With the aid of a car jack, burglars attempted to break in to a Carroll Street home sometime Friday night, while the family was fast asleep. Apparently they were scared off before they could get into the home.
The NYPD conducted an Anti-Terrorism training exercise on the block of 770 Wednesday night.
Rabbi Dr. Jacob Immanuel Schochet, a Chabad scholar and academic, and a preeminent defender of traditional Jewish belief, passed away on Shabbat, the 20th of Av 5773, July 27th 2013, following a long illness. He was 77.
New York City commuters can expect to pay more to use public transportation.
Naftali and Mussy (nee Krazniansky) Zakon (Crown Heights)
Zalman and Nechama Dina (nee Schusterman) Baras (Cincinnati, OH)
The search is on for a man who attacked and robbed a 69-year-old African-American woman in Crown Heights on Friday night.
With great sadness and deep pain we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Yaakov Immanuel Schochet OBM of Toronto, Ontario at the age of 77.
Shmuely and Mushky (nee Horowitz) Rosenstein (Crown Heights)
Rabbi Dovid Lau, the newly elected chief Ashkenazic Rabbi of Israel, arrived at the hospital in Petach Tikvah where Rabbi Ovadia Isakson is being treated to wish him a speedy recovery.
The race for Brooklyn District Attorney is in serious play for the first time in decades. Abe George, a former Manhattan prosecutor, announced Thursday evening that he was dropping out of the race, and would throw his support behind Kenneth P. Thompson, who is challenging embattled incumbent Charles Hynes for the Democratic nomination this September.
Yesterday a new door was installed at the main entrance to 770. The iconic door that has been in place for decades has been sent in for repairs.
The entire Camp Gan Israel of Parksville, NY traveled yesterday (Thursday) to the Ohel and 770 in honor of Chof Av (Yahrtzeit of the Rebbe’s father, Reb Levi Yitzchak, OBM) to daven, learn Torah and give Tzedaka.
Mendel and Mushkie (nee Caytak) Tiefenbrun (Crown Heights)
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thoughts on this weeks Parasha, Eikev, titled ‘If I Were a Rich Man.’
A lively Niggun that was a favorite of the Rebbe’s father, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, 12 Sivan 5744 (June 12, 1984).
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