Today: Community Blood Drive
There will be a Ahavas Chesed Blood Drive Today, Sunday Feb 27th, starting at 3:00pm until 9:00pm at the Ahavas Chesed Center located at 271 Kingston Ave, between Lincoln Place and St Johns Place.
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Tunisian Jews Cautious Amidst Jasmine Revolution
by Hana Levi Julian – Chabad.org
Tunisian soldiers arrest a suspect after events in the Jasmine Revolution led to the departure of the country’s police forces. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Habib M’herni)
Three weeks ago, Israel airlifted 21 of its citizens out of harm’s way as Tunisians toppled the 23-year regime of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
Over 1 Million Cars Ticketed for Running Red Lights
NY Post
Red lights mean green for New York City. For the first time ever, the city ticketed more than 1 million vehicles for running a red light and getting caught on camera. The city’s 150 secret cameras — 50 were installed in 2009 — nabbed an average of 2,741 drivers a day in 2010, according to figures obtained by The Post through a Freedom of Information request.
NOW PLAYING: Jewish Kids Radio Show!
Now playing, exclusively on CrownHeights.info, the Jewish Kids Radio! Kids of all ages can now listen in to a meaningful program which includes a few chances to win great prizes, a few special story’s connected, and more!
With great sadness and deep pain we inform you of the untimly passing of Mrs. Matilda Chaya Kurkus OBM of Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the age of 47. Mrs. Kurkus was a beloved preschool teacher in both Garderie Levi Yitzchok and Montreal Torah Center.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Mrs. Chaya Kurkus OBM
With great sadness and deep pain we inform you of the untimly passing of Mrs. Matilda Chaya Kurkus OBM of Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the age of 47. Mrs. Kurkus was a beloved preschool teacher in both Garderie Levi Yitzchok and Montreal Torah Center.
This is a video of Rabbi Cunin, head Shliach of California, at the West Coast Kinnus Hashluchim. He shared what the Rebbe wrote to him when a fire in 1980 burned Chabad in Westwood and killed 3 people.
Video: Rabbi Shlomo Cunin How We Overcame Fire
This is a video of Rabbi Cunin, head Shliach of California, at the West Coast Kinnus Hashluchim. He shared what the Rebbe wrote to him when a fire in 1980 burned Chabad in Westwood and killed 3 people.
Beis Rivkah Acquires 9 New Properties
CrownHeights.info has learned that Beis Rivkah has acquired nine new lots adjacent to Campus Chomesh. The new properties will enable the school to expand and enlarge their building in order to accommodate the schools growing number of students.
Major Announcement: New Shul in Downtown Boston
The Kennedy family, Senator John Kerry, Teresa Heinz, musician David Lee Roth and businessman Jack Welch have an unlikely neighbor: A bearded Lubavitch bochur visibly sporting a yarmulka and tzitzis.
Priorities, Priorities! – Confusing The Book For The Cover
by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax. Fl
A philosophy professor stood before his class with some items in front of him. When the class began, he picked up a very large, empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, approximately two inches in diameter. He then asked the students if the jar was full and they agreed that it was.
Next, he picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
Aliya Youth go Restaurant Hopping
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Have you been out to a local restaurant lately and noticed a highly energized group of young men sitting together eating and learning. If you have it will come as no surprise.
Rabbi Jacobson to Address Army Chaplaincy
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson is keeping a high profile as he prepares for his second historic keynote address at the Senior Army Leadership Conference.
New Generation of Jewish Leaders Tour Chabad Headquarters
by Mordechai Lightstone – Lubavitch.com
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Chairman of Machne Israel and Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, Chabad’s social services and educational divisions. Photos by Mordechai Lightstone
A group of graduate students in the Hornstein Professional Leadership Program at Brandeis University visited Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brookyn, where they enjoyed a rare peek behind the scenes of the global organization.
Toyota recalls 2.17 million vehicles in US
WASHINGTON [AP] — Toyota Motor Corp. recalled 2.17 million vehicles in the United States on Thursday to address accelerator pedals that could become entrapped in floor mats or jammed in driver’s side carpeting, prompting federal regulators to close its investigation into the embattled automaker.
MONSEY — Part of running a good clean Mikvah is performing proper preventative maintenance. Tzemach Tzedek Mikvah recently completed its maintenance and the Mikvah will be reopened for normal use Friday morning.
Monsey Mikva Gets Refurbished
MONSEY — Part of running a good clean Mikvah is performing proper preventative maintenance. Tzemach Tzedek Mikvah recently completed its maintenance and the Mikvah will be reopened for normal use Friday morning.
New York City public school students take part in a ski trip during a winter camp run by the National Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Education’s Released Time Program.
Jewish students enrolled in the New York City public school system are participating in a winter camp run by the popular Chabad-Lubavitch run Released Time Program.
Public School Students Celebrate Judaism at Winter Camp
New York City public school students take part in a ski trip during a winter camp run by the National Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Education’s Released Time Program.
Jewish students enrolled in the New York City public school system are participating in a winter camp run by the popular Chabad-Lubavitch run Released Time Program.
South Florida Synagogue Sets Sail to Bahamas
A Jewish prayer service takes place on the Royal Caribbean line’s “Majesty of the Seas” during the Family Shul of Highland Lakes, Fla.’s trip to the Bahamas and back.
A Miami area synagogue set sail last week as 40 members of the Family Shul in Highland Lakes, Fla., climbed aboard the “Majesty of the Seas” for a five day, four night cruise to the Bahamas and back.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe!
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present a photo of the Rebbe at a rally for children returning from Jewish camps in the summer of 1959.
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