A Brooklyn man who doused a tabby with lighter fluid and set it ablaze because he was bored will spend up to six years in prison before facing deportation proceedings, a judge ruled today.
Two Jewish brothers are still reported missing along with numerous others in the wake of the second-worst tornado in U.S. history, classified as an F-5.
In honor of the first Yohrtzeit of Nosson Nota Deitsch a short video was put together by a group of his friends showcasing the profound impact he had on all who knew him.
When the weather doesn’t appear threatening, the skies open; when the forecast is stormy, they remain closed. It has been a weird and wet first few weeks in the Crown Heights Softball League, to say the least, and last night’s balmy diamond was anything but that.
Levi Simpson (Crown Heights) and Chavie Mangel (Cincinnati, Ohio)
L’Chaim Thursday Night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Ed Koch might be 86 years old, but he plans on sticking around for awhile—at least as long as there’s talk that one day, state lawmakers might approve a toll on the newly re-named Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge.
The website is awash with neo-Nazi symbolism and even sarcastically refers to the notorious Mauthausen concentration camp as Austria’s largest open-air museum. But attempts to cripple the xenophobic “Alpen-Donau” forum have been hindered by the fact it’s housed on a U.S. server, an example of how free speech on one side of the Atlantic can help spread hate speech on the other.
At a time of increasing insecurity in Israeli American relationships, this past Shabbos nearly one thousand Jews came to show support and admiration for ten Israeli soldiers who were severely wounded defending their country, most of them during operation Cast Lead in 2009.
Charlie buttons in the hospital ICU. Please Daven For a Refuah Shelaimah for Reb Tzaddik Ben Eliezer.
When the idea of an Aliya float was brought up at a recent farbrengen it was initially met with uncertainty. What do we have to show the world? What is so impressive about us that should be flaunted in front of hundreds of thousands? One proud voice stood out and said “what do you mean? Aliya is the greatest place on earth and let’s share our great energy and talents with the whole community”.
MONTREAL, Canada [CHI] — CrownHeights.info has learned that longtime Montreal school principal Rabbi Yossi Sputz has resigned. There is no stated reason behind the announcement, and this development comes along with rumors about other major changes coming to the embattled school.
We are pleased to present our Fiftieth online class in the “Torah in Ten” series, presented by the editor-in-chief of Kol Menachem, Rabbi Chaim Miller.
Yossi Zeidman (Walnut Creek, CA) and Esther Green (S. Diego, CA)
L’Chaim Thursday at FREE
1383 President St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]
KFAR CHABAD, Israel [CHI] — Elections are being held today in the small Hasidic village of Kfar Chabad, and women have the ability to vote, unlike Crown Heights.
Documents apparently confirming rumors that Vladimir Lenin had Jewish ancestors can now be seen at Russia’s State History Museum.
The New York Association for Pupil Transportation is calling for state action on proposed laws to increase penalties for passing stopped school buses.
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