3 Alarm Fire Awakens Building Residents
A fire broke out last night on the balcony of a new building on the corner of Eastern Parkway and Albany Ave. The FDNY response was swift, and thankfully no serious damage or injuries were reported.
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The CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) showcases Monsey Lubavitcher Zalman Goldstein's Jewish iPhone apps: iBlessing, iCharity and Pareve-O-Meter.
Video: Zalman Goldstein Talks About Digital Judaism
The CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) showcases Monsey Lubavitcher Zalman Goldstein‘s Jewish iPhone apps: iBlessing, iCharity and Pareve-O-Meter.
Haaretz
Rabbi Menachem Brod
A prominent Chabad figure has been accused by participants in an ultra-Orthodox online forum of adopting Christian symbols to describe a Jewish event, following an article he wrote in an official Chabad publication.
Chabad Spokesman Dismisses Christianity Allegations
Haaretz
Rabbi Menachem Brod
A prominent Chabad figure has been accused by participants in an ultra-Orthodox online forum of adopting Christian symbols to describe a Jewish event, following an article he wrote in an official Chabad publication.
Torah Café
Rabbi Avrohom Shemtov
In this talk given at an event celebrating the 110 years since the Rebbe's birth and the 30th cycle of the daily learning of Rambam in S. Paulo Brazil, Rabbi Avrohom Shemtov, senior Shliach of the Rebbe, shares the fascinating story of his involvement in a particular operation to release a large number of Jews from Soviet Russia.
Video: How the Rebbe Influenced Soviet Jews’ Release
Torah Café
Rabbi Avrohom Shemtov
In this talk given at an event celebrating the 110 years since the Rebbe’s birth and the 30th cycle of the daily learning of Rambam in S. Paulo Brazil, Rabbi Avrohom Shemtov, senior Shliach of the Rebbe, shares the fascinating story of his involvement in a particular operation to release a large number of Jews from Soviet Russia.
Pictures from the L'chaim of Dovid Caytak (Ottawa, Canada) and Mushky Sirota (Denver, CO), which took place Thursday, April 19 at Lubavitcher Yeshiva.
L’chaim: Caytak – Sirota
Pictures from the L’chaim of Dovid Caytak (Ottawa, Canada) and Mushky Sirota (Denver, CO), which took place Thursday, April 19 at Lubavitcher Yeshiva.
Merkos Suite 302’s Moshiach Campaign, in conjunction with JLI’s Torah Café, has released this moving new video about noted singer Reb Azriel David Fastag, whose spark of faith shined a bright light into the darkness of the Holocaust.
Video: “Ani Ma’amin” – A Song of Ultimate Faith
Merkos Suite 302’s Moshiach Campaign, in conjunction with JLI’s Torah Café, has released this moving new video about noted singer Reb Azriel David Fastag, whose spark of faith shined a bright light into the darkness of the Holocaust.
Crown Heights [CHI] — A Jewish man was walking down Sterling St. toward Brooklyn Ave. at around 6:30 PM today when an African-American crept up behind him, pounced on him and began to beat him ferociously while he lay helpless on the ground.
Jewish Man Savagely Beaten, Robbed on Sterling St.
Crown Heights [CHI] — A Jewish man was walking down Sterling St. toward Brooklyn Ave. at around 6:30 PM today when an African-American crept up behind him, pounced on him and began to beat him ferociously while he lay helpless on the ground.
Students to Discuss Facebook Ban with Zev Brenner
A few Beis Rivkah students will be interviewed by Zev Brenner on his Talkline radio program this Motzei Shabbos. They will discuss the international media uproar one month ago over the school’s ban on the social networking site Facebook, which was originally reported here on Crownheights.info.
City’s New Water Meters Overcharge Massively
WCBSTV
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Some New York City homeowners are drowning under their water bills. They claim they are being inflated by newly installed automatic water meters.
New Engagement!
Eli Olidort (Crown Heights) and Shaina Bukiet (Lexington, MA)
L’chaim will be Sunday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Police Searching for Jewish Boy Missing Since 1979
FBI and NYPD law enforcement officials search a SoHo basement at the corner of Wooster and Prince streets for the possible remains of missing child Etan Patz on Thursday. Inset: Etan in 1978.
A team of police officers and FBI agents began digging up a basement in New York City on Thursday as part of a decades-old investigation into the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, whose case made a generation of parents afraid to send their children out alone.
Cabo S. Lucas sits at the tip of the Baja California peninsula. Once a small fishing town, it's been reborn in the last decade as a tourist hotspot.
Blog: Reflections on Passover in Cabo S. Lucas
Cabo S. Lucas sits at the tip of the Baja California peninsula. Once a small fishing town, it’s been reborn in the last decade as a tourist hotspot.
Last night, a 7-year-old Jewish girl playing outside in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Kensington was confronted by a middle aged man, who grabbed her by the hand and asked her to get into a double parked car, according to a few witnesses.
Video: Attempted Kidnapping of 7-Year-Old Jewish Girl
Last night, a 7-year-old Jewish girl playing outside in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Kensington was confronted by a middle aged man, who grabbed her by the hand and asked her to get into a double parked car, according to a few witnesses.
Report: Kiev Hate Victim Sees Significant Improvement
With Hashem’s help, significant improvement is being reported in the condition of Aaron Alexander Gorshonov from Kiev, who was beaten almost to death by anti-Semites in Kiev and airlifted to Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, where he continues to convalesce.
Picture of the Day: London Mayor Goes Chassidish
London mayor Boris Johnson, currently in the midst of his re-election campaign, appears in this photograph with Rabbis Leivi and Zalman Sudak, Chabad Shluchim in Edgware, sporting the Lubavitcher headgear.
TV Sit-Com Mocks Rebbe’s Name
A newly released promo for Fox’s sit-com ‘New Girl’ has some eyebrows raised. The Rebbe’s name is mentioned, but not in the context you might have anticipated. Listen for yourself..
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