Cops Crash En Route to Emergency
A police cruiser was involved in a accident while responding to an emergency, the officers along with the driver of the second vehicle were injured.
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Grandchildren Create Song for Zaidys Yohrtzeit
In honor of the first Yohrtzeit of Rabbi Mordechai Meir Bryski OBM his grand-children got together to compile, sing and produce a music video in his memory.
Shabbos at the Besht: Jews and Humor
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Simcha Weinstein will lead a discussion on the topic, Seriously Funny: How humor has always been a central part of Jewish history, culture and values.
8 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Mendel and Raizy (nee Rosenblum) Gutnick
606 Empire Blvd, [between Kingston and Albany Avenues]
Leibel and Shterna Sara Paris
580 Crown St, Apt. 411 [between Albany and Troy Avenues]
Zev Moshe and Dina Kagan
645 Lefferts Ave, Apt #3H [corner Albany Avenue]
Yanky and Mushka (nee Goldberger) Kotlarsky
615 Montgomery St, [between Brooklyn and Kingston Avenue]
Mendel and Chanie (nee Pruss) Vogel
627 East New York Ave, Apt 3L [between Kingston and Albany Avenues]
Zalmen and Esty Raskin
536 Montgomery St, [between New York and Brooklyn Avenue]
Zalmi and Nechama (nee Shubov) Orimland (Redondo Beach, CA)
Alon Chanoch and Chana Miriam Golub (Jerusalem, Israel)
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute presents a collection of pictures of the Rebbe giving Tezadka over the Years. Please help the Avner Institute continue to bring you inspiring letters and story’s of the Rebbe every week by making a years end contribution. Click Here to Donate.
Stardom 101: Lipa Goes To College
by Sandy Eller – Jewish Press
He is a singer, an entertainer, a performer, a composer, a lyricist and perhaps the most revolutionary force to ever hit the Jewish music world. But for the last two years, Lipa Schmeltzer has donned another guise, trading his microphones for textbooks and the concert stage for the classroom, as the colorful artist has headed to school in pursuit of a college degree.
New Engagement!
Uria Ohana (Israel / Crown Heights) and Zelda de Groen (London, UK)
I Know My Son… Insights on Suffering & Adversity
by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax., Florida
Vayechi: Vast cosmic secrets appear couched in the dramatic events surrounding the deathbed blessings bestowed upon Yosef’s two sons Menashe and Ephraim by our saintly forebear Yaakov. The cryptic narrative seems to alert the reader to uncanny Divine insight on the part of Yaakov, the purveyor of the blessings, regarding the future of the two emerging tribes and the nation of Israel as a whole.
Lechaim: Weinfeld – Blotner
Photos by Yaakov Rosenthal
Pictures from the l’chaim of Moishe Weinfeld (Crown Heights) and Gishi Blotner (Worcester, MA), which took place in Beis Rivkah.
New Engagement!
Aizik Chanin (Crown Heights) and Sara Stevens (Toronto, Ontario)
New Engagement!
Mendel Jacobson (Crown Heights) and Mushka Paltiel (Crown Heights)
This week, the Jewish Released Time program under the auspices of the NCFJE arranged winter camps for public school children during their winter vacation. Over 50 children attended the Brooklyn and Queens camps. The Brooklyn camp was hosted by United Lubavitch Yeshiva Ocean Parkway and Ohel Moshe Chevrah Tehillim, Lubavitch. The Queens camp hosted by Anshei Shalom Chabad.
Released Times Winter Camp
This week, the Jewish Released Time program under the auspices of the NCFJE arranged winter camps for public school children during their winter vacation. Over 50 children attended the Brooklyn and Queens camps. The Brooklyn camp was hosted by United Lubavitch Yeshiva Ocean Parkway and Ohel Moshe Chevrah Tehillim, Lubavitch. The Queens camp hosted by Anshei Shalom Chabad.
NEW FEATURE! A [Slightly Eccentric] Weekly Torah Thought
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo, Mexico, teamed up recently with CrownHeights.info to provide his weekly Parasha thought on the Torah portion.
Competition Mobilizes Hundreds of Jewish Teens
Jewish teens across the United States and Canada have revealed their creativity trying to win a trip to CTeen’s International Shabbaton this February.
Daily News Features Shluchim in Best Photos of 2012
Featured in the New York Daily News best pictures of 2012 was a photo taken during the Kinus Hashluchim when they posed for the annual group photo.
Bris: Eliyahu Edelkopf
Photos by Ben Katan
Following Shacharis last Friday, the Brit Milah of Shneior and Chaya Mushka Edelkopfs son, Eliyahu, Sheyichye, took place at Chabad Lubavitch of Ontario.
Record Number Of Lawsuits Against NYPD
Reuters
Police Officer Louis Vega punches Ehud Halevi on Oct. 8 2012 inside of ALIYA. Illustration Photo.
A record number of legal claims were filed against the New York City Police Department in fiscal year 2011, according to a report scheduled for release on Thursday. In fiscal 2011, which ended June 30, 2011, a total of 8,882 claims were filed against the NYPD, up from the previous high of 8,110 filed in fiscal year 2010, New York City Comptroller John Liu said in the report.
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