Wet Roads: Car Skids, Crashes into House
One of Crown Heights’ most notoriously unsafe intersections was once again host to an accident, which thankfully and miraculously did not injure any pedestrians.
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USELESS PROTECTION: Bochur Mugged at Gunpoint
An Israeli Bochur reported to the police that he was mugged at gunpoint by three assailants early this morning on President Street. The attackers were described as three Black males who allegedly shouted racial slurs while attacking him.
Photos: The Year the Parade Was Not on Sunday
Crownheights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a series of pictures from the Harlig Collection of the Lag Ba’omer Parade of 1976. That year the Rebbe announced the ‘Year of Education.’ It was also the only time there was a large parade with the Rebbe’s participation even though Lag Ba’omer did not occur on a Sunday.
Rutgers’ Students Enjoy BBQ and Drum Circle
On Monday, April 30th 2012, Rutgers Jewish Outreach hosted an end of year BBQ which was attended by over 100 Jewish students.
Kabbalah and Freud Carry the Day at Symposium
Students took center stage at the Students-and-Scholars symposium at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore on Sunday, presenting to Rabbis and distinguished academics.
From right to left: R. Mordechai Schusterman, R. Moshe Nemanow, R. Nissan Nemanow, YBLCH"T R. Gershon Schusterman.
Rabbi Moshe Nemanow, a scholar and expert on Hebrew manuscripts who worked in the archival division at Chabad’s Central Library in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, passed away Tuesday, May 1. He was 74.
Remembering Rabbi Moshe Nemanow, 74
From right to left: R. Mordechai Schusterman, R. Moshe Nemanow, R. Nissan Nemanow, YBLCH”T R. Gershon Schusterman.
Rabbi Moshe Nemanow, a scholar and expert on Hebrew manuscripts who worked in the archival division at Chabad’s Central Library in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, passed away Tuesday, May 1. He was 74.
Israeli Victims of Terror Arrive in United States
Wounded Israeli veterans and victims of terror enjoy the view from the Empire State Building on their first full day of a New York tour coordinated by the Chabad Israel Center of the Upper East Side and the Chabad Terror Victims Project.
Adi Huja was in the beginning of her teenage years when her whole life changed. She was out with friends on a Saturday night when suicide bombers detonate their devices and a car full of explosives into the crowd. She survived, but suffered injuries to both legs and ears that have required years of recovery and ongoing operations.
Secrets of the Rebbe’s Chozrim
by Yossi Krausz – Ami Magazine
The Rebbe delivers a Ma’amar.
Childhood experiences and teenage encounters often form a chain, leading a person to his destiny. Such has been the case with Moscow’s chief rabbi.
Need a Shidduch? Devorah Benjamin Has an Idea!
This past Yud daled Kislev an idea was born: for a nominal fee of $100, Devorah Benjamin of KSCVK will take your name, the name of your child, friend, or relative, and daven at the Ohel for a shidduch. The money will go straight to KSCVK’s fund for Crown Heights Chassanim and Kallos.
Video: Belief in G-d After the Holocaust
Rabbi Nissen Mangel was a 10-year old child when he came to the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. There he witnessed unspeakable atrocities, but he also witnessed amazing acts of faith. In this moving and powerful talk, Rabbi Mangel tells his first-hand account of what he saw. (Many viewers may find details described to be extremely disturbing. Viewer discretion advised.)
New Summer Program for the ‘In Town Boys’
A new summer program is opening in Crown Heights under the leadership of Rabbi Eli Sandhaus former director of many out of town summer programs and teacher in Yeshiva Darchai Menachem. The program will cater to mainstream boys ages 13 to 15.
Alleged Bomber May Be Forcibly Medicated for Trial
Santa Monica Patch
Ron Hirsch
A June hearing before a federal judge will determine whether Ron Hirsch, the man charged with detonating a pipe bomb last spring at a Chabad House in Santa Monica, should be forced to take medication to stand trial.
New Engagement!
Levi Simpson (Crown Heights) and Esther Solomon (Sydney, Australia)
L’chaim will be tonight at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Picture of the Day: Choppers Get Protection
Shturem
On Lag B’Omer, a flock of helicopters will take to the skies above Eretz Yisroel, with excited children who won a flight at their local Lag B’omer Parades inside. The Bardugo Media Company, the provider of the choppers, has equipped each chopper with state of the art security measures: a Sefer Chitas.
Lubavitch Formally Invited to Citi Field Gathering
The Skulener Rebbe, one of the chief organizers of the Citi Field gathering to curb the influence of the internet, has formally invited the Lubavitch community to participate, and urged all to attend the event.
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