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Lubavitcher Yeshiva Chovevei Torah in Crown Heights recently announced their Talmidim that are going to be traveling to Yeshivas around the world and help out with learning with the Bochurim there. The Talmidim HaShluchim will be traveling to Yeshivas in Brazil, Minnesota and California.

Chovevei Torah Announces its Talmidim Hashluchim

Lubavitcher Yeshiva Chovevei Torah in Crown Heights recently announced their Talmidim that are going to be traveling to Yeshivas around the world and help out with learning with the Bochurim there. The Talmidim HaShluchim will be traveling to Yeshivas in Brazil, Minnesota and California.

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New Engagement!

Pesach Chaim Newman (Crown Heights) to Bluma Raizel Lewis (Old Tappan, NJ)
New Engagement!

Eitan Hershkop (Crown Heights) to Chana Belfer (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Bass and Bourbon
New Engagement!

Levi Meer (Morristown, NJ) to Sara Gershovitz (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, June 12th, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street Upstairs
New Engagement!

Yosef Chaim Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Leah Eisenbach (New York)
New Engagement!

Pesach Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Tzipporah Yasmine Holloway (Orlando, FL)
New Engagement!

Mendel Saaks (Chicago, IL) to Leeba Grossbaum (Paramus, NJ)
New Engagement!

Yisrolik Keselman (London, UK) to Shaina Keller (Crown Heights)

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New Engagement!

Ya’akov Silverman (Tysons Corner, VA) to Chaya Raizel Michaelson (Glastonbury, CT)
New Engagement!

Yitzchak Minkowitz (Fort Myers, FL) to Shani Silver (Mequon, WI)
New Engagement!

Avremel Weingarten (Flint, MI) to Chana Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Yaya Kagan (Los Angeles, CA) to Hadas Malamud (Brooklyn, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 7:30pm at the Oholei Torah Ballroom
Baby Boy!

Meyer and Chaya (nee Engelberg) Shushan from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Boruch and Adeli Zimmerman from Oro Valley, AZ had a baby girl!

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New Engagement!

Dovi Vogel (Wilmington, DE) to Chanie Rapoport (Atlantic City, NJ)
New Engagement!

Yitzy Bernstein (Freehold, NJ) to Brocha Gleyzer (Monsey, NY)
Baby Boy!

Mendy and Sarah (nee Glick) Korf from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Labor (Chicago, IL) to Etti Krinsky (Crown Heights)

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Police arrested a Lubavitcher woman late last night after a brief vehicle pursuit. The circumstances for the chase and arrest were not clear, and community activists were working on having her released.

A source told CrownHeights.info that the woman was being chased by police after she was spotted driving and talking on her cell phone, the officers wanted to pull the woman over only she sped off and drove into her garage and closed the gate on the officers.

Lubavitcher Woman Arrested on Albany Avenue

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Police arrested a Lubavitcher woman late last night after a brief vehicle pursuit. The circumstances for the chase and arrest were not clear, and community activists were working on having her released.

A source told CrownHeights.info that the woman was being chased by police after she was spotted driving and talking on her cell phone, the officers wanted to pull the woman over only she sped off and drove into her garage and closed the gate on the officers.

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CrownHeights.info has just learned that detectives from the Special Victims Unit managed to identify a person of interest in the case of the sicko that has been plaguing Crown Heights women for the past two weeks.

His most recent attack was today, Tuesday afternoon at around 5:00pm when he attacked a Jewish girl on Union Street and Albany Avenue as she was entering her apartment.

Stay tuned as we receive more updates on this story.

First Report: Person of Interest Sought in Serial Groper Incidents

CrownHeights.info has just learned that detectives from the Special Victims Unit managed to identify a person of interest in the case of the sicko that has been plaguing Crown Heights women for the past two weeks.

His most recent attack was today, Tuesday afternoon at around 5:00pm when he attacked a Jewish girl on Union Street and Albany Avenue as she was entering her apartment.

Stay tuned as we receive more updates on this story.

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By Jared Foretek for the Brooklyn Paper

Chaim Seewald is the co-owner of Scoot NY, a new scooter shop in Downtown — and he wants to change your commute forever. - The Brooklyn Paper / Tyler Waugh.

BROOKLYN, NY — Motor scooters — those cool Vespa-like mini-Harleys that put the buzz in so many European cities — aren’t just convenient, they’re also Zen.

“When you’re driving a scooter, you’re at one with Brooklyn,” said Chaim Seewald, owner of the new Downtown scooter store, ScootNY.

Get Out of the Subway and Onto One of his Scooters

By Jared Foretek for the Brooklyn Paper

Chaim Seewald is the co-owner of Scoot NY, a new scooter shop in Downtown — and he wants to change your commute forever. – The Brooklyn Paper / Tyler Waugh.

BROOKLYN, NY — Motor scooters — those cool Vespa-like mini-Harleys that put the buzz in so many European cities — aren’t just convenient, they’re also Zen.

“When you’re driving a scooter, you’re at one with Brooklyn,” said Chaim Seewald, owner of the new Downtown scooter store, ScootNY.

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BROOKLYN [1010 WINS] — Police are looking for a man who they say has been going up to women in Brooklyn and slapping them on the buttocks.

There have been at least a dozen incidents since June 19 in the Crown Heights area of the borough, police say. At least five incidents were reported just last weekend.

Surveillance Video – Serial Groper Seen on Camera

BROOKLYN [1010 WINS] — Police are looking for a man who they say has been going up to women in Brooklyn and slapping them on the buttocks.

There have been at least a dozen incidents since June 19 in the Crown Heights area of the borough, police say. At least five incidents were reported just last weekend.

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shneur Landa (S. Louis, MO) and Rochel Leah Brafman (Morristown, NJ) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be Wednesday night at Agudas Yisroel, 456 Crown Street [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

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Curtis Sliwa and his unarmed neighborhood safety patrol, The Guardian Angels went into Crown Heights in 1991 during the riots and stayed for 3 months. Sliwa talks here in this video about the riots and about two Rebbe Dollars he got from the rebbe.

Video – Curtis Sliwa on the Riots and the Rebbe!

Curtis Sliwa and his unarmed neighborhood safety patrol, The Guardian Angels went into Crown Heights in 1991 during the riots and stayed for 3 months. Sliwa talks here in this video about the riots and about two Rebbe Dollars he got from the rebbe.

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By Debra Rubin for the NJ Jewish News

Harold Barr, left, who made the stained-glass windows for the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe, shows his work to Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky.

MONROE, NJ — The synagogue in the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe has taken on a new air of spirituality with the installation of 18 new stained-glass windows.

Ten large windows and several smaller ones depict a portion of the Sh’ma prayer and contain allusions to mitzvot associated with the late Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson.

‘Spirit’ in Light and Glass

By Debra Rubin for the NJ Jewish News

Harold Barr, left, who made the stained-glass windows for the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe, shows his work to Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky.

MONROE, NJ — The synagogue in the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe has taken on a new air of spirituality with the installation of 18 new stained-glass windows.

Ten large windows and several smaller ones depict a portion of the Sh’ma prayer and contain allusions to mitzvot associated with the late Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson.

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Crash Leaves SUV on its Roof

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – A high power impact between two SUV’s left one of them on its roof, and trapping its driver behind the wheel of his car. The incident happened this morning at the intersection of Schenectady Avenue and Maple Street.

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