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Today: Aliya’s Second Annual Youth Giving Day
Today, Monday, Aliya and Aliya girls will join forces with several other centers for Jewish youth at risk for the second annual Day of Listening and Giving to Jewish Youth.
Bais Rivkah Primary Teachers Author Letter to Parents
Teachers in Beth Rivkah Elemnetary School have authored a letter to parents informing them of the current financial condition in the school, and an ultimatum that was issued to the schools director Rabbi Abraham Shemtov and the new board. If certain financial obligations cannot be met “there will be no school as of Friday, March 31.”
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: R’ Moshe Fishman, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing of R’ Moshe Fishman OBM, a member of the Chabad community in Los Angeles, California on Shabbos.
Historic Evening for GW Jewish Community
Hundreds of students at the George Washington University in Washington, DC came together for a Mega Challah Bake the likes of which GW has never seen before.
Photos: Levaya of Rabbi Dovid Steigman OBM
Hundreds gathered in front of 770 to attend the Levaya of noted Mashgiach and Shochet Rabbi Dovid Steigman OBM who passed away last week.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Rosalind Gordon, 95, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Sarah Raizel (Rosalind) Gordon OBM, wife of the late Rabbi Nison Gordon OBM, longtime residents of Crown Heights. She was 95 years old.
Sunday: Levaya of R’ Dovid Steigman OBM
Thanks to the efforts of many, the Levaya of Rabbi Dovid Steigman OBM, who passed away suddenly while in Italy, will take place on Sunday in New York.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mr. Harold Trigoboff, 92, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Tzvi Hirsch (Harold) Halevi Trigoboff OBM, father of Mrs. Hinda Leah Sharfstein (Crown Heights). He was 92 years old.
Info to be Menachem Avel the Junik Family
The Junik family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their dear husband and father, Rabbi Avrohom Boruch Junik OBM, who passed away Friday, Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Ki Sisa. The family is sitting Shiva at 501 Crown Street, between […]
Event Honors Friends and Supporters of Moscow Shul
Marking 16 years to the restoration of the Marina Roscha Shul in the capitol city of Moscow, Russia, supporters and friends were honored in an appreciation event aboard a ferry boat which sailed on the Moscow River.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: R. Avrohom Boruch Junik, 60, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Rabbi Avrohom Boruch Junik OBM, a resident of Crown Heights. He was 60 years old. Levaya times added.
Once Again, Beis Rivkah Teachers Mull Strike
Once Again: The parents of students in Beth Rivkah elementary school today received an email from the principals notifying them that second term report cards will not be distributed since the teachers have not been paid in over a month.
Legendary Educator and Mashpia’s Yahrtzeit Marked
Temimim in Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Antwerp, Belgium, held an uplifting farbrengen marking the Yahrtzeit of noted Mashpia Rabbi Moshe Weber, OBM.
Man Arrested After Stabbing Roommate
A man was attacked and stabbed multiple times in a “special needs housing space” in the basement of a Lefferts Avenue home in Crown Heights. The incident arose from a dispute between two roommates, say witnesses.
Pape Family Completes New Sefer Torah
A brand new Sefer Torah, commissioned by the Pape Family, was completed on Shushan Purim, in the memory of their grand-parents and in the merit of a complete and speedy recovery for their dear mother.
Photos: Purim on the Streets of Crown Heights #3
Frigid weather didn’t chill the joy of the holiday of Purim. Thousands of costume clad residents walked the streets of Crown Heights, hands filled with Mishloach Manot baskets to distribute to friends, as well as charity for the needy.
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