In a story that has already caught the attention of many major news outlets throughout the United States, Chabad Rabbi Menachem Stern has been granted permission to enlist in the US Army without having to remove his beard.
The wedding of Zalmy Goldstein and Esti Feldman took place in Sydney, Australia.
Asher and Miram (nee Newfield) Friedman (Crown Heights)
Sholom zochor will be at 530 Maple St.
[between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
On an extraordinarily warm December evening, more than a thousand supporters of Bet El Yeshiva Center came to the Marriot Marquis Hotel in New York City to celebrate a gathering of the generations, at the Friends of Beit El Yeshiva annual Gala, Sunday, December 4.
At around 7:00 PM tonight Shomrim dispatchers received a frantic call from a Bochur who was being harassed and intimidated by a stranger who would not let him continue on his way and was threatening to assault him.
Three weeks after an Israeli court approved a request by Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes to extradite a former Crown Heights resident to the United States in order to face bias charges in a 2008 attack, the Israeli supreme court has granted an appeal and will delay the extradition until July 2012, VIN News has learned.
The Pinson family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their mother, Rochel OBM, at 625 Montgomery Street [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Shachris: 7:30, 8:30, 10:00
Mincha: 4:00 (12:30 on Friday)
Maariv: Tzeis
Please send memories and condolences to: pinson625@gmail.com
Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim
Chanan Fisher (Scottsdale, AZ) and Henya Shoshana Greenberg (Oak Park, MI)
The Chabad-Lubavitch outreach organization is hosting a variety of public menorah lightings for Hanukkah with events and activities around the world, from cruises to skating.
Richmond, VA [CHI] – Reports are emerging from Virginia Tech University that a police officer has been shot; a possible second victim has been reported at a parking lot near the campus. The entire university is in Lock down mode, with security officials warning everyone to remain behind securely locked doors until the gunman is apprehended.
A fatal fire tore through a Crown Heights apartment building on Albany Ave. and Sterling Pl. Thursday morning, leaving one man dead and another resident and a firefighter injured, officials said.
After a twenty five year hiatus, some of the best loved characters in Jewish children’s music have been resurrected with today’s release of the fourth installment in the Marvelous Midos Machine album series.
Yakov Yosef (Ben R’ Yeruchim) Raskin (London, UK) and Chaya Mushka (Bas R’ Yosef) Katzman (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim tonight, Thursday at 790 Montgomery St.
[between Albany and Troy Ave.]
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