A pair of panhandlers, who are known to frequent Shuls and events around Crown Heights, were captured on surveillance video going on a stealing spree, rummaging through the pockets of dozens of coats and making off with a wallet, a scarf and a coat.
Last night at around midnight, a Dodge Charger speeding down Empire Blvd. struck an Infinity SUV as it attempted to cross the Schenectady Ave. intersection.
At the Lay Leadership Conference of the Kinus Hashluchim this year, guests got a unique opportunity to express what Chabad means to them.
Yisroel and Henna (nee Shapiro) Shomer (Crown Heights)
Newly elected Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo released a statement today apologizing for comments she made on December 3rd regarding race relations in Crown Heights and the knockout ‘game.’
Torah Treasure is wrapping up production on a new DVD series just for girls, titled ‘Bella Bracha,’ featuring the talented Chanale Fellig. The new DVD is sponsored by Dovid and Malkie Smetana, and will iy”h be in stores by the end of the month.
The last night of Chanukah was lit up in Crown Heights, with a dazzling show of talent at The Levi Yitzchok Library’s exclusive concert, titled ‘A Night of Lights.’
Shlomo Horowitz (Israel/Crown Heights) and Aida Wilschanski (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be tonight, Tuesday, at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Forgiveness was never going to be an easy sell for Csanad Szegedi in Montreal’s Jewish community.
Mendel Kartzak (Borough Park, NY) and Shaindy Oster (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be tonight, Tuesday, at Chovevei Torah
885 Eastern Pkwy. [between Albany and Troy Aves.]
Alternate Side Parking Regulations are suspended citywide today – Tuesday, December 10 – to facilitate snow removal. Parking meters remain in effect.
For the first time in 12 years, more than 60 Shluchim from across Australia gathered in Sydney to share inspiration and discuss new initiatives.
Three new Chabad synagogues were dedicated in Moscow, Russia over the course of Chanukah this year, signaling the continued exponential growth of the Russian Jewish community.
Several elected officials and dozens of onlookers gathered on Sunday night to watch the lighting of a 16-foot-tall menorah at Federoff Triangle on Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills.
It is not every day that you get to celebrate your dean’s 89th birthday, and that is exactly what the students and staff at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy (LYA) in Longmeadow, MA did, they celebrated the birthday of Rabbi Dovid Edelman, Head Shliach to Western MA and dean of LYA today during a special celebration planned by the students.
Orthodox chef Yuda Schloss knows his way around bacon — lamb bacon, that is. The self-described hipster is the culinary force behind new pop-up eatery Hassid+Hipster, whose handcrafted artisanal kosher sandwiches have been generating a buzz in Crown Heights’ Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic community.
A 47-year-old woman and her 7-year-old son were found this morning, December 9, 2013, lying injured on the roof of a vehicle in Kfar Chabad, Israel. Police report that it appears the woman threw her son from their second floor window, and then jumped after him.
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