At 4:10pm today on the corner of Schenectady Ave. and Union St., a middle aged African-American male with a gun in his hand walked over to another African-American male and shot him seven times at point blank range, killing him instantly.
On Sunday, Daled Tammuz, The Shluchim Office unveiled its latest in service and support to Shluchim visiting Crown Heights: a brand new hotel for visiting shluchim called ‘the Pomegranate Suites.’
The following letter was sent to the Shliach in Tel Aviv, Rabbi Yoseph Gerlitzky, from a grateful mother who is a member of Rabbi Gerlitzky’s Chabad House. The letter speaks for itself:
We reported recently that the city is beginning a new program where, instead of towing a car to the pound for accumulated unpaid tickets, they put a ‘boot’ lock on one of the car’s wheels. Once the fines are paid up, the owner gets the code to open the lock.
Dovid Tsapp, the ‘rabbi on a skateboard,’ tells The Australian Jewish News how he found spiritual answers in the practice of skateboarding.
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In this screenshot from NBC News, which aired on the evening of July 8, a Lubavitcher can be clearly seen among a cluster of ‘Paparazzi’ photographers trying to get a picture of Katie Holmes. Can you identify him?
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Preparations are under way to make this year’s “One Shabbat One World” the biggest yet.
Each year, tens of thousands of spectators gather together in ‘Simcha Monica,’ California for a grand parade in honor of the fourth of July. The parade, which runs for approximately two miles, is filled with many kinds of floats. Since its inception, Chabad in Simcha Monica has played a major role in the parade in order to spread the light of Judaism to the masses in an unprecedented manner.
At least 147 people have lost their lives in a torrent of rising water in Russia’s southern Krasnodar Region near the Black Sea after a deluge of rain – nearly five months’ worth – fell overnight Friday. More than 5,000 homes have been evacuated and President Vladimir Putin declared Monday to be a day of mourning for the victims.
Bochurim attending the Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ were treated to an ice skating trip on Thursday, July 5th. In addition to the skating, the Bochurim enjoyed laser tag and arcade games as well.
Kuye Youngblood produced and edited this walking tour for the Neighborhood Beat: Crown Heights show on Brooklyn Independent Television.
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CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present this vintage photograph of a Lubavitcher Bochur talking to a hippie with a guitar. Can you identify those in the picture, when and where it was taken?
Answer to last week’s photo in the extended article.
Yud Beis Tammuz is the Yom Tov that celebrates the persistent determination over challenges and hardships that the Frierdiker Rebbe displayed. Well, that’s how the Yom Tov was marked and observed this year in Baltimore, Maryland in the aftermath of a major storm that knocked out power to over 500,000 homes throughout the city.
On Wednesday night, Camp Gan Israel in Parksville, NY enjoyed an amazing Talent Night, where the campers and staff were treated to a dazzling display of raw talent performed by their fellow campers and staff.
Ben Diamond, Lubavitcher Chossid and Captain in the U.S. Army, teaches his weekly class on Sheva Mitzvos Bnei Noach at the Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri army base. The class attracts up to 100 soldiers each Sunday.
Chabad educators will convene next week at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Danbury, CT for 48 hours of total immersion in Chinuch. Much of the program will deal with the same issues that nearly 200 Chabad Mechanchos dealt with during their conference last week at the DOLCE center, in Norwalk. In addition, the Kinus will concentrate on the need to foster the development of children’s healthy self-image and worth within a turbulent world, an issue which is reflective of the realities Mechanchim deal with daily.
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