Top rabbis have endorsed a new children’s book teaching Orthodox Jewish kids about kidnapping and molestation – a historical first for the sheltered community.
A few years ago, while rummaging through a small storage closet in his Crown Heights day school, an administrator discovered a cache of old prayer books.
The staff at CrownHeights.info would like to wish our fellow staffer, editor, photographer and reporter Binyomin Lifshitz (Crown Heights) a hearty Mazal Tov! Mazal Tov! on his engagement to Rivka Kashanian (Coral Springs, FL/Crown Heights)!
The Lechaim will take place tonight, Wednesday, at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].
The Ottenstein family is sitting shiva after the very untimley passing of their dear son and brother Eli, ob”m, at 770 Lefferts Av. Apt. C1L.
Minyanim will be held,Tuesday to Thursday at Bais Menachem Mendel 770 Lefferts Ave: Shacharis 7:15, Mincha 7:00pm and Maariv 9:00pm
Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
When Shamai K. Leibowitz, an F.B.I. translator, was sentenced to 20 months in prison last year for leaking classified information to a blogger, prosecutors revealed little about the case. They identified the blogger in court papers only as “Recipient A.” After Mr. Leibowitz pleaded guilty, even the judge said he did not know exactly what Mr. Leibowitz had disclosed.
The death threats and hate mail, she says, have slowed, and she keeps her office door unlocked in defiance. There, Jennifer L. McCann sits behind her desk, wearing leopard print pumps, poised for an argument.
Chabad-Lubavitch centers across the United States are planning a plethora of events commemorating the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that claimed the lives of more than 3,000 people.
This year’s West Indian Day Parade was marred by an unusual amount of violence, not seen in past years parade. The parade violence was preceded by a particularly gruesome J’ouvert celebration the night before. CrownHeights.info has compiled a list of serious incidents throughout the day.
The following is a letter sent by distraught parents to a regional Chabad Yeshiva after trying, unsuccessfully, to enroll their son for another year of learning. The Yeshiva ignored the parents’ pleas, and so the parents decided to publicize the letter in order to bring a major community problem out from under the rug, and into the public’s conscience.
Going for a walk the Monday evening, following the thousands who paraded on Eastern Parkway marking Labor Day, our photographer observed crews hard at work cleaning up the mounds of trash left behind in their wake.
As life goes digital, people are using social media tools to broadcast more about themselves to their friends. One such service, foursquare, allows users to tell others where they are using a game-like mechanism. Even 770 Eastern Parkway has a “mayor” of its own.
A Balaclava man has appeared in court charged with molesting children at a Melbourne Jewish school.
A tough-looking, leather-clad gang of Hasidic bikers who call themselves “Rebbe’s Riders” are cruising the tri-state area, bringing God’s word to other motorcycle-riding Jews they meet on the road.
Levi Shusterman (Melbourne, Australia) and Chaya Gansburg (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim Tonight Tuesday at the Jewish Children’s Museum792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave]
Two cops were wounded in a gun battle Monday night, capping off a terrifying spate of shootings that left four people dead on Monday – one a bystander – and marred Brooklyn’s West Indian Day Parade.
Yoel Lipszyc (Simferopol, Crimea) and Miriam Leaf (Oak Park, MI)
Lechaim Tuesday at 706 East 7th St
Kensington, Brooklyn [between Ditmas and 18th Ave]
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