New Engagement!
Tzvi Freund (Crown Heights) and Chana Esther (bas Meir) Okunov (Crown Heights)
Emissary in Exile: Ukraine Shlucha Tells of Rockets, Refugees and Resilience
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Mrs. Chana Gopin, Chabad Emissary to Lugansk, Ukraine.
When Chani Gopin and her husband moved to Lugansk 15 years ago to open a Chabad center in the small Eastern Ukrainian city, she thought it would be hard. But she had no idea just how hard it would be.
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Cteen’ers Take Group Photos
Boys and girls participating in the Cteen Shabbaton braved some frigid and snowy weather to posed for two group photos Sunday afternoon.
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Hadar Hatorah Annual Purim Raffle
Berkeley Student Senate Passes Bill Condemning Anti-Semitism
File photo: a UC-Berkeley Student Senate hearing.
Jewish students at UC Berkeley were in a celebratory mood last Wednesday night after the unanimous passing (20-0) of a bill by the student government (ASUC) condemning anti-Semitism. The bill empowers Jewish students “to define, within the guidelines of the nationally recognized definition put forth by the United States State Department, what is and is not antisemitism, in the same manner in which other communities are granted that right.”
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Crown Heights Teacher Arrested Charged with Child Molestation
A tutor working in boy’s schools in Crown Heights was arrested last week and charged with a number of heinous crimes, including child molestation and endangerment. Neighborhood schools release statements on his arrest.
4 Children Rescued from Crown Heights Fire that Hurt 9
Four children were rescued from a burning second-floor apartment when they were dropped into neighbors’ arms as families crawled to safety from a fire that injured nine people, one critically, witnesses and officials said.
Chevron Shliach Receives Death Threats on Facebook
A Chabad Shliach active in the Israeli city of Chevron has received a number of alarming death threats on his facebook page. The threats appear to be coming from a Hamas aligned Palestinian terrorist.
1 Year to the Passing of Beloved Mother and Shlucha
Sunday, Yud Adar, marks one year to the sudden and shocking passing of Rashi Minkowicz, a young mother and Shlucha, who was well known and loved by all who knew her. In her memory many of the programs she conducted at her Chabad House were continued in her memory around the world.
NYC Preparing for Snow After Cold Month
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After a frigid February, New York City is preparing to start March with a snowstorm, with 3 inches expected to fall late Sunday afternoon.
Man Attacked by Arabs Near Chabad House
Eldar Hughes (right) was attacked in front of the Chabad House in Kfar Saba (left).
Eldar Hughes, a 31-year-old man from Kfar Saba, was attacked tonight, Motzei Shabbos by Arab assailants near a Chabad House in the Israeli town.
LIVE AT 8:45pm: Havdalah in Times Square
A special event for Jewish teens in New York’s Time Square displaying Jewish pride and unity, featuring a special havdalah ceremony, inspiration and concert.
1,500 Teens Gather in NYC for CTeen Shabbaton
1500 teens from 186 cities from 10 countries worldwide participate in the annual Chabad Teen Network – CTeen Shabbaton, which began Friday in New York.
Baby Boy!
Yanky and Chava (nee Rittri) Gitler (Monsey, NY)
New Engagement!
Menachem Mendel Lieberman (Crown Heights) and Itty Wagner (Toronto, Canada)
Weekly Living Torah Video: 75 Years of Lubavitch in America
This Shabbos marks 75 years since the Previous Rebbe came to America; it was then that he proclaimed “America iz nisht andersh” and totally changed American Jewry. Seen here is footage of the Rebbe arriving to America, along with historical narration from people who witnessed it.
Tomorrow: 75 Years Since Previous Rebbe’s Arrival in U.S.
Tomorrow, the 9th of Adar, will mark 75 years since the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn, arrived at the shores of New York City from war-torn Europe in 1940.
Mothers and Daughters Unite on Chof Beis Shvat
Chana Hirschowitz, a student at Ohel Chana Seminary in Melbourne, Australia, describes the momentous day of Chof Beis Shvat experienced this year by the students of Ohel Chana.
Shabbos at the Besht: The Inner Altar
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Sholom Dovid Geisinsky will lead a discussion on the topic – Mizbeiach Hapnimi In Halacha And Agadah.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe during a Yechidus with donors to the Machane Yisroel Development Fund.
Baby Boy!
Mendy and Shaindy (nee Oster) Karczag (Crown Heights)
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Friday
Alternate Side Parking regulations will be suspended Friday, February 27, due to cold weather conditions. Payment at parking meters will remain in effect throughout the city.
Baby Girl!
Yermi and Rena (nee Greenberg) Udkoff (San Diego, CA)
