Baby Girl!
Menachem Mendel and Batsheva (nee Zilbershtrom) Katz (Chulon, Israel)
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe!
In honor of Sukkos, CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute present this unique, newly-released collection of photos taken during the month of Tishrei in the years 5742 and 5743 (1981 and 1982). With special thanks to Rabbi Pinny Lew.
Cheder Boys Erect Sukkos Around Crown Heights
As part of their comprehensive social skills program, this past week, boys from Cheder Darchai Limud put up a team effort and learned how to build a Sukkah.
170 Bochurim Evicted by Fire and B’lding Department
The FDNY ‘Raided’ another two locations where Tishrei guests have been lodging today, temporarily evicting 120 from Oholei Torah and another 50 permanently from a different location in Crown Heights.
Clarification Issued on Badatz Hashgacha
The Beis Din of Crown Heights has released the following letter to clarify some confusion resulting from the dual Hashgachos being issued in the name of the Badatz, as well as false rumors being spread about the status of most of Crown heights’ kosher food establishments.
Two ‘Tzfatis’ Arrested for Assaulting 770 Cleaners
An altercation between a Mexican cleaning crew hired to prepare 770 for Shabbos and a group of ‘Tzfati’ Bochurim took a violent turn last night, after the Bochurim refused to budge so that the floor could be cleaned.
6 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Chaim Shaul and Blumi Brook
1335 Carroll St. [Between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Yerachmiel and Rivka Leah Jacobson
1377 Carroll st. [Between Kingston and Albany Ave.]
Michoel Dovid and Chava (nee Zviklin) Shapiro
1550 Union St. [between Albany and Troy Ave.]
Moish and Devorie (nee Weiss) Ringler
1347 Union St. [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.]
Zalman and Pessie Schochet
654 Eastern Parkway [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.]
Shimon and Breiny (nee Putter) Liani
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Despite barriers erected by the Police Department to deter such activities, many Israeli Bochurim visiting Crown Heights for Tishrei continue to cut across Eastern Parkway, dodging speeding traffic and crating a major hazard.
Video: Israeli Bochurim Cut Across Eastern Parkway
Despite barriers erected by the Police Department to deter such activities, many Israeli Bochurim visiting Crown Heights for Tishrei continue to cut across Eastern Parkway, dodging speeding traffic and crating a major hazard.
This Year ten Sukkahs on Bicycle, “Pedi-Sukkahs,” will roam the streets on New York looking for Jews willing to perform the Mitzvah of Lulav and Esrog.
Video: Pedi-Sukkah!
This Year ten Sukkahs on Bicycle, “Pedi-Sukkahs,” will roam the streets on New York looking for Jews willing to perform the Mitzvah of Lulav and Esrog.
Shabbos at the Besht: The Esrog
This Shabbos at the Besht, located for the holidays at Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown St., Rabbi Yossi Keller will lead a discussion on the topic of the Esrog.
Photos: Building the Sukkah in Central Jersey
In this photo gallery appearing on MyCentralJersey.com, Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky and volunteer Stan Edelman build a Sukkah for Chabad of Monroe, NJ.
Jewish Center Bombed in Sweden
An explosive device was set off outside a Jewish community center in Malmo, Sweden late on Thursday night. Nobody was hurt in the blast, but the building sustained damage.
Dozens of Hasidic Jews visiting from Israel were forced to vacate what officials say is an illegal transient hotel in the basement of a Brooklyn apartment building Thursday. NY1's Michael Herzenberg filed the following report.
Video: Tishrei Guests Evicted from Basement
Dozens of Hasidic Jews visiting from Israel were forced to vacate what officials say is an illegal transient hotel in the basement of a Brooklyn apartment building Thursday. NY1’s Michael Herzenberg filed the following report.
Baby Boy!
Yerachmiel and Rivka Leah Jacobson (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 1377 Carroll st.
[Between Kingston and Albany Ave.]
Baby Boy!
Michoel Dovid and Chava (nee Zviklin) Shapiro (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 1550 Union St.
[between Albany and Troy Ave.]
Members of the Chassidic anti-Zionist Neturei Karta faction met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York City, where he is attending the annual United Nations General Assembly.
Video: Neturei Karta Meet Ahmadinejad in NYC
Members of the Chassidic anti-Zionist Neturei Karta faction met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York City, where he is attending the annual United Nations General Assembly.
