ULYANOVSK, Russia [CHI] — This past thursday, the 3rd of Tammuz, Ulyanovsk experienced a historical event! The first Jewish wedding, accompanied by a Chupa, took place. More than 100 people took part in this historical event, as Ulyanovsk did not see anything like this for nearly 80 years.
As CrownHeights.info published last week; a group of a 107 orphaned Bar Mitzvah aged boys, celebrated their coming of age at the Kotel with Colel Chabad (Click Here to Read Full Article).
S. BRUNSWICK, NJ [CHI] – A new torah was welcomed this past Sunday to the Chabad Jewish Center of South Bruswick. The torah was dedicated in memory of Reb Yisroel Halevi Duchman, and in honor of his wife Rebbetzin Rochel Duchman, by the Duchman Family.
MELBOURNE, Australia [CHI] — Melbourne’s new wholistic growth center, Spiritgrow, celebrated its ‘coming of age’ when it held its first Siyum Sefer Torah’ this past Sunday. Over 250 people crowded the soothing contours of the Spiritgrow building, after a colorful procession led by a retinue of drums and bongos from Caulfield Park along Balaclava Rd.
MONTICELLO, NY — Volunteer paramedics who wear long curling sideburns and black hats sat down Sunday with state agency representatives for breakfast and a side order of understanding.
The goal: coordinate efforts for the summer when the population and emergency calls rise dramatically.
ELLENVILLE, NY [CHI] – An intense four-day conference for the Shluchim at colleges and universities around the United States and beyond came to a close this afternoon.
Modeled after the popular Dvar-Malchus publication, which has brought an increase in learning Chassidus, as well as Chitas and Rambam daily, to the world of Chabad (and beyond), the new publication is geared for those who can use English as a tool in Torah learning.
NEW YORK (Reuters) — Yuri Foreman has been working towards becoming a rabbi and a boxing champion and is closing in on both targets.
The 28-year-old, a native Belarussian and Brooklynite by way of Israel, is a year and a half from earning a degree in rabbinical studies and one fight away from his childhood dream of winning a world title.
GIFFNOCK, Scotland [CHI] — Supporters of the ‘Shul in the Park’ mounted their bikes and together rode a total of 20 miles, starting out from Giffnock, and on through Fenwick Moors than back through Eaglesham. The ride was to raise funds for the youth events in the Shul at the Park.
This Wednesday, Tes Tamuz, marks the first Yartzeit of Chana (Raskin) Wolvovsky, who was tragically taken from us in the prime of her life.
Last Sunday, Chana’s life was eternalized as a Torah was dedicated in her memory, by the Chabad Jewish Center of Rancho S. Fe, California.
Rabbi Shaul and his wife Rosie (nee Duchman) Pearlstein of Crown Heights will IYH be moving out on Shlichus to Chattanooga, Tennessee where they will take on the duties as Shluchim and local Rabbi in the city.
The new Shluchim were brought out by Rabbi Levi Klein of Chabad Lubavitch of Tennessee.
Chattanooga is the fourth-largest city in Tennessee and counts over 3,000 local jews.
CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!
The new Shluchim can be reached at shaulp@gmail.com
Rabbi Yehoshua B. Gordon has been teaching a daily Chumash and Rashi class for the past twenty or so years. About 10 years ago, a daily Tanya class was added as well.
These two classes are now streamed live daily and are also available “On Demand.” The venue of this Shiur is Chabad of Encino, California, following morning Davening. The average daily attendance is 20-25 people and 40-60 people on Sundays, “Kain Yirbu.”
In conjunction with the devoted efforts of Chabad.org on the East Coast and Mr. Daniel Aharanov, a local lay leader in the digital media industry on the West Coast, this class is now available to the cyber-space community.
Classmates and teachers of a young Jewish girl who succumbed to a brain tumor remembered her for a maturity beyond her years and a profound love of Jewish people the world over. Chaya Mushka Ashkenazi, who passed away June 17 at Tel Hashomer Hospital in Tel Aviv, was the daughter of Rabbi Chaim Eliezer and Rochel Ashkenazi, Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in Bangkok, Thailand, since 2000. She was 7.
According to friends of the family, it was almost one year ago to the day that the Ashkenazis, who helped coordinate activities for all of Thailand’s five Chabad Houses, travelled back home to Israel for a wedding. Her parents wanted to give the girl and her five siblings a chance to spend quality time with their extended family in Kfar Chabad and Jerusalem, but not long after the wedding, Chaya Mushka complained of extreme headaches and of not feeling well in general. Tests revealed the worst.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Gimmel Tammuz is typically a time where all Chabad Chasidim go to the Rebbe’s Ohel and along the way many Lubavitchers will see others they haven’t seen in some time, however for one group of friends seeing each other on Gimmel Tammuz wasn’t something that was going to happen by accident or fortuitously, it was a long prior planned reunion of the 8th grade Oholei Torah of the year 5748/1988.
Oholei Torah’s eighth grade went to Washington DC for their graduation trip. They visited the White House, the US Mint, the Holocaust Museum and saw many other landmarks.
A Bochur from the Yeshiva in Chicago putting Tefillin on a train commuter heading downtown.
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