New Shluchim to Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
Just before the annual Kinus Hashluchim, the Jewish community of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine welcomed four new families, who joined the 40 existing families of Shluchim active in the city.
Melbournians Uplifted by Chabad Niggunim
Before a full house at the Phoenix Theatre in Melbourne on Thursday night, October 24, a talented group of musicians and others delighted the crowd with an interpretation of a series of Chassidic nigunim, in support of Mayanot Institute in Israel.
New Engagement!
Mayer (ben Shloima) Zarchi (Crown Heights) and Chenchie (bas S.Z.) Baumgarten (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim Thusrday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Police on the scene Friday investigating. Photo: VIN News.
Williamsburg Woman Dies After Being Hit by School Bus
An Orthodox woman that was seriously injured after getting struck by a Satmar Yeshiva school bus as she was walking in Williamsburg Friday afternoon has passed away over Shabbos.
Picture of the Day: Do-Gooder Corvette
A CrownHeights.info reader spotted a Corvette with an intriguing licence plate while traveling along the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
71st Precinct to get New Commanding Officer
Crown Heights is getting a new commanding officer for the 71st Precinct. Later this week Deputy Inspector John Lewis will be replaced by Deputy Inspector George Fitzgibbon from the 69th Precinct.
Miami Yeshiva Bochurim Enjoy S. Florida Shabbaton
47 Bochurim from the Zal Yeshiva in Miami enjoyed a meaningful and inspiring Shabbaton with the community in Ft. Myers, Florida and were hosted by Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida.
Five Jews Injured in Sydney Anti-Semitic Attack
Police have charged three people over an alleged anti-Semitic attack in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. Four men and a woman were walking home from the synagogue in Bondi in the early hours of Saturday when a group of about eight young men began yelling anti-Semitic insults at them.
ABC Australia
About a month ago, the Jewish Daily Forward published a hit-piece attacking Chabad's Michigan Jewish Institute for alleged failure to receive accreditation and predicted its impending closure. Last Week, the Detroit Jewish News took the Forward to task for its gross misrepresentation of the facts and set the record straight.
Detroit Paper Responds to Forward Attack on MJI
About a month ago, the Jewish Daily Forward published a hit-piece attacking Chabad’s Michigan Jewish Institute for alleged failure to receive accreditation and predicted its impending closure. Last Week, the Detroit Jewish News took the Forward to task for its gross misrepresentation of the facts and set the record straight.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Yosef Rogatsky, OBM, a longtime resident of Crown Heights, at the age of 94.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: R’ Yosef Rogatsky, 94, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Yosef Rogatsky, OBM, a longtime resident of Crown Heights, at the age of 94.
Left: Brooklyn Hospital Center in Fort Greene. Right: Rabbi Zalman Abramowitz affixes the Mezuzah.
Bikur Cholim Room Dedicated at Brooklyn Hospital
A grand opening and mezuza ceremony was held for a new bikur cholim room at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
President Touts Innovation in Education
For the first time in several years, a sitting U.S. president visited Brooklyn. President Barack Obama’s trip to the city’s largest borough on Friday was to deliver what the White House called a major policy speech. It was about the future of the U.S. economy as told through the story of one very unique Crown Heights school.
Baby Boy!
Yaakov and Chana Devorah (nee Bogomilsky) Feldman (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 544 Crown St. [between Kingston and Albany Aves.]
Photos: The President’s Motorcade on Kingston Ave.
Thousands of people lined up along the route of President Obama’s motorcade as it passed through the streets of Crown Heights. Lining Kingston Avenue were hundreds of posters calling for the president to investigate the prosecution of Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin. WATCH the president’s speech live – ended.
New Engagement!
Danny Amishai (Crown Heights and Batsheva (bas Mayer) Rivkin (Bay Harbor Islands, FL/Crown Heights)
Photos: Hours Before the President’s Arrival
As anticipation grows for the arrival of President Barrack Obama to Crown Heights, hundreds of reserve police officers are out in force making sure the route is cleared of parked vehicles and ready for the motorcade to travel through, which it is scheduled to do sometime between 3:00 and 6:00 this afternoon.
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