get is a uniquely horrid tool in a husband’s psychological war on his wife during a divorce.
by Anonymous
School Aims to Develop with Matching Donation Grant
For 24 hours, every dollar you donate to Lamplighters will become four dollars, thanks to a special ‘Donation Matching’ grant thanks to the generous support of three donor, Eli Nash, Yosef Sidof and Shaya Gordon. Update: Just $5,000 left!
Motzei Shabbos: G’mach to Host Melave Malka
The committee of Keren Yisroel Aryeh Leib, a G’mach that benefits many Crown Heights families, is inviting the community to participate in its annual Melave Malka, which will take place this Motzei Shabbos at Beis Rivkah-Crown St.
American Bar Mitzvah Boys Make a Special Journey to Israel
Last Sunday, a group of thirty participants, including Bar Mitzvah boys and their parents, completed a unique seven-day bar mitzvah journey. It was the first journey of its kind to be organized by the Bar Mitzvah Experience.
Denver Community Trains for Mental Health First Aid
Members of the Denver Jewish community were given the opportunity to take an 8 hour course and become certified in Mental Health First Aid this past Sunday at the Bais Menachem Chabad Center.
Band Assumes Name of Progenitor of Chasidic Art
Moshe Hendel Feiglin first picked up a guitar at age 15 years old, finding comfort and expression through music during his turbulent teens.
Video: Michoel and Chava’s Unconventional Marriage
TV Talk show host Ricki Lake Interviews Michoel and Chava about their “unconventional” Orthodox Jewish marriage.
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Wednesday
Alternate Side Parking regulations will be suspended citywide today, Wednesday, February 26, to facilitate the winter weather response. Payment at parking meters will remain in effect throughout the city.
California Shluchim Join Retreat with Manis Friedman
Last week, following an incredible West Coast Kinus HaShluchim on the previous day, over 70 Shluchim gathered at Chabad of Encino, California for the second day of the Kinus and a full day retreat withRabbi Manis Friedman.
Police Officers Talks Safety with Head Start Girls
The NYPD’s ‘Crime Dog’ visited the young students of Beis Rivka Head Start Tuesday afternoon to talk safety and whom to call in case of an emergency.
From Days Gone By: Shlichus to War-Torn Europe
Rabbis Zalman Posner and Mendel Baumgarten embark on the Queen Elizabeth ship on their way to war-ravaged Europe, where they were sent by the Frierdiker Rebbe to visit the survivor Jewish communities following the Holocaust. Can you identify anyone else in the photo?
Video: MBD Electrifies Crown Heights
Mordechai Ben David, ‘the king of Jewish music,’ thrilled the crowd gathered at the Oholei Torah ballroom earlier this month for the annual Keren Simchas Choson V’Kallah Melave Malka and chinese auction.
Baby Boy!
Baruch and Chaya (nee Levilev) Goldberg (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 1313 Carroll St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves.]
Saluting the Crown Heights JNet Volunteers
It was an evening of appreciation all around. More than 100 JNet volunteers gathered at the Jewish Children’s Museum on Sunday night for an event in their honor that featured a welcome by Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, a keynote address by Rabbi Levke Kaplan, and a delectable dinner.
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