Three Juvenile Criminals Arrested
Yesterday in the late afternoon, a Shomrim volunteer was patrolling the streets when he noticed three African-American kids entering an alleyway and behaving like they were up to no good.
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Jews Celebrate Canadian Town’s First Torah
The Jewish community of the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, Canada, and specifically the members of Chabad of Okanagan, got to take part in a once in a lifetime experience to help complete a Torah, something all members of the Jewish faith hope to do at some point during their life.
Central Okanagan
Photos: Manhattan Sky Lit Up in Tribute to 9/11 Victims
The 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks was commemorated last night with two beams up light shining toward the sky at the spot where the World Trade Center towers once stood.
Three Injured in Eastern Parkway Crash
Three people were injured when two cars collided in a busy Eastern Parkway intersection, two children in one of the cars were not hurt.
Rabbi Moshe Gutnick
Australian Chabad Rabbi Apologizes for ‘Culture of Cover Up’ of Child Abuse
Australia’s most senior orthodox rabbi, Moshe Gutnick, has formally apologized for child abuse within the Jewish community. In a written apology on the eve of Yom Kippur, he said the issue has been handled inappropriately with a culture of covering up abuse.
ABC
Video: Rosh Hashana Basics on Channel 12
Reporter Dana Arschin of News12 Brooklyn introduces her viewers to the Jewish new year, featuring Rabbi Yosef Kramer, who just celebrated his wedding in Arkansas, blowing the Shofar at Chabad of Park Slope.
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Boruch and Zlatie (nee Wilschanski) Benjaminson (Morristown, NJ)
Video: Rosh Hashana at Illini Chabad
Over 500 students of the University of Illinois joined Rabbi Rabbi Tiechtel for inspirational Rosh Hashana services.
Protesters Try to Stop Kaporos in Crown Heights
A small but determined group of demonstrators gathered at Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights yesterday to protest the Kaporos ceremonies that take place in Orthodox Jewish communities the week before Yom Kippur.
Gothamist
Winners and Losers of Yesterday’s Primary
As the last votes are being tallied up, CrownHeights.info provides a comprehensive summary of who won and who lost in yesterday’s primary election:
Chabad School Vandalized in France
Some time during the night vandals attacked the Beis Chaya Mushka Lubavitch girls’ school in Marseilles, France, leaving the interior and facade of the building defaced and the windows smashed to bits.
File photo
Picture of the Day: Remembering the Lives Lost on 9/11
2,996 lives were claimed in the terror attacks on September 11, 2001; among them were 418 first responders and emergency workers. Police officers from the 71st Precinct in Crown Heights held a brief memorial service in their honor.
Still Feeling the Pain: Remembering Michael Noeth
I grew up in a Chabad House. Chabad of Tidewater to be precise. Throughout the years, hundreds upon hundreds of different people have come and gone. Some we remember quite well. For others, it may take a moment. But only a select few are etched in our everlasting memories.
by Levi Margolin
Left: Kenneth P. Thompson. Right: Charles J. Hynes.
Thompson Defeats Hynes in Race for Brooklyn DA
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes’ 23-year run as Brooklyn’s top prosecutor has come to an end following his stunning defeat in Tuesday’s Democratic primary.
Bill de Blasio
De Blasio Tops Mayoral Primary; Runoff Possible
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, who ran an upstart campaign pledging to fight New York City’s economic inequality, emerged as the surprising top choice in the Democratic mayoral primary, but could still face weeks — and another electoral fight — before becoming his party’s nominee.
ABC News
Trading Spaces: Neat Nooks Just for the Holidays
For motorists on Ridge Road, one of the main arteries of Munster, Ind., the sight of a bearded rabbi lugging an oversized ornate cabinet across the busy street has become a yearly spectacle. It is Rabbi Eliezer Zalmanov transporting a specially constructed holy ark from the cozy sanctuary in his home to the Center for Visual and Performing Arts, where he and a cadre of volunteers set up a makeshift synagogue to accommodate the large crowds that join the congregation for the High Holidays.
From Days Gone By: Kos Shel Bracha
The Rebbe distributes Kos Shel Bracha at the conclusion of Yomtov, circa early 1960s.
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