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.
With over 4 inches of snow already on the ground and expected accumulations of over 6 inches, some local schools have already announced closures while others are waiting until morning to made a determination. CrownHeights.info has compiled a list of closures in the Extended Article.Updated
In a complete about-face, Rabbi Joseph Rosenfeld, the Executive Director of Oholei Torah, sent out a midnight email informing parents of the ‘resumption of duties’ of the two faculty members that were dismissed in light of their involvement in recent controversies surrounding the Call of the Shofar.
New York City residents have a new tool to track 911 response times: a website that shows weekly averages for how long it took to get to fires, medical emergencies and other types of calls.
Over 2,000 members of the Crown Heights Lubavitch community gathered at the Oholei Torah ballroom last night, Nittel Nacht, for an ‘urgent Kinus’ called by Rabbonim, Roshei Yeshiva and Mashpi’im regarding recent troubling developments in the community. Update: All individual speeches added.
On a Sunday evening earlier this month, the Mister Rogers restaurant in Crown Heights played host to the neighborhood’s primary residents—West Indian Blacks with waist-length dreads and baggy jeans, and Hasidic Jews in black hats and sheitels.
Amid a flurry of last minute activity, New York City lawmakers paved the way Thursday for an eventual ban on plastic foam containers and added electronic cigarettes to the city’s already stringent smoking bans.
Police have arrested four minors in connection with a string of alleged “knockout” attacks in Crown Heights, the 71st Precinct’s new commanding officer George Fitzgibbon announced.
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