Chabad Hebrew School Holds Mid-Year Awards Ceremony
The students at Chabad Hebrew School, directed by Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston, recently received awards and recognition for their achievements in the innovative “Aleph Champ” Hebrew program.
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Eber’s Tishrei Liquor and Wine Sale
Picture of the Day: The Mazkir and the Producer
A CrownHeights.info reader sent in cell phone photos of the Rebbes secretary Rabbi Leibel Groner at the Ohel yesterday praying alongside Mr. Ronen Peled the producer of the upcoming Kinus Hashluchos banquet on Sunday. The grand event will be taking place in the ballroom of the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan.
CECE Network Inservice on MLK Day
Educators from Chabad preschools in the New York area gathered for a joint inspirational Inservice Day, learning fresh new ways of helping the children develop and grow.
With sadness and pain we inform you of the sudden passing of Mrs. Dina Fogel OBM, a longtime resident of Crown Heights who resided on Carroll Street.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Dina Fogel OBM
With sadness and pain we inform you of the sudden passing of Mrs. Dina Fogel OBM, a longtime resident of Crown Heights who resided on Carroll Street.
Campus Talk Helps Students Cope with Depression
Mental health has long been a prevalent issue in the college community, and following a memorial service at Northwestern University for a student who took her own life, it was felt that it was time to present it from a Jewish perspective.
Woman Found Dead in CH, Possibly Froze
Thanks possibly to the freezing temperatures outside, NYC has gone 9 days without a murder—but that streak is long over. In one incident police are investigating the death of a woman who was found half-naked in the street in Crown Heights early Friday morning.
Gothamist
A violent parolee who killed a beloved Brooklyn liquor-store clerk was sentenced to 35 years in prison today.
Violent Parolee Convicted of Murder Sentanced to 35 Years
A violent parolee who killed a beloved Brooklyn liquor-store clerk was sentenced to 35 years in prison today.
NY Post
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Ari and Mushki Mochkin (Los Angeles, CA)
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mumeh Rochel Krichevsky OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Rochel (Rochel Leah) Krichevsky of Eretz Yisroel, on Yud Shvat.
New Engagement!
Yosef Vinisky (Crown Heights) and Esther Miriam Hall (Albany, NY)
Car Break-ins Resume with a Vengeance
Over the last few days tens of vehicles have been broken into and robbed, items like GPSs and loose change were taken. Crown Heights Shomrim received a report from one burglary victim stating that he confronted the thief and he identified him as Terrence Nelson – one of the areas most notorious recidivists.
Baby Girl!
Avromie and Chana Leah Margolis (Los Angeles CA)
New Engagement!
Mendy Wolff (Crown Heights) and Devorah Breindel (London, England)
New Engagement!
Michoel Kisilevich (Melbourne, Australia) and Naomi Popper (Coral Springs, FL)
MTA Chaplain Rabbi Berkowitz with Andre George on S train at Grand Central January 27, 2013.
MTA Chaplain Soothes Subway Operators in Tragedies
When there’s trouble on the tracks, transit workers turn to police, firefighters, paramedics — and The Rabbi. There’s no need for his full name. Anyone who has operated a train, welded rails or directed traffic from a radio tower in the last three decades probably knows Rabbi Harry Berkowitz.
NY Daily News
Winners of the KSCVK Auction
Hundrends of woman and girls turned out all afternoon, and into the late Sunday evening, for Keren Simchas Chosson V’Kallah’s annual auction. The program took place in Oholei Torah on Eastern Parkway, where there was the viewing, entertainment and lots of food and drink. The auction benefits the organization which helps Chassanim and Kallahs pay for their wedding day.
Chabad of the Five Towns Packs Purim Gifts
Chabad Terror Victims Project welcomed Rabbi Zalman and Channie Wolowic along with members of their community who were on a Chabad of the Five Towns Israel Mission to Israel and who came to volunteer their time to help CTVP pack thousands of Mishloach Manot gifts for victims of terror and IDF soldiers and their families throughout Israel.
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