http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/rss.php?w=new New Blogs in CrownHeights.CH » Crown Heights News - Chabad-Lubavitch News. en-us Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:38:48 -0600 CrownHeights.CH » Crown Heights News - Chabad-Lubavitch News RSS crownheightsch@gmail.com 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 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6642 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6642 Roni Caryn Rabin of The New York Times reports: An Israeli study, believed to be one of the first of its kind, has found significantly higher cancer rates among European Jews who immigrated to Israel after the Holocaust than among those who left Europe for what is now Israel either before or during World War II.The rates of breast and colorectal cancer were particularly high among those who spent the war years in Nazi-occupied Europe, according to the paper, published Nov. 4 in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6641 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6641 If you have lower back pain, you are not alone. It’s the most common cause of job-related disability and a leading contributor to missed work. In fact, Americans spend at least $50 billion each year to treat low back pain. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6639 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6639 Aggressive driving is a serious problem in Israel, and many Israeli drivers do not obey traffic laws – they don't keep a safe driving distance and don't signal before changing lanes or turning. This is what the US State Department thinks about Israelis and Israeli drivers according to its updated guide on the State of Israel for the American tourist visiting the country. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6637 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6637 Jerusalem - A 50-year-old man from the Jerusalem area divorced for the 11th time, a new Israeli record for Jews, according to an announcement released Monday by the Rabbinical Court Administration. The man, whose divorces were performed both in Israel and abroad in accordance with Halacha, said his custom is to divorce his wives every two years and look for a new bride immediately after. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6636 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6636 Correction officer Nadja Green, conked-out in a chair beside an amused Rikers Island inmate, faces disciplinary charges after a fellow guard snapped this phone pic at the prison infirmary. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6635 http://www.crownheights.ch/blog/blog.php?bid=6635 It is with sadness that report the ptirah of Rabbi Avrohom Goldman, known as the Zviller Rebbe, Z"L. Rabbi Goldman was 76 years old, and suffered from a serious lung infection for the last few months. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600