No, I am not one of those brazen young women who walk down the streets of Brooklyn in steep necklines that beg for cover out of sheer embarrassment, or bare feet tipped brightly in red nail polish, peering out cheerfully from between flip flop separators.
Yossi and Dina (nee Eliezrie) Spigler (Melbourne,Australia)
Wendy Weiner-Runge, a religious Jewish mother of four from Minnesota, was charged for deceiving the state of Iowa on tax forms while trying to film movies there – a first time, non-violent offense. She was sentenced to ten years in jail in a Polk County courtroom by Iowa Judge Douglas Staska.
“Nakba is not a protest against settlements. It is not about 67 borders. It is about 1948. It is the expression of agony for the very existence of Israel,” Israeli Consul General Ido Aharonisaid at a breakfast Tuesday morning honoring a group of Israel’s wounded soldiers on a tour of New York City.
Researchers say cockroach infestations may be linked to the high rate of children with asthma in certain New York City neighborhoods.
Last week there was a Buffet Dinner in “Chabad Double Bay” for the Chabad Shluchim and Shluchos of NSW, Australia with guest speaker Rabbi Lipskar of South Africa who spoke about “The Challenges of Shlichus today”!
As the school year is quickly coming to an end YNS is now accepting registration for the upcoming school year. After relocating to New Jersey the yeshiva had a very successful and productive year.
Pictures from the Lechaim of Pacey Lipkind (Crown Heights) and Rivkah Shira Francis (Crown Heights) took place at Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Crown Heights.
IYH this Thursday, the 15th of Teves – May 19th – there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5 to 12.
Moishe Gottesman (Montreal, Canada) and Avital Simon (St. Louis, MO)
Peniel Formen (Chicago, IL) and Dini Raskin (London, England)
Aaron Leib and Tamar Stone (Crown Heights)
Over the last few weeks CrownHeights.info has been alerted to many raccoon sightings around the neighborhood. Raccoons pose significant health risks to humans, ranging from rabies to strains of ringworm disease, which can be deadly.
Titled Remembering my “good buddy” Jack “Yankel” Mandel, Rabbi Raphael Tenenhaus, Shliach in Hallendale, Florida, wrote a beautiful eulogy to the great Jewish philanthropist and Cleveland native, who recently passed away:
Mr. Simi Jacobson, C.E.O of The J. Group, joins Kasriel Shemtov and Faivish Pewzner, pillars of the Cheder, with his generous pledge of $18,000.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A serious crash on Eastern Parkway injured two drivers and backed traffic up for over two hours.
United Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Ocean Parkway’s Shmuel Schrage Midos Program participants were rewarded after an incredible Torah Fair with a grand experience of an extended loop hike along the Appalachian Trail.
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