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Search Results for 'History of Crown Heights'

by Anonymous

Any day now, the Supreme Court is scheduled to rule on the Affordable Care Act, and whatever your opinion is of the legislation, I think it’s high time we talked about health care in Crown Heights. Anyone who has ever worked here can probably attest to the fact that local businesses rarely offer employees health insurance. While businesses may have many financial reasons for not offering such benefits, I believe those justifications pale in comparison to the harm caused by withholding health insurance.

Op-Ed: Local Employers Should Provide Healthcare

by Anonymous

Any day now, the Supreme Court is scheduled to rule on the Affordable Care Act, and whatever your opinion is of the legislation, I think it’s high time we talked about health care in Crown Heights. Anyone who has ever worked here can probably attest to the fact that local businesses rarely offer employees health insurance. While businesses may have many financial reasons for not offering such benefits, I believe those justifications pale in comparison to the harm caused by withholding health insurance.

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Mendel Levitansky (Simcha Monica, CA) to Shaina Geisinsky (Great Neck, NY) L’Chaim: Sunday, Sept. 6th, 8:00pm at The JCM
New Engagement!

Zalmy Silberberg (Mexico City, Mexico/Postville, IA) to Dvory Shachar (Miami, Florida) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Nachman Hakohen Temkin (Argentina) to Tali Lancewicki (Miami, Florida)
New Engagement!

Yosef Madar (Crown Heights) to Sarah Edelkopf (Milan, Italy) L’Chaim: Thursday, Sept. 3rd, 8:00pm at The JCM
New Engagement!

Menachem Mendel Banin (Venice, Italy) to Menucha Rochel Albukerk (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Levi Friedman (Crown Heights) to Devorah Eckhaus (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at The JCM Second Floor
Baby Boy!

Yisroel and Miriam (née Haberman) Cohen from Remsen Village had a baby boy!
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Shabtai Dyce (Sydney, Australia) to Chana Matusof (Rome, Italy) L’Chaim: Tuesday, Sept. 1st, 8:00pm at The Arches 1394 St. Johns Pl
New Engagement!

Shalom Dovber Baruch (Crown Heights) to Esther Hadassa Melamed (Chemed, EY)
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Levi Sandberg (Los Angeles, CA) to Chaya Lewis (Bowdon, England) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at The Shull 481 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Shmuly Borenstein (Crown Heights) to Rachely Baitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 7:00pm at Eshel
New Engagement!

Yossi Rubinstein (Crown Heights) Devorah Leah Gorman (London, UK)
Baby Boy!

Shaiky and Chana (nee Alroy) Slopochnik from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 425 Kingston Ave.
Baby Girl!

Yankel and Chaya Mushka (nee Katzman) Raskin from Ellenville, NY had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Mendel and Sara Perlstein from Norwood Park, IL had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Mendy Dubov (Orlando, FL) to Rochel Croitoru (Coral Springs, FL) L’Chaim: Thursday, August 27th, 8:30pm  at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Shmuli Cunin (Los Angeles, CA) to Musi Krichevsky (Russia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street

New York City’s Jewish Population Is Growing Again

NY Times

Along Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights. In 2002, 33 percent of city respondents identified themselves as Orthodox Jewish; in 2011, 40 percent did.

After decades of decline, the Jewish population of New York City is growing again, increasing to nearly 1.1 million, fueled by the “explosive” growth of the Hasidic and other Orthodox communities, a new study has found. It is a trend that is challenging long-held notions about the group’s cultural identity and revealing widening gaps on politics, education, wealth and religious observance.

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by Daniel Keren

Hundreds of alumni of Yeshivas Kol Yaakov Yehudah – Hadar Hatorah, the world’s first yeshiva especially designed to provide a quality Torah education to baalei teshuvah or young men from assimilated backgrounds, came from all over the country to attend the special 50th Anniversary Jubilee Gala Dinner that was held at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights on June 3rd/13 Sivan.

