A 16-year-old high school kid was arrested after he was caught stealing an umbrella from a Kingston Avenue store. A group of angry shopkeepers apprehended the thug and with the help of Shomrim he was arrested.
Hundreds gathered in front of 770 this afternoon to participate in the Levaya of Shlucha, Rebbetzin Hindy Scheiman OBM who passed away yesterday after lengthy battle with an illness.
As a Chabad emissary in Shanghai, Rabbi Abraham Greenberg has abundant experience putting tefillin on other people. But even Greenberg was surprised when Avner Netanyahu, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s youngest son, approached him during his father’s tour of the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum and asked if he had a pair of tefillin on Tuesday.
Tonight the Jewish Children’s Museums will be hosting their 8th annual dinner. At the event police commissioner Raymond Kelley will be honored.
Growing up in the Hasidic community of Midwood, Brooklyn, Lipa Lieberman noticed early on that his most successful neighbors owned real estate.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mr. Moshe (ben Zalman OBM) Lokshin OBM of Los Angeles, California. He was 88 years old.
Chaim Dray (Paris, France) and Sheina Mergui (Paris, France)
L’Chaim tonight, Wednesday at 1568 Carroll St.
[between Troy and Schenectady Avenues]
More than 1.5 million tourists and locals flooded the streets of Louisville for the annual Kentucky Derby Festival. This year, the Pegasus Parade featured a float built by Chabad of Kentucky. Playing on the year’s theme, “Now That’s Entertainment,” Chabad’s entry promoted random acts of goodness and kindness.
With sadness and deep pain we inform of the untimely passing of Mrs. Hindy Scheiman of Des Plaines, Illinois, where she was a Shlucha for over 30 years. She was 54.
Tonight will mark Shloshim to the passing of Vancouver Shliach Rabbi Lipa Dubrawsky OBM. A gather will be held in Vancouver and the evening will be broadcasted live here on CrownHeights.info at 10:30pm EST.
Yaacov Yosef Raskin (Melbourne, Australia) and Chaya Mushka Blumenfeld (Lima, Peru)
L’Chaim Wednesday at 1349 President St
[between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]
In anticipation of Shavuos, Bnos Chomesh Girls’ High School is “going green”! Staff and students are “digging in” to a project that will enhance everyone’s home for Yom Tov.
Project Extreme, an organization serving teens-at-risk and their families, has recruited one of the Jewish world’s most respected experts in family and individual counseling, Rabbi Shais Taub, to lead an interactive workshop for parents.
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