CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A series of manhole explosions rocked Kingston Avenue between Empire Boulevard and Lefferts Avenue last night, knocking out power to a number of buildings and leaving behind the arcid smell of burnt copper and rubber.
Yerachmiel Bronstein (Crown Heights) and Chani Erdvin (Toronto, Canada)
IYH at Bais Chaya Mushka, 1505 Carroll St [between Albany and Troy Ave].
Sholom Gottleib (Crown Heights) and Estee Dana (Long Beach, CA) .
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St [entrance ramp on Albany Ave].
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — This past Tuesday evening over 80 yungeleit gathered for a summer evening in support of Oholei Torah.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A 1-1/2-Year-Old girl slipped away from her father at around 11:00 this morning, wandering out of 770 and taking a stroll down Eastern Parkway. A Lubavitcher woman on her way to work saw the little girl walking alone and called Shomrim.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Moshe and Chanie (nee Metal) Levin (Los Angeles, CA) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel
SAO PAULO, Brazil [CHI] — In what is now a 30-year old tradition, Jewish children from all over Brazil, closed a fun-filled, lively and spiritually enriching summer at Camp Gan Israel in the resort town of Nazra Paulista.
The unique music of Jewish folk-rock singer Moshe Hecht draws inspiration from reggae, classic rock, folk music and Chassidic melodies. His lyrics are poetic, honest, and confident, complimented by a voice that displays a depth, wisdom and passion well beyond his years. Moshe considers music a tool for communicating and elevating ideas and lessons.
With Sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Judith Cohen, OBM of London at the age of 57.
The Levaya took place today, Wednesday and the family is sitting Shiva in London and Crown Heights.
Rabbi Naftali Cohen and children Mrs. Bryna Liberow – Manchester, England, Mrs. Bayla Spalter – Crown Heights, Rabbi Koppel Cohen – Crown Heights, Hatomim Mendy Cohen and Ms. Sarale Cohen – London are sitting shiva in London at 72 Leeside Crescent, London. Phone: 011-44-208-209-3160
Daughter Mrs. Chanale Brod and sister Mrs. Dobra Schlanger are sitting shiva in Crown Heights at 1599 Carroll St., first floor. Phone: 718-774-3065
Email: cohenfamily72@gmail.com
Hamokom Yenachem Eschem B’soch Shear Avolei Tziyon V’yerushalayim
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present a Beautiful Photo of the Rebbe during a 1991 Private Audience. Special thanks to Rabbi Levertov for the Photo. To learn more about the Rebbe Visit: PortraitOfALeader.org
NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — It may be the last week of camp, but for campers of camp Machne Mamosh, you’d never notice it! Camp has passed by quickly, as day after day is packed with fun and excitement, on this particular day, amongst the many other adventures, campers have chosen to visit the site of the murder of Hatomim Ari Halberstam HY”D.
With the High Holy Days approaching, two young rabbis are visiting the Reno area to bring Jewish life to residents.
Rabbi Yosef Silverstein, 24, and Rabbi Shalom Cunin, 23, are in town from Brooklyn, N.Y., through the international Roving Rabbi program of Chabad, a movement within Jewish tradition.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Sholom Gottleib (Crown Heights) and Estee Dana (Long Beach, CA) on their engagement.
Their L’Chaim will IYH be Thursday night at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St [entrance ramp on Albany Ave].
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL [CHI] — History comes to Hallandale Beach on Sunday, September 6th, as the day features the dedication of 3 Mikvahs (Ritualariums) accessible to the physically challenged and to the entire South Florida Community. It is the first Mikvah project of this nature in Florida with special ramps, prep rooms for the physically challenged, and hydraulic lifts, that will make the Mikvah experience pleasant and dignified for a large segment of South Florida’s Jewish population.
DES MOINES, IA — Lawyers for an indicted Postville slaughterhouse executive asked a judge Monday to forbid the use of 32 plant workers as government witnesses because of lies they told to work in the United States illegally and pressure from federal authorities.
The former employees at Agriprocessors Inc. are included on a list of witnesses prosecutors may call in their case against former executive Sholom Rubashkin.
The National Jewish Retreat concluded Sunday after five days of learning and inspiration.The sold out crowd of 600 enjoyed close to 200 lectures and seminars led by Rabbi Manis Friedman who stimulated deep thinking, Rabbi Dr. Immanuel Schochet who demonstrated the philosophical profundity of Yiddishkeit and Rabbi Moshe Bryski who inspired laughter and tears in his packed classrooms.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A fire broke out this afternoon in a small apartment building on Nostrand Avenue and Lincoln Road; prompting a large response of firefighters and rescue personal.
BROOKLYN, NY [CBS] — It’s amazing, it’s peculiar, and it’s dangerous. So says a Brooklyn man who’s experiencing some weird occurrences with his cell phone and his stove.
These days it seems like cell phones or smart phones can do just about anything. Just ask Andrei Melnikov, whose smart phone apparently has an unintended “app” unlike any other.
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