Hadar Hatorah Celebrates Golden Jubilee

by Daniel Keren

Hundreds of alumni of Yeshivas Kol Yaakov Yehudah – Hadar Hatorah, the world’s first yeshiva especially designed to provide a quality Torah education to baalei teshuvah or young men from assimilated backgrounds, came from all over the country to attend the special 50th Anniversary Jubilee Gala Dinner that was held at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights on June 3rd/13 Sivan.

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by Matthew Shaer - Forward

In early May, a circuit court judge in Baltimore found Eliyahu Werdesheim, a 24-year-old member of a local Shomrim anti-crime patrol, guilty of assaulting a teenager named Corey Ausby. According to prosecutors, in 2010 Werdesheim and his brother, Avi, set upon Ausby on a residential street in Northwest Baltimore and beat him with the butt of a two-way radio. Werdesheim, for his part, claims he acted only in self-defense: Ausby was brandishing a nail-studded board, he told reporters. He now faces up to a decade behind bars.

Vigilante Justice and the Jews

by Matthew Shaer – Forward

In early May, a circuit court judge in Baltimore found Eliyahu Werdesheim, a 24-year-old member of a local Shomrim anti-crime patrol, guilty of assaulting a teenager named Corey Ausby. According to prosecutors, in 2010 Werdesheim and his brother, Avi, set upon Ausby on a residential street in Northwest Baltimore and beat him with the butt of a two-way radio. Werdesheim, for his part, claims he acted only in self-defense: Ausby was brandishing a nail-studded board, he told reporters. He now faces up to a decade behind bars.

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Four Black Girls on Quest to Understand Lubavitchers

Selena Brown, Chantell Clarke, Sabrina Smith and Tangeneka Taylor.

Four teenage girls, all new immigrants from the Caribbean, arrive at a high school in the heart of what was the epicenter of the Crown Heights riots 20 years ago. As newcomers they know nothing of the long history of tension between the Black and Lubavitch Jewish communities in the neighborhood. They set out to try to educate themselves about a culture so different from their own, in the midst of stereotypes and misinformation about Jewish people.

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In a departure from his routine on-screen performances, renowned filmmaker, actor and comedian Mendy Pellin took to the stage in person at the Millenium Theater in Brighton Beach to dish up some Pesach laughs to the eager crowd. It was history in the making: the first ever orthodox Jewish stand-up comedy show.

Mendy Pellin Gives Brooklyn’s Jews the Giggles

In a departure from his routine on-screen performances, renowned filmmaker, actor and comedian Mendy Pellin took to the stage in person at the Millenium Theater in Brighton Beach to dish up some Pesach laughs to the eager crowd. It was history in the making: the first ever orthodox Jewish stand-up comedy show.

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Man Dies of Intoxication on Purim, Shluchim Clarify

A terrible calamity has befallen one Florida Chabad House when an uninvited man showed up at their Purim party, became highly intoxicated, and subsequently died. Local news outlets pounced on the story, and a huge whirlwind of myths and speculation about what happened is spiraling out of control. In an exclusive interview with Crownheights.info, the local Shluchim described in minute detail exactly what transpired that day.

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Video: Jew Who Was Expelled from Israel Interviewed

Shneur Zalman Haskelevitch with a Kikar Shabbos correspondent in his home in Morocco.

Shneur Zalman Haskelevitch, 35, an orthodox Jew who grew up in Crown Heights, was banned from Israel in 2005. The rare move was taken by Israel in the wake of an intelligence investigation, after it was discovered that he had visited six Arab countries, including Iraq during the U.S. invasion. This week, Kikar Shabbos met up with him in his home in Morocco, and heard all about his unique day-to-day life.

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Op-Ed: Chanukah at a Hockey Rink

by Eli Federman – Jerusalem Post

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The Coyotes vs Panthers hockey game last Tuesday was no ordinary game. Chabad of Florida performed a menorah-lighting ceremony on the ice during the first period intermission. The event looked nothing short of a huge Hanukka party. But the event itself was really quite ironic. How odd, I thought, to celebrate Hanukka in a sports arena, given that the concept of sports is emblematic of Greek culture.

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