CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Black and Jewish Crown Heights community leaders met at the Jewish Children’s Museum Thursday to address and denounce the recent wave of racially charged attacks.
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We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Boruch and Tova Chazanow (Manalapan, NJ) on the birth their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Sunday, 13 Iyar, Over 500 women and girls attended last week’s exciting Reb. Chaya Mushka Bikur Cholim Auction in Oholei Menachem Ballroom. All afternoon women from Crown Heights, Manhattan and Boro Park, stopped by to participate.
The evening was dedicated to the memory of Reb. Devora Steinmetz, a”h, long-time beloved president of the Bikur Cholim. Guest of Honor was Reb. Shula Shifra Kazen, the Rebbe’s eminent Shlucha in Cleveland, OH.
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We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Michoel and Malky (nee Vovk) Shkolnik (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
The following encounter is a very unique and special Shlichus that The Rebbe sent former prime Minster of Israel Menachem Bagen to save the life of Jewish girl in France. The encounter was related by Rabbi Binyomin Klein from the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s secretaries; it’s an excerpt from the new book on the Rebbe “The Rebbe Inspiring a Generation” to see more on the Book see: www.inspiringageneration.com
Rabbi Klein Relates:
“The former Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin visited the Rebbe many times prior to becoming Prime Minister. I remember towards the end of one of his private audiences The Rebbe asked him:
The Rebbe says:
1. The first verse of this week’s Torah portion reads, “Im Bechukosai Tay’lay’choo… – If you will go in My statutes (Chukim)…”
Our Sages tell us that when the Torah says, “My statutes (Chukim)”, it isn’t referring to Mitzvos (commandments); it is referring to learning Torah. Consequently when the Torah says, “If you will go in My statutes (Chukim)…” it is telling us that we should labor in Torah.
2. The Rebbe now asks a question on this:
SYDNEY, Australia [CHI] — Thursday night, as the opening shot of the Lag Ba’Omer Celebrations around the Globe, there was a Grand Lag Ba’Omer function for the whole family at the Yeshiva in Sydney, 12 Psukim, grand Raffle on Seforim, BBQ, Live Music and dancing, Magic Show, Jumping Castle, Bonfire, Great Family atmosphere. After the formal part of the celebrations, the bochurim sat and farbrenged till the wee hours of the morning.
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On Friday, Lag Ba’Omer, May 23rd, the NYPD, FDNY, OEM and CERT, in conjunction with Crown Heights Shomrim invite you to their annual Public Safety Fair. Its will be from 1:30pm till 5:00pm on East New York Ave, between Brooklyn and Kingston Ave.
Meet your public officials, see what’s in the big Rescue 2 Truck, check out the OEM command post, get your bike or car registered and VIN etched, and much more…
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BROOKLYN, NY — As politicians from around the city gather in Crown Heights today to decry rising racial tensions there, some black and Jewish residents there say elected officials are overreacting.
The rally is the third such news conference to call for calm in response to two assaults involving black and Jewish youth that have some public officials warning of the potential for riots like those that wracked the neighborhood in 1991.
Yet most of the culprits — both black and Jewish — are too young to remember the riots, and some community leaders say they are concerned that it’s actually the grown-ups who are stoking a conflict between the groups.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — CrownHeights.info has just learned that detectives have made an arrest in connection with the robbery and assault of Alon Sherman which took place last week.
A 14 year old Black teen was brought in just moments ago into the 71st Precinct who is being charges with the robbery, a second accomplice; a 16 year old Black teen was just brought into the station house but has yet to be charged.
“Detectives feel that this was a crime of opportunity,” said a source, he added “that this was based on the injury pattern, which the victim appeared to have sustained when shoved off his bike and slammed his head into a car and the pavement.”
Detectives were able to make the arrest after the teen tried to sell the loot, and through use of the cell phone. The teens do not live in the confines of the 71st Precinct.
This weeks Living Torah, titled “Parade” (Volume 49, Episode 193)
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We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Saadya and Chaya Sara (nee Nathanson) Kaufmann (Los Angeles, CA) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — In the wake of resent attacks on our community, Officer Vinie Martinos of the 71st Precinct Community Policing Unit, turned to the Jewish community for their input in the Police Athletic League essay competition. The competition is open to all the public and private high schools around the entire New York City.
Entitled: if you were police commissioner for a day, what steps would you take to reduce violent crime and protect all new yorkers? Yosef Abrahamson a student at Darchai Menachem took on the challenge.
Yesterday, Tuesday, Yosef essay was one of the essays picked. We have obtained a copy of his Essay. It is a must read, even from the mouth of a 16 year old, his words and message is strong and clear.
Soon after moving to Montana as the stateís first full-time Chabad-Lubavitch emissary last year, Rabbi Chaim Bruk met U.S. Sen. Max Baucus in Washington, D.C.
Today, Wednesday, Tes Zayin Iyar 5768, there will be a Shiur with Rabbi Yossi Jacobson which will be broadcast live over the Internet, on this weeks Parsha.
Click here to watch this weeks Shiur LIVE at 10 PM.
Or you can call 1-785-686-2400 Access code: 770770
In 5727 (1967), a young chassid from Australia traveled to New York to spend Shavuot with the Lubavitcher Rebbe in Brooklyn. He arrived a few days before the festival, just a short time after the Rebbe, at the outbreak of the Six-Day War, had inaugurated the campaign to arouse all Jewish males to perform the mitzvah of wrapping tefillin. He had cited the verse, “The fear of the nations will be upon you,” and the traditional interpretation that this results when our enemies see our head-tefillin. In the aftermath of the miraculous victory and the Jewish arousal that accompanied it, the Rebbe recommended to continue and even increase the tefillin campaign.The lines above are the opening paragraph of an article by Yrachiel Tilles that appeared on the ascentofsafed.com website. The punch-line of the story, that the bochur and his friends got a cranky old man to agree to put on tefillin because the Australian had mistakenly brought along some stale hamantaschen, caught my attention and I decided to publish this heart-warming story as a “Slice of Life” in L’Chaim.
In 5727 (1967), a young chassid from Australia traveled to New York to spend Shavuot with the Lubavitcher Rebbe in Brooklyn. He arrived a few days before the festival, just a short time after the Rebbe, at the outbreak of the Six-Day War, had inaugurated the campaign to arouse all Jewish males to perform the mitzvah of wrapping tefillin. He had cited the verse, “The fear of the nations will be upon you,” and the traditional interpretation that this results when our enemies see our head-tefillin. In the aftermath of the miraculous victory and the Jewish arousal that accompanied it, the Rebbe recommended to continue and even increase the tefillin campaign.
The lines above are the opening paragraph of an article by Yrachiel Tilles that appeared on the ascentofsafed.com website. The punch-line of the story, that the bochur and his friends got a cranky old man to agree to put on tefillin because the Australian had mistakenly brought along some stale hamantaschen, caught my attention and I decided to publish this heart-warming story as a “Slice of Life” in L’Chaim.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Contrary to what has been reported, Deputy Inspector Frank Vega will continue his duty as Commanding Officer of the 71st Precinct, whose jurisdiction covers Crown Heights. In a phone conversation with CrownHeights.info Inspector Vega said: “I am unaware of any plans for my transfer as of yet”.
“A Commanding Officers term is typically 2 or 4 years, my last two commands were two years” he said, and then added “I am here in Crown Heights for three years now, and as far as I know and was informed, is that I have another year to go.”
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