Yesterday, a man went on a thieving spree in Crown Heights, attempting to steal from a Kingston Avenue store and stealing multiple packages from people’s doorsteps. Shomrim volunteers cornered the man into his apartment, but he still managed to evade arrest.
Last week Sunday, the third of Adar Sheini, shluchim and their communities from across the Tri-State area, including a large contingent from Philadelphia and a group of students from Tufts University – graduates of the acclaimed JLI Sinai Scholars program – came to Crown Heights for a full-day Jewish Unity Experience in honor of Hakhel, coordinated by the Merkos Suite 302 Hakhel Office.
For young Jewish teens in South Africa, history was made today as the first members of CTeen-Cape Town landed at NYC’s JFK airport, completing the maiden voyage to the international CTeen Shabbaton.
Menachem Mendel Seattle Cheder aims to make educational history by raising $100,000 in 24 hours, with each donation matched by Paula Begoun, The MMSC Vaad and the Lev Yosef Foundation.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Berel Levin will lead a discussion on the history and background of the Rebbe’s Mivtza Neshek.
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.
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.
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.’
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.
Conservative blogger and commentator Andrew Klavan takes a look at the disturbing history of Al Sharpton, and wonders how he became a black leader.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yaacov Sebbag will lead a discussion on the history of prayer.
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