French police said Wednesday they have detained two suspects in connection with an attack on Jewish youths in Lyon but that the main perpetrator of the assault was still at large.
An early morning fire on Crown Street today displaced an elderly Crown Heights couple and sent two people to the hospital.
The bochurim of Oholei Torah’s Shiur Daled, who will be spending the next year (or two) on Shlichus in various Yeshivos and outreach institutions all over the globe, posed yesterday for a group portrait outside 770.
This morning at approximately 2:00 AM, two Tzfati thugs savagely beat a homeless man who often collects money at 770. Following the cruel beating, which occurred right outside 770, the assailants fled the area, leaving the man lying on the floor screaming for help.
As part of student enrichment, the Mayanot Women’s Program often hosts a variety of renowned speakers to give classes. On the 24th of May, Mrs. Molly Resnick was invited to talk to the students about her history, her relationship with the Rebbe and her views on the broad spectrum of the Jewish world.
Hersh and Leah Shira (nee Casper) Batkin (Stamford, CT)
Crownheights.info and Lubavitch Archives present this vintage photograph of seven Chassidim posing for a portrait. Can you identify those in the picture, when and where it was taken?
Answer to last week’s photo in the extended article.
Yeshivas Erev of Crown Heights runs a project for the study of Mishnayos called Mishnas Gavriel, named after Rabbi Gavriel Noach and Rivka Holtzberg, HYD. The program is arranged by the Igud Menahlei Yeshivos.
As the summer is nearly upon us in its official capacity, we soon will mark the legal-age since the infamous 1991 Crown Heights riot.
As the week of Shiva after the passing of Reb Shmuel Isaac Popack concluded, his family gathered for the Hakamas Hamatzeva. Hundreds of people, from the community and beyond, came to visit the family and share their words of comfort and consolation.
On Shabbos (June 15th) Nik Wallenda will walk accross the Niagara Falls on a tightrope . But what if he were Jewish? Shliach to Niagara Falls Rabbi Zalman Zaltzman asks some important questions..
On Sunday tens of thousands of Jews from all around the tri-state area gathered in upper Manhattan to express Jewish pride and support for Israel at the annual Israel Day Parade. As wherever large numbers of Jews are present, Chabad Chassidim where there to help any Jew who wished put on Tefilin.
Despite a bleak forecast of strong wind and rain, a celebration was held at the Montreal Chabad Center for Russian immigrants to dedicate the newly renovated building and welcome a new Sefer torah for the Shul inside – all in beautiful weather.
Avroumi Perl (Antwerp, Belgium) and Nechama Dina Ladaev (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be Wednesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
On Shabbos Parshas Nasso, students of the Rabbinical College of Australia & New Zealand (YG) in Melbourne enjoyed a mid-winter Shabbaton, arranged by the Yeshiva’s Shluchim. The Shabbaton took place at Log Cabin Camp, a rustic bush resort located at scenic Creswick, a two hour drive from Melbourne.
Merchants along crime-prone Nostrand Ave., who have been unsuccessful in their push to get police security cameras installed along the street, are charging that the State Republican Party is playing favorites with Borough Park over Crown Heights.
Chabad of Delaware, one of the state’s largest Jewish outreach groups, marked its 25th anniversary Sunday night with a round of honors for its biggest supporters.
