An Israeli court has ordered a Brooklyn man extradited to the U.S. in connection with an April 2008 assault on a black man.
Miki Glazer (Kiryat Melachi/Miami) and Chana Popack (Tzfat, Israel)
Yitzchok and Mimi Feldman (Bend, OR)
Levi Gross (Los Angeles, CA) and Bassie Krasnianski (Crown Heights)
Yakov and Raizel (nee Schapiro) Menaker (North Miami Beach, FL)
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Harav HaChossid Rabbi Sholom Dovber Goldshmid, OBM, of Crown Heights, 86. Reb Sholom Dovber survived the Chevron Massacre in 1929. Arriving in New York, he opened a butcher shop in Crown Heights and was zoche to be the one supplying the Rebbe’s household with meat. He was also zoche to drive the Rebbe home from 770 many times until his marriage in 1951.
In what has become a timeless tradition, one of the most beloved Maggid Shiurs in the entire Chabad Yeshiva system had his birthday marked on the windshields and light poles of Crown Heights. The 14th of Cheshvan marks Reb Avrohom Gerlitzky’s 64th birthday.
A historic redesign of Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza is now complete, with the upgrades simplifying traffic patterns while enhancing safety for pedestrians, motorists and bike riders at the gateway to Eastern Parkway, Prospect Park, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, the Brooklyn Public Library and the Greenmarket.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A group of three thugs attempted to rob a checks cashing on Bedford Avenue, prompting a wild police chase which culminated on Montgomery Street with the robbers exchanging gunfire with police officers.
Preparations for the International Kinus Hashluchim of 5772 are well underway. As part of the Vaad Hakinus’s bid to enhance the experience for the thousands of Shluchim who will participate, an innovative idea was unanimously approved by the committee.
Avremy Metal (Crown Heights) and Ariella Guilis (Agoura Hills, CA)
Reynald Parienti calls the local Chabad House his second home, a place where he breaks bread, finds camaraderie and discovers a spiritual space.
After the untimely passing of Rabbi Aaron Chitrik, renowned expert on Hebrew manuscripts, family and friends gathered for shiva. Among the noted visitors was Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau – former Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel and today Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv – and a friend of Rabbi Aaron Chitrik’s brother, Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Chitrik.
A new synagogue that just opened in the Primorskiy District of S. Petersburg, Russia, has opened a world of possibilities for many in the local Jewish community who previously could not walk to Sabbath services.
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