This morning several leaders of Crown Heights’ African-American community held a press conference on the corner of Kingston Ave. and Empire Blvd., decrying the random acts of violence against Jews that have been plaguing the neighborhood for the past several weeks.
Another random assault was perpetrated against a Jewish child in Crown Heights this morning. The perpetrators – a pair of females – have not been apprehended.
A Jewish-Aboriginal didgeridoo player was able to celebrate his bar mitzvah at Uluru recently thanks to the travelling rabbis of Chabad of Rural and Regional Australia (RARA).
Motzei Shabbos Parshas Vayeira, Bnos Chomesh Academy of Crown Heights held its second annual Mother-Daughter Melave Malka.
Avremi Lerner (Kensington, NY) and Chanie Katz (Borough Park, NY)
L’chaim will be tonight, Monday, at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Local women were treated to an extra special evening, benefiting the PTA of Oholei Torah, with an auction and an ‘interactive exhibit and demo’ featuring cookie designing, fruit styling, makeup artists and hair stylists, alongside a lavish buffet prepared by the school’s cook. UPDATE: Winners list added!
Eli and Batsheva (nee Perlow) Kaminetzky (Taos, New Mexico)
Aryeleib (ben Yitzchok) Pruss (Crown Heights) and Mushkee (bas Dovi) Sperlin (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim Monday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
A wild scene unfolded in Crown Heights today when police officers attempted to pull over a 15-passenger van. As police approached the van, the driver made a u-turn, struck a police car and number of other cars and fled. The suspect was eventually apprehended.
First it was just the residents, now even the police are frustrated. Just 12 days ago we reported on the arrest of a suspect tied to a string of burglaries that were occurring on Friday night. Just three days later, the suspect was released without bail. This weekend, a Crown Heights resident interrupted a burglary taking place in his home.
Sarah Wagner, a senior at the University of Central Florida, relates her experiences at the annual Chabad on Campus Shabbaton, which took place in Crown Heights three weeks ago.
Two SUVs collided in a busy Brooklyn Avenue intersection, leaving the driver of one vehicle and a mother and her infant child in the other hurt. There infant was not strapped into a car seat.
Bay Area Jews making a weekend getaway to Lake Tahoe now have a place to make a kosher pit stop.
It might have been fake, but the “My Big Fat Jewish (mock) Wedding” was a real good time.
Over 400 turned out Motzei Shabbos for a special evening for men, arranged by the PTA of Oholei Torah, who are hosting their annual auction this weekend. Attendees enjoyed a Melava Malka buffet, including fine wine, sushi and many other delicacies.
Fire has damaged part of Agri-Star, a kosher meat processing plant in Postville, Iowa. The plant was formerly known as Agriprocessors; its CEO, Sholom M. Rubashkin, was sentenced to 27 years in Federal prison following a 2009 raid.
The New York City Board of Standards and Appeals approved a zoning variance for the expansion of Ohel Chabad Lubavitch in Queens, over the local community’s opposition. However, the approval is contingent upon several conditions, including the limiting of hours that the gravesite can be accessed by visitors.
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