New Engagement!
Mendy Tzfasman (Crown Heights) and Mimi (bas R’ Avraham) Simpson (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be Thursday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
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Following “Miraculous” Recovery, Boy Uses Music to Inspire Others
As the son of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries, Yisroel Amar has grown up always on the lookout for ways to reach and inspire ever more people. All of 13, he’s seized upon the gift of an angelic voice as his preferred medium for channeling Jewish teachings and uplifting audiences in his corner of South Florida and beyond.
Republicans controlling the House are eying big cuts to food stamps as they piece together legislation to trim $261 billion from the federal budget over the next decade, hoping to forestall major Pentagon cutbacks.
Republicans Propose Food Stamp Cuts to Trim Deficit
Republicans controlling the House are eying big cuts to food stamps as they piece together legislation to trim $261 billion from the federal budget over the next decade, hoping to forestall major Pentagon cutbacks.
Picture of the Day: Jew Exchange?
A reader sent us this photo he snapped of a retail outlet on Coney Island Ave. and Kings Highway. Is it merely a technical malfunction or a deliberate case of anti-Semitic vandalism? You decide.
Crown Heights Girl Recanted Testimony that Kept Man in Prison for Almost a Year
A Brooklyn man spent nearly a year behind bars on charges he abused an Orthodox Jewish woman — even though she recanted her accusation a day after making it.
Blog: Pesach in Mumbai
Busy roads, choking air and thousands of people wandering the streets, tired after a tedious day at work. Children and homeless toddlers are scattered between sidewalks and begging mothers. Sunset brings with it the advent of Pesach, the Holiday of Freedom. I arrive at Bombay’s elegant Trident hotel in the heart of the prevailing stench outside.
Russia: Dialogue Possible if Chabad Pulls Lawsuit
A dialogue between Russia and the United States on the so-called Schneerson Library is possible only when the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement recalls its lawsuit from a U.S. court, said Russian officials.
CH.info Youtube Video Garners Media Attention
Last December Crownheights.info’s Youtube Channel uploaded a shocking video of African-American teenagers jumping into the Kingston Ave. subway tracks and “playing chicken” with the train. The video has just gone viral and is being reported on by local, national and even international TV stations.
Scientists Confirm: Tracht Gut Vet Zein Gut
Scientists have long known that Type A personalities and people who are chronically angry, anxious or depressed have a higher risk of heart attacks. Now a Harvard review of the flip side of that psychology concludes that being upbeat and optimistic just may help protect against heart disease.
Messianic Prophecy Fulfilled (for 45 Minutes)
A South African game ranger might have assumed that the arrival of ‘the Messiah’ was imminent after witnessing what appeared to be the fulfillment of a biblical prophesy according to the Daily Mail.
Basel Sees First New Shul Dedication in Over 80 Years
Monday’s inauguration of the Feldinger Chabad Jewish Center in Basel gives this historic Jewish city a new lease on the future. It is the first time in 80 years that a synagogue has been dedicated in Switzerland’s second-largest Jewish community.
Op-Ed Response: Yeshivas Too Focused on the Gifted
I penned this op-ed as a response to the one titled “The Decline of Tomchei Temimim.” First of all, contrary to the title’s suggestion, this isn’t a new concept. Yeridas hadoros is normal, not breaking news.
Baby Girl!
Shlomie and Mirel’e (nee Zlatopolsky) Silver (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Boruch Losh (Crown Heights) and Libby Perl (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim will be Thursday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Chabad Hosts Lecture on Combating Drug Abuse
Although she was initially unsure whether science could effectively influence national policy, Harvard Medical School psychobiology professor Bertha Madras discovered how she could use her background as a researcher to address the problems of drug addiction and youth drug use, she said in a Monday lecture.
