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With great sadness and shock we inform you of the untimely passing of Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz, OBM, head Shliach to the state of Illinois and board member of Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch. He was 59 years old. Update: Levaya information added.
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the untimely passing of Rabbi Tzvi Ostrozynski, OBM, a longtime resident of Crown Heights. He was 60 years old. Update: Levaya and Shiva times added.
A police officer was shot and injured near the White Castle fast-food restaurant on the corner of Empire Blvd. and Utica Ave. in Crown Heights. Update: The officer is in stable condition, and the shooter is in custody.
For 24 hours, every dollar you donate to Lamplighters will become four dollars, thanks to a special ‘Donation Matching’ grant thanks to the generous support of three donor, Eli Nash, Yosef Sidof and Shaya Gordon. Update: Just $5,000 left!
Rabbi Yossy Goldman, a Chabad Shliach and the spiritual leader of the Sydenham Shul, South Africa’s largest congregation, has invited Rabbi Shmuley Boteach to give a lecture at his synagogue. The lecture, set to take place this Sunday, will be based on Boteach’s controversial book on intimacy between a man and his wife.
The lifeless body of a homeless man was discovered Friday morning on Carroll Street, behind the ‘Dovid Malka’ kitchen and catering hall.
Soft sand and turquoise beaches make Sochi a lovely holiday destination, but this coastal Russian city is less than ideal for providing religious services to large numbers of Jewish visitors.
Today, the 30th of Shvat, marks 8 years to the cold-blooded murder of Efraim Klein, HYD, a well known and loved member of the Crown Heights Jewish community. The investigation into his murder has long since gone cold.
Over 3,000 Chabad Shluchos and their guests gathered Sunday evening for a Gala Banquet at the Manhattan Hilton Hotel, the culmination and highlight of the five-day International Conference of Women Emissaries.
The identities of the two children tragically killed yesterday by exposure to pesticides have been revealed: Avigayil Gross, 2, and Yael Gross, 4. The two were laid to rest today at the Har HaMenuchos cemetery in Jerusalem.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper spoke fiercely in defense of Israel Monday, accusing critics of anti-Semitism, vowing to stand with the country, and drawing heckles from two legislators who eventually stormed out of his speech to the Knesset.
Nearly 48 hours after the disappearance of a sixteen year old Massachusetts teen, community members have joined police in an organized search for the missing 11th grader. UPDATE: He has been found!
Reports that the killers of Williamsburg landlord Menachem Stark have been arrested have unfortunately proven to be unsubstantiated rumors.
Assemblyman Dov Hikind announced Thursday night that an important arrest has been made in conjunction with at least three of the Knockout attacks that occurred in Brooklyn over the past weeks. A male was taken into custody and identified by three separate women who said he had attacked them.
It is being reported that a Jewish businessman was possibly kidnapped last night from his Williamsburg office.
Yesterday the administration of Oholei Torah called upon every single member of the school’s faculty to attend a mandatory meeting and seminar, delivered by ‘mind control and cult specialist’ Rabbi Raphael Aron of Melbourne, Australia. Meanwhile, Rabbi Shea Hecht released a letter titled ‘I Attended… Now What?‘ on the ins and outs of cult deprogramming.
