Baby Girl!
Chai and Chanie (nee Kahanov) Kohan from Jacksonville, FL had a baby girl!
Rabbi Asher Federman to Feature at Tut Altz Event, Inspirational Story
The Tut Altz Live Event will be featuring personal Impactful stories and films. Featured will be Rabbi Asher Federman and Mr. Berel Solomon in a short film titled: Just One Flame.
Crime of the Day – Crown Heights’s Most Prolific Package Thief Strikes Again
This is getting ridiculous. It’s one thing to sneakily steal a small package and quickly make a getaway, it’s another entirely to see this happening on the streets of Crown Heights.
Gallery: The Yam Hamelach, Dead Sea, Like You Have Never Seen It Before
Chabad photographer Dovber Hechtman gives you a view of the Yam Hamelach, The Dead Sea, like you have never seen it before.
Crown Heights Manhole Explodes Motzei Shabbos, No Injuries Reported
A massive boom shook the 770 area Motzei Shabbos sending people scurrying for cover after a manhole exploded just one block away.
Gallery: Birchas Ha’Ilanos in Moscow
The Jewish children of Moscow, Russia, joined the Chief Rabbi of Russia Rabbi Berel Lazar, in making the Birchas Ha’Ilanos.
You Don’t Have to be A Rabbi to do Shlichus
The Tut Altz Mega Event will feature a short film on the power of one mitzvah to connect someone forever and its inevitable chain effect. The film will present members of the wider Jewish community who perform outreach in the Mivtzoim model of one mitzvah at a time.
Baby Boy!
Yechezkel and Freidi (nee Holtsberg) Posner from Chicago, IL had a baby boy!
BDE: Reb Michoel Schnitzler, 62, OBM, Jewish Music Legend and Famed Singer
With great sadness we report the sudden and untimely passing of Reb Michoel Schnitzler OBM, a Jewish music legend whose music remains a mainstay for the Jewish music world.
Man Shot On Kingston Ave In Crown Heights Shabbos Afternoon
Kingston Avenue is blocked off by the police tonight between Lincoln Place and S. Johns as they investigate a shooting that took place this afternoon.
Op-Ed: Is It Time To Talk About “Learning Rambam”, Yedios Klalios and A Yeshiva Curriculum?
Rosh Chodesh Iyar 5783 is coming and with it will be the finishing of another cycle of the Rebbe’s special takanna of the daily learning of Rambam. Is it time to talk about “Learning Rambam”, Yedios Klalios and a Yeshiva curriculum?
Baby Girl!
Shmuly and Sara (nee Perlstein) Wineberg from Chicago, IL had a baby girl!
Crown Heights History: Why is This House Different Then All Other Houses?
It’s something people wonder on certain blocks in Crown Heights. Why amidst the consistent rows of houses will you suddenly see a more uniquely built house?
Chabad History With Rabbi Dalfin – Chabad in Tel Aviv
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Chasidic historian shares interesting facts, many revealed for the first time. The purpose of his program is to inspire all but especially the youth. Watch another installment here on CrownHeights.info.
The Miraculous Story of Hashgacha Pratis, A 13 Year Old Boy in Dire Need, and Hatzalah Air
The following story was recounted by Hillel Fuld, Board Member and Senior lecturer at Yeshiva University, on Hashgacha Pratis, and how three stories line up to save a 13-year-old boy in dire medical need in Panama.
Chabad Rabbi Aids Israeli Victims of South Korea Tour-Bus Crash
Immediately following the conclusion of Passover, Rabbi Asher Litzman, director of the Chabad Jewish Community of Korea, learned about a tour bus crash involving 33 Israelis and after conducting the Havdalah ceremony hurried to one of the nine hospitals treating the injured. Working tirelessly through the night and day, he has visited different hospitals to counsel and comfort victims, served as a translator for caregivers and communicated with the victims’ families in Israel.
Picture of the Day
Anti-Semitism, Praise, or just plain Graffiti? The word “Jew”, “Juef” written in French, was spotted spray painted on a Remsen Ave mailbox near the intersection of Rutland Rd.
