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Mendel abd Gutey (nee Brashevitzky) Engel (Crown Heights)
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NYC Food Stamps Soda Ban Struck Down
Mayor Bloomberg’s having a hard time swallowing this one. The feds yesterday rejected his attempt to get soda and other sugary drinks banned from the list of products one can buy in New York with food stamps.
Rockets Rain Down on Israel After Terror-Filled Day
Palestinian rocket attacks sent Israelis in the coastal city of Ashdod rushing to bomb shelters Friday night just before the onset of the Jewish Sabbath.
Continuing season two of Torah in Ten, we are pleased to present the seventh class by Rabbi Chaim Miller, Editor-in-Chief of Kol Menachem on this week's topic, “The Rebbe on Modernity”.
Torah in 10: The Rebbe on Modernity
Continuing season two of Torah in Ten, we are pleased to present the seventh class by Rabbi Chaim Miller, Editor-in-Chief of Kol Menachem on this week’s topic, “The Rebbe on Modernity”.
UN Fails to Condemn Eilat Terror Attacks
The United Nations will not condemn as “terrorism” the attacks near Eilat in which eight Israelis were murdered after Lebanon’s representative rejected the measure.
Miracle in Ashdod Synagogue: Grad Fails to Explode
While 10 people were injured after a Grad rocket hit an Ashdod yeshiva’s courtyard, a much bigger disaster was averted just several blocks away. A rocket which landed near a synagogue where several worshippers prayed failed to explode on Friday.
Shabbos at Besht: Is it Ok to Ask Halacha Qs Online?
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Motti Lipsker will lead a disscussion on the Halacha and the web – is it ok to ask Halacha questions on an internet forum?
Crown Heights Riots as Never Seen Before
For most the Crown Heights Riots, or pogrom, is just a story or chapter in the history of our neighborhood, but for those who were in the neighborhood as a the riots raged on unhindered and uninhibited it was a week they would never forget.
CrownHeights.info obtained news footage spanning the week long unrest, telling its story like never before.
5 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Tzvi and Simmie (nee Kershner) Gellman
895 Eastern Pkwy [between Albany and Troy Aves]
Akiva and Rivky Nussbaum
1401 President St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves]
Itche and Chana Kayla Hildeshaim
674 Lefferts Ave [between Albany and Troy Aves]
Mendel and Devorah (nee Small) Jacobson (Crown Heights)
Boruch Akiva and Rochel Hayman
123 Route 59 Suffern, NY 10901
Two years before the Crown Heights riots broke out the newly elected New York City Mayor David Dinkins met the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The Rebbe told the the mayor that Crown Heights a melting pot of many cultures, and it should be a melting pot of good things.
Video: The Rebbe to Dinkins “CH Is a Melting Pot”
Two years before the Crown Heights riots broke out the newly elected New York City Mayor David Dinkins met the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The Rebbe told the the mayor that Crown Heights a melting pot of many cultures, and it should be a melting pot of good things.
World News Outlets Report on 20 Year Anniversary of Crown Heights Pogrom
News outlets worldwide are reporting on the 20th anniversary of the Crown Heights Pogrom. The following is a collection of headlines from both news and opinion sections of the media. While most journalists recognize the nature of the riot – an anti-Semitic, blood libel based pogrom – some, such as Henry Goldschmidt writing for the Huffington Post, have taken to apologizing for the perpetrators of the crime, laying the blame on “pent-up black frustration at white privilege” and the “complexity of race relations in Crown Heights.”
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe!
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute presents a series of photos the at the machne Israel Yechidus 1991, photos by Shmidy.
Crown Heights Riots Panel Canceled Due to Furor
A panel on the 1991 Crown Heights riots criticized for the inclusion of African-American activist Rev. Al Sharpton that was set to take place in Westhampton Beach on New York’s Long Island on Sunday has been postponed, The Jerusalem Post learned on Thursday.
Gaza Rocket Hits Ashdod Ger Shteeble – 10 Hurt
A rocket fired at Ashdod on Friday exploded in the courtyard of a Gur Shteeble and left 10 people injured. Magen David Adom emergency services said two men were seriously injured. Their names for Tehillim are Shmuel Zev ben Esther, and Yitzchok Meir ben Malka Leah.
Chabad Leads New Wave Jewish Outreach
They are not seeking spirituality, but the 400 young professionals who filled the trendy Splash club in downtown Boston Tuesday night know how to enjoy a good party.
Jewish Student Community Matures at Texas A&M University
For Texas A&M University graduate student Kate Putnam, the Rohr Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish Student Center has truly been a home away from home.
