6 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Shneur and Rochel Leah (nee Brafman) Landa
540 Crown St [between Kingston and Albany Ave]
Yossi and Chani (nee Hecht) Okunov
656 Crown St [between Troy and Schenectady Ave]
Shneur and Devorah Leah (nee Gitlin) Hirsch
439 Sterling St [between Brooklyn and New York Ave]
Avremel and Mushkie Matusof
692 Lefferts Ave [between Albany and Troy Ave]
Peretz and Chevie Lazaroff
692 Lefferts Ave [between Albany and Troy Ave]
Lipman and Shulamis (nee Kagan) Heller
601 Midwood [between Kingston and Albany Ave]
Mendy Raitport Running for State Assembly
Crown Heightses own Mendy Raitport is running for election as Assemblyman in the 43rd District under the Republican-Conservative banner, he has all the qualifications needed to be an effective voice of the people whom he hopes to represent. He is one of us: he is a Crown Heights resident.
Pedro Built A Taiva!
Construction workers are hard at work putting together the 4th floor of the Jewish Children’s Museum. Starting just a week ago the first exhibit, Noahs Ark, is already taking form.
New Engagement!
Osher Broh (Melbourne, Australia) and Itty (bas Eli) Barber (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim This Motzei Shabbos at Ohel Nosson
580 Crown St [between Albany and Troy Ave]
UR Chabad to Buy Boulder Building
In November 2008, one of the most iconic businesses in the Brooks Landing area opened for business — the Boulder Coffee Co. One month later, the business was sold to Elijah Wilton, who made one of the most substantial donations to the project of renovating the building for the coffee shop.
Now, nearly two years later, Wilton is trying to sell the building, which would become the new home for the Jewish organization UR Chabad.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A man was shot multiple times in a apparent drug related incident this afternoon. The unidentified man was taken by EMS to a local hospital, and is expected to survive.
Man Shot Multiple Times in Drug Related Incident
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A man was shot multiple times in a apparent drug related incident this afternoon. The unidentified man was taken by EMS to a local hospital, and is expected to survive.
New Engagement!
Chezky Rosenfeld (Pittsburgh) and Bassie Plotkin (Toronto, Canada)
L’Chaim Tonight Thursday at Bais Rivkah
310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave]
Baby Boy!
Shneur and Devorah Leah (nee Gitlin) Hirsch
Council of Europe Invites R. Lazar to Legislative Session
On a mission to Moscow to promote dialogue between European nations and religious communities, Mevlüt Çavusoglu, president of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, expressed concerns about a rising tide of xenophobia during a meeting with Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar.
Baby Boy!
Hod and Chaya M. Tamir (Miami, FL)
Chilean rescuers ended a marathon operation Tuesday and freed all 33 miners trapped underground for more than two months. All of the rescued miners were sent for medical treatment and several of them are expected to undergo surgery in the coming days.
Chile Completes Rescue of All 33 Miners
Chilean rescuers ended a marathon operation Tuesday and freed all 33 miners trapped underground for more than two months. All of the rescued miners were sent for medical treatment and several of them are expected to undergo surgery in the coming days.
New York, NY - At an important ceremony at City Hall, Councilman David Greenfield presented Proclamations on behalf of the New York City Council to the four members of the Boro Park Shomrim Safety Patrol who were recently shot while confronting a known criminal.
NYC Council Honors Shomrim Heroes at City Hall
New York, NY – At an important ceremony at City Hall, Councilman David Greenfield presented Proclamations on behalf of the New York City Council to the four members of the Boro Park Shomrim Safety Patrol who were recently shot while confronting a known criminal.
Baby Girl!
Lev and Dassy (nee Dubinsky) Cotlar (Raleigh, North Carolina)
A program that offers reduced parking-ticket fines is set to expire.
In what several politicians are blasting as just one more way to raise revenue through fees, the city's Department of Finance is considering an end to reduced penalties for New Yorkers who agree not to fight their violations in court, The Post has learned.
Parking Violators Could Lose Break
A program that offers reduced parking-ticket fines is set to expire.
In what several politicians are blasting as just one more way to raise revenue through fees, the city’s Department of Finance is considering an end to reduced penalties for New Yorkers who agree not to fight their violations in court, The Post has learned.
Everything we experience in life serves as a hands-on lesson in our purpose on Earth.
Consider this: Thirty three miners plunge into two months of darkness 2,000 feet below the surface, disconnected from their source. After 69 days of eternity, the moment they were praying for, has arrived. Their dream became a reality. They would finally see the light of day, the joy of freedom, the hug of their loved ones, and the tears of their children.
2,000 Feet, 69 Days, 33 Miners, 1 Lesson
Everything we experience in life serves as a hands-on lesson in our purpose on Earth.
Consider this: Thirty three miners plunge into two months of darkness 2,000 feet below the surface, disconnected from their source. After 69 days of eternity, the moment they were praying for, has arrived. Their dream became a reality. They would finally see the light of day, the joy of freedom, the hug of their loved ones, and the tears of their children.
