Chabad News Online » Crown Heights News http://www.chabadnewsonline.com Best of Chabad News Online Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:31:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The New Crown Heights http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=37571 http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=37571#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:04:00 +0000 CrownHeights.info Wall Street Journal
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The gentrification of Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights is most evident between Sterling and Park Place.]]> http://www.chabadnewsonline.com/2011/09/the-new-crown-heights/feed/ 0 Councilman Jumaane Williams Says He Was Arrested at West-Indian Parade Because He’s Black http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=37525 http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=37525#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:04:00 +0000 CrownHeights.info NY Daily News
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City Councilman Jumaane Williams

A city councilman detained by cops at the West Indian Day parade said Tuesday that it wouldn’t have happened if he was white.]]> http://www.chabadnewsonline.com/2011/09/councilman-jumaane-williams-says-he-was-arrested-at-west-indian-parade-because-he%e2%80%99s-black/feed/ 0 In a Changed Crown Heights, a Reunion of Respect http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=37521 http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=37521#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:02:00 +0000 CrownHeights.info Jewish Week
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Brooklyn Jewish Center in the 1920s

A few years ago, while rummaging through a small storage closet in his Crown Heights day school, an administrator discovered a cache of old prayer books.]]> http://www.chabadnewsonline.com/2011/09/in-a-changed-crown-heights-a-reunion-of-respect/feed/ 0 New Engagement! http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=37516 http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=37516#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 05:30:00 +0000 CrownHeights.info image
The staff at CrownHeights.info would like to wish our fellow staffer, editor, photographer and reporter Binyomin Lifshitz (Crown Heights) a hearty Mazal Tov! Mazal Tov! on his engagement to Rivka Kashanian (Coral Springs, FL/Crown Heights)!

The Lechaim will take place tonight, Wednesday, at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].]]> http://www.chabadnewsonline.com/2011/09/new-engagement-1118/feed/ 0 While Mayor Marched, Shots Fired at the Parade http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=37481 http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=37481#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 01:14:50 +0000 CrownHeights.info NY Post
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Gunfire erupted today near the massive West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn — not far from where Mayor Bloomberg was marching — as the entire city reeled from a epidemic of shootings over the past two days.

By noon today, a total of 46 people had been shot in the city since Saturday morning, authorities said.]]> http://www.chabadnewsonline.com/2011/09/while-mayor-marched-shots-fired-at-the-parade/feed/ 0 Labor Day Gospel will Donate to the Kletzky Fund http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=37473 http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=37473#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:05:26 +0000 CrownHeights.info NY Daily News
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Aside from all the Hip-Hop, Calypso and Reggae this year the parade will feature an addition of some spiritual music, specifically gospel - intended to raise awareness and prevent youth violence. Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Laiby Kletzky memorial fund.]]> http://www.chabadnewsonline.com/2011/09/labor-day-gospel-will-donate-to-the-kletzky-fund/feed/ 0 Labor Day Gospel Will Donate to the Kletzky Fund http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=37473 http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=37473#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:05:26 +0000 CrownHeights.info NY Daily News
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Aside from all the Hip-Hop, Calypso and Reggae this year the parade will feature an addition of some spiritual music, specifically gospel - intended to raise awareness and prevent youth violence. Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Laiby Kletzky memorial fund.]]> http://www.chabadnewsonline.com/2011/09/labor-day-gospel-will-donate-to-the-kletzky-fund-2/feed/ 0 Major Aufruf at 770 for Israeli Chasanim http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=37415 http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=37415#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 11:02:00 +0000 CrownHeights.info Yeshiva World News
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Last Shabbos in 770, World Lubavitch Headquarters, no less than 30 chasanim from Eretz Yisrael were on hand to receive an aliyah, as they were married this week in Eretz Yisrael. Many Chabadnikim travel to 770 for an aliyah prior to their chupah, for their Shabbos Aufruf.]]> http://www.chabadnewsonline.com/2011/09/major-aufruf-at-770-for-israeli-chasanim-2/feed/ 0 Shomrim Answer the Call to Yet Another Odd Rescue http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=37378 http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=37378#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:53:44 +0000 CrownHeights.info
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Earlier this week Shomrim were called to help free the leg of a young boy who got entangled in the frame of his bicycle, but Tuesday, an even more bizarre call came in. A girl was trapped inside of her basement apartment after someone had tied their dog up to her door!]]> http://www.chabadnewsonline.com/2011/09/shomrim-answer-the-call-to-yet-another-odd-rescue/feed/ 0 Shomrim Rescue Boy Trapped in His Bicycle http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=37332 http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=37332#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:12:21 +0000 CrownHeights.info image
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Children have always found new and innovative way to get themselves stuck in a tangled situation, from pulling a potty trainer over their head, or getting twisted in a seatbelt of a car, but combine crocks and a bicycle and you end up with a terrified little boys leg squished between a pedal and the bike frame.
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