Crown Heights photographer Bentzion Elisha from Elisha Art has won the grand prize in a photography learning competition in NYC sponsored by Canon Inc. and B&H Photo.
As an Icelandic volcano continued to spew super-heated rock, ash, and fine particulates from deep below the Earth to tens of thousands of feet into the air, Jewish centers across Europe welcomed stranded passengers in need of a meal and a bed.
In honor of the 8th Yohrtziet of Harav Hatomim Dovid Bryn z”l, Shliach of the Rebbe in North Dade, FL; phase I of a documentary about his life was released. Yohrtzeit Services will take place Tuesday, April 20th, 7:30am & 7:00pm at the Dovid Bryn Library followed by a Farbrengen and a full spread.
In Letter to Sentencing Judge, Justice Dept. Veterans Claim Rubashkin is Being Treated Akin to First-Degree Murderer
NEW YORK — A former federal judge and a former U.S. attorney have authored a letter to the judge in the Sholom Rubashkin case, criticizing the recommendation of prosecutors that Rubashkin receive life in prison. The letter describes the government’s sentencing recommendation as “draconian” and notes the federal sentencing guidelines equate Rubashkin’s suggested punishment to those convicted of first-degree murder.
Yanky Lipskier (Crown Heights) and Rochel Saul (Rechavia, Israel)
L’Chaim Thursday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Mendy Zajac (Montreal, Canada) and Chani Liberow (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
L’Chaim tonight, Tuesday at FREE
1383 President St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]
Dovid Efune (England) and Mushkee Wolff (Crown Heights)
Crown Condos, 580 Crown St [between Albany and Troy Ave]
Former NFL offensive linebacker and Super Bowl champion Alan Veingrad joined six other professional athletes Sunday for his official induction into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Sunday, May 2nd there will be a concert, parade, and fair in honor of Lag Ba’Omer in Los Angeles. They will have Live Music, Benny Friedman will perform, a marching band, clowns, jugglers and more…
Rabbi Moshe Eliyahu Gerlitzky, who fled Nazi occupied Poland and continued to help found and run the first Chabad yeshivah in Montreal, Canada, passed away on April 4. He was 94.
Born in 1915 in the Polish industrial city of Lodz, Moshe Eliyahu was raised by his parents Avraham Yitzchok and Leah Gerlitzky in a home imbued with Chasidic warmth and a spirit of loving kindness towards others.
READING, PA [WFMZ] — The cease and desist order against a kosher poultry plant in Exeter Township, Berks County will be lifted.
But the Mehadrin Kosher Poultry Plant must apply for an industrial waste permit, install testing equipment, and pay about $95,000 in back sewer bills by tomorrow.
To the esteemed members of the Crown Heights Jewish Community
It is customary not to make the Bracha of Shehechiyanu during the period of the counting of the Omer. However, a major monumental event has taken place this week.
I thank Hashem for his kindness that he has bestowed upon our community that has enabled us and has given us a chance to rid ourselves from all unwanted and unnecessary behavior associated with strife and lack of Ahavas Yisroel.
Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Baltimore completed the purchase of a new building which will function as a dormitory for the upcoming school year.
A CrownHeights.info reader sent in this mobile phone picture of Rabbi Karps Oholei Torah class posing for a class picture in front of 770 this afternoon.
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