Parenting Conference Stresses ‘Care of the Soul’
This year’s Chabad of Greenwich’s parenting conference took an introspective journey into parenting, benefiting both parent and child.
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Miami High-Schoolers to Start Year in New Building
When students return on Aug. 29 to the Lubavitch Educational Center in Miami, a good number of them will be trekking a little farther to school, settling into a new facility.
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Final Week at BRDC Is Mivtzoim Week
It was a special week in Bais Rivka Day Camp. The campers’ days were filled with learning about the Rebbe’s Mivtzyoyim, and the BRDC campers had a chance to learn hands on!
Op-Ed Response: Enough with the Real Racism
In response to this op-ed published earlier this week on CrownHeights.info on racism in Chabad, one community member responds that the only true racism is not holding up our African-American neighbors to the same standards as everyone else.
Amid Rise of Neo-Nazism, Montana Shluchim to Build Holocaust Museum
Holocaust Museum of Montana, a recently formed nonprofit by Shluchim to Bozeman Rabbi Chaim and Chavie Bruk, announced its plan to build an educational facility on 5 acres of land in the city.
Van Rams Tourists Near Barcelona Chabad Restaurant
A van driven by a suspected terrorist rammed into pedestrians in a popular tourist area of Barcelona, Spain, right outside a Kosher restaurant run by the local Chabad emissary, Rabbi Dovid Liberson. At least 13 people have been reported dead in the attack, and many were injured, none patrons of the restaurant.
2,000 Sets Not Enough: Toras Menachem on Sale Again
After setting an amazing record of selling 2,000 sets of the sixty Seforim of Toras Menachem in under 72 hours, Vaad Hanochos Belahak was contacted by many who were upset for having missed the opportunity to purchase the set for themselves. Now, the Vaad is announcing that those who missed out can once again place orders at the same subsidized price.
New Shluchim to Ohio
Rabbi Moshe Sasonkin and his wife, Mussie, are the children of Chabad Shluchim, so the idea for the couple to begin co-directing their own center at Kent State University in Ohio, came naturally.
Here’s My Story: A Holistic Approach
Professor Chaim Doron served as Director General of Kupat Holim Clalit from 1976 to 1988. A professor of Community Health at the University of Tel-Aviv, he was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project at his home in Ramat- Gan, Israel, in December of 2012.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Yosef Yitzchok Hakohen (J.P.) Perlow, 66, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the tragic and sudden passing of Dr. Yosef Yitzchok Hakohen Perlow OBM, a longtime resident of Crown Heights, on 24 Menachem Av. He was 66 years old.
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Mendy and Cheyenna (nee Borenstein) Hershkop (Crown Heights)
Baby Boy!
Nuttie and Brochie (nee Barnett) Shpigelman (Crown Heights)
Baby Boy!
Chanan and Shoshana (nee Etzkin) Nocks (Crown Heights)
Georgia Chabad Raises $255k for New Home
Two months after unveiling its new home south of Cumming, Chabad of Forsyth, Georgia, took a big step toward securing its financial foundation by raising more than a quarter of a million dollars in 24 hours.
New Bike Lane Installed in Crown Heights
The city’s newest 2-mile bike lane spans Classon Avenue from the southern edge of Crown Heights north to Bed-Stuy, after the family of a killed cyclist fought for more protected bike lanes.
Bar Mitzvah at Age 70 on Top of the Rockies
It was a cloudless day on Monday in Telluride, Colo., a small Western town high in the Rocky Mountains filled with forests and rivers. Telluride is full of tourists this time of year. “As I passed the busy town park, I saw two young men in the crowd. Their appearance was very distinctive, and I immediately recognized them as Jewish men.”
Op-Ed: A Practical Solution to the Tuition Crisis
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An anonymous member of the Crown Heights community submitted this op-ed, suggesting a simple and practical solution to the ongoing tuition crisis – a solution that restores power to the parents, and takes us back to the way things used to be long ago.
New Gourmet Food Cart Opens in Brooklyn Heights
Today there are no Kosher options in the entire Downtown Brooklyn area. There are also no wholesome, gourmet food carts or trucks in the area – for Kosher eaters and non-Kosher eaters alike. By using natural, minimally processed beef and serving handcrafted Burgers prepared fresh daily, JJ’s Holy Cow will shift consumer expectations of what a food cart can offer, as well as provide tens of thousands of Kosher consumers with great food.
Video: Know Your Life Purpose in 3 Minutes
No two people have the same fingerprints, and no two people have the same life mission. Finding your path in life can be a challenge. While it’s clear that humanity has a purpose, sometimes figuring out our unique purpose can seem daunting. In earlier generations, one might consult the local prophet to look over his soul and give direction. Being that this isn’t an option today, how do we go about figuring out the what our unique purpose is? Rabbi Pinchas Taylor lays out 5 tips which the sages discuss in order to help make that determination.
Chabad Settles on the Shores of Ibiza, Spain
From Chabad.org by Menachem Posner: The Spanish island of Ibiza has long been famous for its pristine Mediterranean waters, stunning … Continued
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Menachem (ben Motti) Feldman (Sydney, Australia) and Mushki (bas Shmulik) Kuperman (Moscow, Russia)
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Yehuda and Chana Rochel Apfelbaum (Crown Heights)
