Jewish, Black Leaders Meet Over Crown Heights Crime
Leaders of Crown Heights’ Jewish and African-American communities met Tuesday morning in a show of solidarity over a surge in race attacks against Jews over the past few months. Elected… Read more »...
View ArticleIn Knockout Twist, Victim Fights Off Attackers
A Jewish woman in Crown Heights fought off an attempted knockout Tuesday, turning the tables in what is a growing phenomenon in Jewish areas of Brooklyn. The woman, a nurse… Read more » The post In...
View ArticleYoung Kids Arrested in Crown Heights Knockouts
Four children, three of them not even teenaged, have been arrested in connection with the series of knockout assaults that have terrified Jews in Crown Heights these past few months,… Read more » The...
View ArticleTragedy in Crown Heights
Gedalia Greenzayd, z”l, hit by truck A Ukrainian bachur learning in the United States was tragically struck and killed by a garbage truck in Crown Heights Sunday morning in front… Read more » The post...
View ArticlePeople Hiring Photographers To Shoot Everyday Life
When Anzalee and Kristain Rhodes look back at their daughter’s first year of life, they won’t be examining blurry, red-eyed camera phone photos. They’ll have crisp, finely detailed professional shots…...
View ArticleBrooklyn to Have Rare Competitive Senate Race
With a record dozen New York legislature seats open due to retirement, elections or corruption, the state was bound to have some competitive election, a change from the usual 93… Read more » The post...
View ArticleRegional Briefs – December 5, 2014
Crown Heights Riot Murderer Arrested for DWI NEWARK – Lemrick Nelson, the murderer of Yankel Rosenbaum, Hy”d, during the Crown Heights riots of 1991, was arrested Monday after he was… Read more » The...
View ArticleVictim of Knifing Attack at Chabad Headquarters Is Alert, Recovering
Levi Yitzchak Rosenblat, the yeshivah student who was wounded early Tuesday morning in a knifing attack in the shul at Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters in Brooklyn, N.Y., was reportedly alert and resting…...
View Article770 Stabbing Victim Released from Hospital
The Crown Heights community celebrated its own Chanukah miracle as Levi Rosenblatt, who was stabbed in Chabad-Lubavitch’s headquarters only nine days earlier, was released from the hospital. Upon his...
View ArticleRabbi Binyomin Klein, z”l, Longtime Aide to Lubavitcher Rebbe, zt”l
Rabbi Yerachmiel Binyomin Halevi Klein, a longtime personal aide to the Lubavitcher Rebbe, zt”l, and the Rebbe’s liaison to Israeli leaders, was niftar early Friday morning in New York. He… Read more »...
View ArticleGroups Target NY Lawmakers To Vote No on Iran Deal
With several prominent lawmakers from New York promising to vote against the Iran nuclear deal, a grassroots campaign is underway to convince the others how seriously the pro-Israel community views…...
View ArticleInspiration of Crown Heights Teen’s Poem Goes Worldwide
An inspirational poem written by a 16-year-old Crown Heights girl inspired people around the world last week, with major global newspapers sharing her message of hope written for a school… Read more »...
View ArticleCourt Denies Anti-Kapparos Motion
A state judge ruled against a group attempting to challenge the right of Jews to perform kapparos in New York City, clearing the way for the ritual to continue, at… Read more » The post Court Denies...
View ArticleCrown Heights on Edge Following Stabbing and Assault
Concern ran high in the Crown Heights community after a Hatzolah member was stabbed and another Jewish man assaulted in attacks suspected of being bias crimes. The first victim has… Read more » The...
View ArticleThousands of Chabad Shluchim Gather
Thousands of Chabad shluchim from around the world have gathered in Brooklyn this weekend for their annual leadership convention. More than 5,000 shluchim — the wives have a separate convention… Read...
View ArticleBachur 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 »...
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