Bachur Struck by Bus in Crown Heights, Seriously Injured
An Israeli bachur is in serious condition after being struck by a bus while attempting to cross Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights early Wednesday morning, reported crownheights.info. The accident...
View ArticleJewish Man Stabbed in Crown Heights
A Lubavitcher chassid is in stable condition after being stabbed in Crown Heights Wednesday morning. The incident occurred shortly before 11:40 a.m., on Empire Blvd. between Kingston Ave. and Albany…...
View ArticleKnife Found Near Scene of Crown Heights Attack
A knife that may have been used in a stabbing Wednesday in Crown Heights has been found near the scene of the crime, and police believe they know the identity… Read more » The post Knife Found Near...
View ArticlePress Conference Held Regarding Shocking Stabbing in Crown Heights
On Wednesday morning, February 10, at about 11:00 a.m., newlywed Leiby Brikman, 25, was stabbed in the back while walking home on Empire Boulevard, near Kingston Avenue, in Crown Heights.… Read more »...
View ArticlePolice Hold Press Conference After Suspect Arrested for Crown Heights Stabbing
An arrest was made Wednesday night in the stabbing last month of Crown Heights resident Leiby Brikman. The suspect is 26-year-old Keny Rochelin, who lives on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.… Read more »...
View ArticleEmpty School Bus Set Ablaze in Crown Heights
The post Empty School Bus Set Ablaze in Crown Heights appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Youth Arrested In Crown Heights Bus Arson Knife Found Near Scene of Crown Heights Attack Jewish Man...
View ArticleYouth Arrested In Crown Heights Bus Arson
An 11-year-old boy has been arrested in the arson of a yeshivah school bus in Crown Heights, NYPD has announced. The empty bus — owned by BDS Trans. Corp., a… Read more » The post Youth Arrested In...
View ArticleThird Anti-Semitic Act in a Week Sets Crown Heights on Edge
An alarming increase in anti-Semitism is causing leaders in the Crown Heights Jewish community to call on the mayor and police department to be more proactive in order to prevent… Read more » The post...
View Article4 More Arrested, Charged, in Crown Heights School Bus Blaze
Four more boys have been arrested and were charged in connection with the burning of a school bus in Crown Heights Sunday, reported NBC News. The boys — an 11-year-old,… Read more » The post 4 More...
View ArticleAt 25th Anniversary of Crown Heights Riots, Tehillim Recited at Site of Fatal...
Interview with Norman Rosenbaum Last Shabbos, August 20, 2016, was the 25th anniversary of the death of Yankel Rosenbaum, Hy”d, which occurred during four days of terror that have become… Read more »...
View Article25th Yahrtzeit of Yankel Rosenbaum, Hy”d
The 10th of Elul was the 25th yahrtzeit of Yankel Rosenbaum, Hy”d, murdered in the 1991 Crown Heights Riots. While his death and the terrible circumstances of his death —… Read more » The post 25th...
View ArticleEmployee at Yeshivah Targeted In the Past Gets Death Threat
An employee at a yeshivah where a school bus was firebombed last year received death threats Monday from an armed man. The security guard at Campus Chomesh Beth Rivkah Elementary… Read more » The post...
View ArticleCrown Heights ‘Mitzvah Bus’ Torched in Hate Crime
Members of Brooklyn’s Orthodox community rallied Tuesday afternoon in support of Lev Scheiber, the owner of the iconic Mitzvah Bus which was torched in the early hours of Monday morning… Read more »...
View ArticleJewish Man Severely Beaten in Crown Heights
A 50-year-old Jewish man was severely beaten and nearly choked to death while walking home around 1:30 p.m. Shabbos afternoon after davening at Kingsbrook Jewish Hospital, the second consecutive...
View ArticleCrown Heights Official: Fear Level Resembling August 1991 Level
A “widespread” view in the local African-American community that Jews are taking advantage of them has led to a level of fear in Crown Heights’s Jewish community that is coming… Read more » The post...
View ArticleSuspect Arrested After Crown Heights Attack
An arrest was made Friday after the vicious assault on a Jewish man in Crown Heights last Shabbos. James Vincent, 40, of the Bronx was taken into custody Friday and… Read more » The post Suspect...
View ArticleYeshivah Student Assaulted in Crown Heights; 2 Suspects Arrested
A yeshivah student in Crown Heights was brutally assaulted by two men as he was walking on President Street near Albany Avenue around midnight Monday night. The victim, 22, was… Read more » The post...
View Article2 Brooklyn Men Charged With Hate Crime for Assaulting Lubavitcher Chassid
Two Brooklyn men were arraigned Wednesday on charges including assault as a hate crime for an alleged attack on a Lubavitcher chassid in Crown Heights last month, Brooklyn District Attorney… Read more...
View ArticleCrown Heights Street Named for Frum Couple
A street in Crown Heights was renamed Sunday to honor the memory of Michoel and Sarah Behrman, z”l, a couple active in the community who helped saved many lives. The… Read more » The post Crown Heights...
View ArticleCrown Heights Woman Assaulted and Mugged
A Jewish woman was violently beaten and robbed by a pair of black female assailants as she was on her way home on Saturday night. The incident occurred around 2:00am… Read more » The post Crown Heights...
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