Levaya For R’ Yosef Yechiel Lifshitz OBM Passes By 770
A large crowd gathered outside 770 Eastern Parkway Thursday afternoon to bid farewell to R’ Yosef Yechiel Lifshitz OBM, a long time resident of Crown Heights who passed Wednesday evening.
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Weekly Letter: The Origin of Saying Psalms
Since it is customary to recite extra Tehillim/Psalms – during the month of Elul through and including Yom Kippur – as part of our tesuvah process in preparation for the High Holy Days, we present a letter of the Rebbe where he traces the origin of saying Psalms and its importance in connecting with G-d as explained in the Zohar.
New Engagement!
Muli Gurevitch (Crown Heights) to Abby Schochet (Miami Beach, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at the JCM
Gridlock Alert Announced In NYC For This Coming Week
New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez released a list of Gridlock Alert Days through the end of the year, including the week of United Nations General Assembly, September 23 to September 27. Drivers should expect extensive street closures and delays across Manhattan for the duration of next week.
Online Passport Renewal Goes Mainstream In The US
Just a short time after a pilot program for online passport renewals began for US citizens, the Department of State announced that it is going mainstream, and is now available for all.
Religious IDF Soldier: How 10/7 Changed My Life
An IDF officer and his wife open up on turning mourning into growth, living on behalf of those who made the ultimate sacrifice, and how the 10/7 Massacre inspired them to pursue a military career.
Embracing Hope in 5785: Aleph’s High Holiday Campaign
For men, women, and children devastated by the criminal justice system, Aleph is a beacon of hope and light in the darkness. But they urgently need your help to continue providing lifesaving services.
Two Crown Heights Thieves Turn Themselves In After Shomrim and NYPD Collaborate In Tire Thefts
Two men who live in a Crown Heights building turned themselves into the 71st Precinct this week after a collaboration between the NYPD and Crown Heights Shomrim tracked them down.
Levaya and Shiva Information For Mrs. Chana Popack OBM
The Levaya for Mrs. Chana Popack OBM, previously of Philadelphia, PA, Crown Heights, and South Africa, will take place today, Thursday, September 19th. The Levaya will be passing 770 Eastern Parkway at 12:00pm with burial 1:00pm.
Here’s My Story: The Man Who Fired Himself
Rabbi Levi Garelik is a lecturer and author of multiple books on Jewish law. He resides in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, where he was interviewed three times in 2021.
BDE: R’ Yosef Yechiel Lifshitz, 61, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of R’ Yosef Yechiel Lifshitz OBM, a long time Crown Heights resident. He passed away on Wednesday, the 16th of Elul, 5784.
Picture of the Day
As thousands prepped for the Trump rally in Long Island tonight, a group of Chabad Chasidim were hard at work putting Tefillin on the rally participants.
“They Sent Me An Angel” — Aleph is Raising $1 Million
The Aleph Institute connects social-work interns, called “Angels,” with family members impacted by the criminal justice system, to provide one-on-one emotional support and counsel on a weekly basis.
BDE: Hatomim Menachem Mendel Bluming, 15, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of Hatomim Menachem Mendel Bluming OBM, the teenage son of Reb Gedaliah Bluming of Crown Heights. He passed away on Wednesday, the 15th of Elul, 5784.
ROUND #2: Hezbollah Electronics Begin Exploding Across Lebanon
Still reeling from a massively humiliating operation that saw thousands of beepers used by Hezbollah operatives explode Tuesday, another wave of explosions tore electronics used by the terror organization apart.
EXCLUSIVE: New Dental Center With Wide Range of Services Coming to Crown Heights
A severe lack of dental options in Crown Heights is coming to an end with the opening of a multi-service state-of-the-art Dental Center in the heart of the Crown Heights Jewish community.
HY”D: Four Israeli Soldiers Killed, Five Wounded In Gaza Fighting
Four Israeli soldiers were killed and several others were wounded during fighting in southern Gaza’s Rafah yesterday, the IDF announces. In the same incident in which the four soldiers were killed, an officer and two soldiers in the Shaked Battalion were seriously wounded, and another two soldiers of the battalion were moderately wounded.
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