Kinus Torah in Oholei Torah Mesivta
On Sunday the 10th of Sivan a Kinnus Torah was held, in the main zal of Oholei Torah Mesivta on Troy Avenue with the members of the hanhola, talmidim and special guests.
Achos Online Israel Trip Inspires Unity
by Hadassah Arnold
Hadassah Arnold is a Lubavitcher girl who attends school in Beis Yaakov, a program called Achos Online helps keep her connected to friends and Mivtzoim. Last week, along with fifteen other girls from 3 different states, she spent six days touring Eretz Yisroel.
Video: Narcotics Arrest Turns into Anti-Semitic Tirade
From the video
Tuesday night, just as Jews began celebrating the holiday of Shavuos, police officers were arresting two people for selling and buying illegal drugs just a few blocks away from 770. The incident then turned into a despicable racists rant by some of the residents.
New Engagement!
Mendel Bryski (Crown Heights) and Baila Wircberg (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Yehoshua Heshel Mishulovin (Los Angeles, CA) and Chanie Niasoff (Manchester, UK)
Montreal Holds Shavuos Kinus Torah
Following the Rebbes Horaah to hold Kinusei Torah after the holiday of Shavuos, the community in Montreal, Canada held one which began on Friday, Isru Chag.
Cyclist Struck and Killed on Eastern Parkway
NY Post
A bicyclist was killed after veering in front of a livery cab driver on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights early Sunday morning, police said.
Kosher Bites at the Beach
Levi Chayo, Chip Herwegh and Abe Chayo in front of Redondo Beach's first kosher restaurant.
REDONDO BEACH, CA — When Rabbi Yossi and Shterna Mintz opened their fledgling Chabad center in Redondo Beach, Calif., people told them it was a lost cause, saying that no Jews lived there.
Baby Boy!
Aaron and Ellie (nee Minkowicz) Drew (Crown Heights)
Info to be Menachem Avel Mrs Shoshana Dubroff
Mrs. Shoshana Dubroff is sitting shiva for the passing of her dear mother Mrs. Fraidel bas Lazer A”H Goldstein OBM, at her home 738 Lefferts Ave. on the 1st floor, until Thursday morning. Visitors and asked to please not come … Continued
Video: Shliach Blesses Freed Doctor
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A nine-month nightmare ended for professor Cyril Karabus, a 78-year-old former pediatric oncologist, who was arrested in Dubai. Hundreds greeted the freed man at the airport, among them Chabad Shliach Rabbi Asher Deren – who blessed him with Birchas Kohanim.
Defective Shabbat Timer Causes Fire in Chabad Shul
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JERUSALEM, Israel — A defective Shabbat timer was apparently the cause of a major fire at a Chabad synagogue in the Givat Shaul neighborhood of Jerusalem over the weekend.
Baby Girl!
Yankel and Chaya Mushka (nee Katzman) Raskin (Crown Heights)
New Mezuzah Campaign in Memory of Chana Brook
Having just mourned her passing on Yud Nissan, a mere two months ago, Chabad Lubavitch of Montana has launched a Mezuzah campaign in memory of Mrs. Chana Brook of Kfar Chabad that will bring hundreds of Mezuzot to Jewish families throughout the State.
Baby Girl!
Chesky and Rochel (nee Gould) Wasserman (Crown Heights)
Photos: Chovevei Torah Hosts Yarchei Kallah
The Bochurim of Mesivta and Beis Medrash Chovevei Torah prepared for Shavuos with a full-day Yarchei Kallah. Together with member of Crown Heights Anash, they spent an entire Sunday immersed in Torah, listening to fascinating shiurim on various topics related to Matan Torah and the sugyos they are learning in yeshiva.
YG Melbourne Hosts Shavuos Kinus Torah
The Rabbinical College of Australia & New Zealand (Yeshivah Gedolah – Melbourne) hosted a communal Kinus Torah on Sunday the tenth of Sivan (May 19, 2013). The Kinus was convened in conjunction with Shavuos, as per the Rebbe’s directive that a Kinus be held on, or immediately after, each Yom Tov.
NYT: Brooklyn’s Champs-Élysées
NY Times
Neighborhood sights: clockwise from top left, the main entrance to the Brooklyn Library’s Central Building; a stroll down the parkway; an old Police Department precinct building; the Brooklyn Museum.
Looking down Eastern Parkway from Grand Army Plaza’s Memorial Arch, past the Brooklyn Public Library, past the Botanic Garden and McKim, Mead and White’s Brooklyn Museum, you might be reminded of Paris and the broad avenues that radiate from the Arc de Triomphe.