http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/rss.php?w=new New Blogs in CrownHeights.CH » Crown Heights News - Chabad-Lubavitch News. en-us Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:23:46 -0500 CrownHeights.CH » Crown Heights News - Chabad-Lubavitch News RSS crownheightsch@gmail.com http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6654 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6654 Jewish communities around the world are making final preparations Friday for the holiday of Purim, which will begin on Saturday night after the Sabbath. Planned events include parties, communal meals, and parades. INN brings you a sampling: In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Jewish community is planning public festivities. “The famous Brazilian carnival just ended, so we at Bnei Akiva Rio will try and show the Jewish community what the real happiness of Judaism is,” explained World Bnei Akiva emissary Baruch Avivi. if (sCountry!='IL'&&aAdSource[2]==1) {var cD=new Date();var cR=(new Date()%8673806982)+Math.random(); var c = ''; document.write('');} else {document.write(''); sZones+=",17";sIDs+=",InContentAd"} Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6653 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6653 Brooklyn, NY - A cab ride through Park Slope turned sour and then downright violent after a 29-year-old man threw up in the back of the cab rolling down Fourth Avenue. Police said that after vomiting in the middle of the 11:30 p.m. ride on February 23, Shelton Ross told the cabbie that he was going to clean everything up. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6652 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6652 If you have been helped by him, or are a friend or a community leader who would like to write a letter commending Sholom Mordechai, now is the time to write. Your letter must reach the lawyers’ office immediately Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6651 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6651 The levaye of Rebbetzin Sora Rochel Shochet, ob"m, wife of yibodel l'chaim tovim Rabbi Ezra Binyomin Shochet (the "Rosh") will take place today, Friday, at 3:45 p.m. at the Shamgar Funeral Home  Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6650 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6650 1: Megillas Esther w/ Silver Case – Rabbi & Mrs Arki Deitsch2: Dell Computer w/ 20” Flat Panel Monitor – Yerachmiel Tilles3: Five Piece Sterling Silver Shabbos Table Set – Mr & Mrs Charles Gelfenstein4: Men's or Women's Watch by Raymond Weil – Rabbi & Mrs Yankie Rosenblum5: Diamond Pendant – Barbra Strudler Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6649 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6649 The Jewish Cronicle A Finnish couple who employed a British rabbi to circumcise their son must pay their child 1,500 Euros in damages after a Helsinki court found them guilty of conspiracy to commit bodily harm. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6646 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6646 Fifty congressmen signed a letter which was sent to President Barak Obama urging him to put diplomatic pressure on Israel to resolve the Gaza blockade, the troubling signature in the mix was that of Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY), who represents the 11th district which includes Crown Heights.   Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6645 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6645 T he following inspiring story, originally related by Rabbi Paysach Krohn at a recent event, is reported by Rafi G on Life in Israel. A man had a streak of 30 years during which he did not miss a minyan. Wherever he was, he always made sure to find a minyan to daven with. Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6644 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6644 TevelFamily.com At 1:30 AM on Tuesday Jan 19, 2010 – Gimmel Shvat in the Hebrew calendar, our father, Rabbi Yosef Tevel passed away. He was 55 years old and it was his birthday. His sudden death, caused by a bursted blood vessel in his brain has left us in complete shock. Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6643 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6643 Saturday, January 2, 2009 at around 9:30pm, a Shmira unit was sitting in his neighbors house, on Crown street between Troy and Albany Avenues, when family members keeping an eye on a live video feed from security cameras in the back of their house saw a black male attempting to gain entry to the house via the basement door as well as the garage. They immediately notified the Shmira unit and continued observing as the black male moved on to the house next door, the Shmira units home. Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600