On This Day 24 Years Ago: Crown Heights Riot Erupts
Twenty-four years ago, on August 19, 1991, a tragic car accident in Crown Heights escalated into a pogrom against the Jewish people. It later became known as The Crown Heights Riot.
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Jockey Who Visited Ohel Wins Triple Crown
Victor Espinoza, the jockey who prayed at the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens on Thursday ahead of competing in the Belmont Stakes, won first place in the annul race today, making him the first jockey to claim the elusive Triple Crown trophy in 37 years.
Shabbos at the Besht: History of Gebrochts
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Lerener, Rosh Kollel of 770 Montgomery, will lead a discussion on the topic – The Hhstory and reasons behind the Chumra of ‘Gebrochts.’
8:00pm: Unaffordable Housing in Crown Heights
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 51, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Mental Illness [Pt. 2], Is There Any Virtue to Madness? Unaffordable Housing in Crown Heights, Alternatives to Yelling [Pt. 2], Shabbos Peace With Young Children.
Video: The Disturbing History of Al Sharpton
Conservative blogger and commentator Andrew Klavan takes a look at the disturbing history of Al Sharpton, and wonders how he became a black leader.
78 New Cops Welcomed to Crown Heights
Two orientation sessions were held, one last Thursday and one this afternoon, to welcome 78 newly-sworn-in police officers assigned to the 71st Precinct in Crown Heights.
In Crown Heights, Once Torn by Race Riots, a Friendly Game of Soccer
The World Cup may be days away, but in Brooklyn, the Crown Heights Cup game on Sunday may be almost as important. In some ways, it is more important.
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Crown Heights Women Train to Become Doulas
The fifth annual Maternal Wisdom Jewish Doula Training, a unique opportunity for women who aspire to help others during childbirth, takes place this month in Crown Heights.
Students Relive U.S. History with Deer Hides
Rabbi Michoel Harari’s 7th and 8th grade American history class at United Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Ocean Parkway wanted to bring post Revolutionary war America to life by reliving some of the tasks of early Native Americans and frontier settlers.
Photos: Making History in Albania
On the eighth night of Chanukah, a most remarkable event took place in Albania. President Bujar Nishani personally invited the Jewish community to a formal and grand Chanukah lighting ceremony in his own palace.
Eliot Spitzer Courts Young Crown Heights Voters
Crown Heights [CHI] — Several dozen members of the Crown Heights Jewish community gathered tonight, August 26, at the Basil Pizza & Wine Bar to meet with Democratic candidate for New York City Comptroller Eliot Spitzer.
Shabbos at the Besht: The History of Prayer
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yaacov Sebbag will lead a discussion on the history of prayer.
YU’s Chabbaton – Crown Heights Shabbaton
Yeshiva University student Shayna Darling, a Baalas Teshuva from Oregon, didn’t find any particular identification with one sect in orthodox Judaisim, but Chabad’s open mindedness drew her in to the Chabad Club at YU.
Shluchim in Boston made history this Chanukah in Boston’s Copley Square with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and the newly commissioned Boston Menorah - one of the largest in the world
Boston Shluchim Make History in Copley Square
Shluchim in Boston made history this Chanukah in Boston’s Copley Square with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and the newly commissioned Boston Menorah – one of the largest in the world
Aggressive Panhandler Returns to Crown Heights
An aggressive and potentially dangerous panhandler has returned to Crown Heights’ streets after an extended hiatus, during which he was not sorely missed. Yosef (Lawrence) Hoffman has a history of violent behavior, including: assaulting a 21-year-old bochur, robbing and vandalizing stores on Kingston Ave., and being arrested and admitted to a psychiatric ward.
Bais Shmuel Gathers for History and BBQ
On Monday, 26 Tammuz, members of Bais Shmuel-Chabad in Crown Heights gathered at the home of Haysha Deitsch to hear a dynamic history lesson from Rabbi Y.Y. Jacobson, while enjoying a BBQ dinner.
Photos: Ohel Preparing for Largest Shabbos in History
This is the first year that Gimmel Tammuz falls out on Shabbos in 14 years. As such, the administrators of Ohel Chabad Lubavitch, led by Rabbi Abba Refson, are in a frenzy of preparation for an unprecedented amount of guests who will be spending Shabbos there.
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