Until the early 1960’s, Yale University employed a quota restricting Jewish enrollment to about ten percent. Jewish students were barred from joining fraternities, marginalized in organizations and forced to hide their identities in order to gain acceptance in academic circles.
Chaim Avraham Dayan (S. Paulo, Brazil) and Shoshana Abutbul (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Lazer and Rochel Lazaroff (Houston, TX)
NEW YORK [AP] — New York City saw a double-digit increase in murders during 2010, though overall crime was down 2 percent from last year. That’s according to preliminary figures from the New York City Police Department.
The family of legendary Mashpia Rabbi Volf Greenglass OBM has sent CrownHeights.info parts of his will that he requested be made public.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A Kvutzeh Bochur was struck and injured crossing Eastern Parkway this evening, Tuesday. The incident happened on the main roadway, about 150 feet from the Kingston crosswalk, where a car traveling in the turning lane hit the Bochur.
BREAKING NEWS: A controversial ruling has just been released over the fate of Rabbi Yosef Braun, who was elected to the Crown Heights Bais Din, and is center of much controversy.
Kehot Publication Society, the Chabad-Lubavitch publishing house, has announced the early release of a unique study edition of first 12 chapters of Tanya, the seminal work of Chabad Chasidic philosophy, authored by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of the Chabad movement.
Representatives of campus-based Chabad-Lubavitch centers throughout the United Kingdom gathered for their fourth-annual conference, reflecting on the rapid growth in the number of campuses represented and deriving strategies for further strengthening Jewish life on campus and dealing with the challenge of an upsurge in anti-Semitism at some universities.
The Daniel B. Sobel Friendship House in West Bloomfield, Michigan in conjunction with The Shul hosted an inspirational talk by Rabbi Shais Taub to commemorate the yahrzeit of Steven Beale, a 37-year old member of the community who tragically passed last year.
SANA’A, Yemen — By most estimates, only several hundred Jews remain in Yemen today, split into two communities that have little to do with each other. An enclave numbering fewer than 100 Jews is located in Sana’a, Yemen’s capital city. Its residents, the remainder of the community of Sa’ada, were forced to leave their homes by the Houthis, who in 2004, began a rebellion against the government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, whom they claimed was “an ally of the Americans and the Jews.” Sana’a Jews, who claim their property was confiscated by the Houthis, live in a closed compound under the protection of the government. They are funded and influenced in religious observance by Satmar Hasidim.
The Kinus Hashluchos Registration is now open, marking the occasion with the launch of a brand new, modern website. Alongside the registration, visitors will find schedules, travel resources, photo galleries and guest program information. The Kinus will, G-d willing, take place from January 26-31, 2011 corresponding to 21-26 Shevat.
Is the mechitzah in shul really necessary? Or is it a “male plot” to degrade Jewish women? And given the stress these days on Jewish unity, why make separations altogether? The Avner Institute presents a letter that was written to the president of a Brooklyn synagogue.
The Silverstein family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their husband and father, Reb Avrohom Yitzchok Silverstein, a longtime resident of Crown Heights. His wife and children are at 1559 Carroll St [between Troy and Schenectady Ave]
Shachris at 6:30am, 7:00am, 7:30am, 8:00am, 9:00am
Mincha at 3:45pm, 3:55pm, 4:05pm, 2 Minyanim @ 4:15pm
Maariv at 5:15pm, 5 Minyanim Bizmano
Rosh Chodesh Shachris will be at 6:20am
Email condolences to Shaul: ssilverstein85@gmail.com
Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
