Four Arrested over Crown Heights ‘Knockout’ Attacks
Police have arrested four minors in connection with a string of alleged “knockout” attacks in Crown Heights, the 71st Precinct’s new commanding officer George Fitzgibbon announced.
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Manny Waks, founder of child abuse advocacy group Tzedek.
Child Abuse Advocate Sued for Defamation
One of Melbourne’s most senior Jewish figures questioned over allegations of child abuse has launched legal action against the head of a victims’ advocacy group.
Herald Sun
Hundreds Salute Colel Chabad at Gala Dinner
Celebrating the organization’s successes, Colel Chabad welcomed throngs of guests at its annual dinner, which also commemorated 200 years since the passing of Colel Chabad’s founder, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the first Chabad Rebbe.
Wheel Theft of the Week: Albany Ave. and Carroll St.
A car parked on the corner of Albany Ave. and Carroll St. was the latest victim of the wheel thieves, who are operating with impunity and devastating vehicle owners all over Crown Heights.
Music Video: Reb Shlomo Sings Reb Shlomo’s ‘Hinei’
Jewish singing star Shlomo Simcha, a member of the Toronto Chabad community, teamed up with local band Nafshenu to record a album of the music of Shlomo Carlebach, titled ‘Fusion.’
Mazal Tov! It’s a Girl!
With much gratitude to Hashem, we would like to extend a hearty Mazal Tov to the founder and editor-in-chief of CrownHeights.info, Binyomin Lifshitz and his wife Rivka (nee Kashanian) on the birth of their first child – a baby girl!
New Engagement!
Isser Kluwgant (Melbourne, Australia) and Mushka Greene (Tarzana, CA)
L’chaim will be tonight, Thursday, at Der Shteibel
483 Albany Ave. [corner Lefferts Ave.]
L’chaim: Tiefenbrun – Chein
Pictures from the L’chaim of Yossel Tiefenbrun (London, UK) and Chaya Chein (Crown Heights), which took place Wednesday night, December 11, at the Chein residence in Crown Heights.
New Engagement!
Moishe Chaiton (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Leah Balbin (Melbourne, Australia)
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Dinah Abrahamson, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Dinah Abrahamson, OBM, a Crown Heights resident and well-known political activist, at the age of 59.
Baby Girl!
Levi and Chanale (nee Sperlin) Karp (Montreal, Canada)
Wounded Hero Captivates California Audience
On Tuesday evening, 120 people gathered at Chabad of the Valley’s Menachem Institute in Tarzana, CA to hear a lecture by the IDF’s heroic Special Forces Paratrooper Izzy Ezagui.
It’s a smoke and mirrors saga fit for Hollywood, complete with a major movie star, murky reports of a kidnapping and an American fugitive sneaking across the border of a far-away nation unfriendly to the U.S.
Ostreicher’s Escape from Bolivia Remains a Mystery
It’s a smoke and mirrors saga fit for Hollywood, complete with a major movie star, murky reports of a kidnapping and an American fugitive sneaking across the border of a far-away nation unfriendly to the U.S.
“The Lubavitcher Rebbe Has Arrived in Warsaw”
The Circus Tent Blog published a recently discovered clipping of the Warsaw-based Yiddish newspaper “Radio,” announcing the arrival of the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe in the Polish capital in 1931.
"The Kugel Collaborative" art gallery, in commercial space in the heart of Philadelphia, features the work of Jewish students from local arts and music colleges.
Art Gallery Serves as ‘Platform for Jewish Education’
Leah Koontz, an art student at Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia, has met some of her closest friends thanks to Rabbi Daniel Grodnitzky and the Chabad House for Students of the Arts.
Twin Boys!
Sholom Ber and Chanie (nee Grossbaum) Cohen (Stonybrook, NY)
Rabbi Hecht Clarifies: Call of the Shofar a ‘Kosher Cult’
After being misrepresented Rabbi Shea Hecht took the opportunity to clarify his position with CrownHeights.info on the on the controversial ‘Call of the Shofar’ movement, reiterating that it is a cult – albeit a ‘kosher’ one.
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