Photos: Visiting Day at CGI-Montreal
On Sunday, the campers of Gan Yisroel-Montreal were visited by their families, relatives and friends, who enjoyed many fun activities together both on and off camp grounds.
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Cemil Candas, Jewish deputy mayor in Istanbul, Turkey.
Jewish Deputy Mayor Shot in Turkey
A Jewish deputy mayor in Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, is in a critical condition after being shot in the head by an unknown assailant.
Corner of Lincoln Pl. and Nostrand Ave.
Delivery Man Critically Injured By Hit-And-Run Driver
A deliveryman was struck by a hit-and-run driver on Saturday night in Crown Heights, and remains in the hospital in critical condition.
Picture of the Day: Parking Galore
In an all-too-rare occurrence, parking is abundant on the streets of Crown Heights today, Sunday, as community members travel upstate to visit their children and siblings at the various summer camps on visiting day.
8:00pm: Is One Allowed to Distort the Truth for Peace?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 123, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Is One Allowed to Distort the Truth for Peace? Does Applying Chassidus Rob It of Its Purity? Can People Really Change? What is the Contemporary Relevance of Yud Beis Tammuz?
Video: It’s the Rebbe’s Camp
Eric, the beloved caretaker of Camp Gan Israel in the Catskills for several decades, has an important message to impart to the staff and campers.
JETS Completes 11th Year with Smicha Ceremony
JETS (The Jewish Educational Trade School) in Granada Hills, California, has completed its 11th successful school year and the JETS staff, students, and families are left with good memories, life lessons, and Chassidishe values learned and lived together.
A crew of men robbing neighborhood businesses at gunpoint hit up two more spots in Crown Heights, bringing the total number of stick-ups in one week to five, police said.
Armed Robbers Hit 2 More Crown Heights Stores
A crew of men robbing neighborhood businesses at gunpoint hit up two more spots in Crown Heights, bringing the total number of stick-ups in one week to five, police said.
Weekly Living Torah Video: Operation Lifeline
Rabbi David Hill headed the National Council of Young Israel from 1961 to 1965. Responding to a request from Prime Minister Golda Meir, he established Operation Lifeline, an organization to help provide assistance for Soviet Jewry. In turning to many Jewish leaders for help, he had a series of meetings with the Rebbe. It was during one of these meetings, that he received the information that he was seeking.
Campus Chabad House Burglarized
Jewish students and alumni at the University of Southern California (USC) expressed shock and rallied around the Chabad Jewish center after an overnight burglary earlier this week. Dozens of supportive messages were posted on social media, while benefactors immediately contributed several thousand dollars to help recoup the damage.
Shabbos at the Besht: Medicine on Shabbos
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Avraham Lerner will lead a discussion on the topic – Medicine on Shabbos.
Info to Be Menachem Avel Mrs. Chaya Magalnic
Mrs. Chaya Magalnic is sitting Shiva after the passing of her brother of blessed memory at 728 Montgomery St. [between Kingston and Albany Aves.] until Wednesday morning. Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion V’yerushalaim.
Planning Kicks Off for Kinus Hashluchim 5777
With five months to go, the Vaad HaKinus met to discuss details of the upcoming Kinus Hashluchim 5777.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis
Weekly Story: How Justice Brandeis Helped Save the Rebbe Rayatz
Oscar boarded the train in Boston and was joined by his brother in Springfield and they went to Washington. After dropping off their belongings in a hotel, they went to the Supreme Court building. Entering the building Oscar was immediately recognized by the receptionist who said, “Oscar it is so nice to see you, what brings you here this time?” Oscar replied, “I must see Justice Brandeis immediately.”
Chabad House in Nice, France
Chabad in Nice Won’t Cancel Shabbos Services
“We will not let this affect us, we will not let fear affect or damage the life of our community, just as France will not let fear of terrorism change it,” Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Pinson, Chabad Emissary to Nice, told the JTA on Friday. He reiterated that Shabbos services will proceed as planned.
South Florida Camps Unite for Hakel Gathering
Summer camps from across South Florida joined together for an annual camp unity day event, which was held in the Dezer Car Museum. Rabbi Shmuly Gutnick of Chabad Youth Network of Florida organized two incredible programs, one for the girls and one for the boys’ camps.
Left: scene of the attack. Right: Counselors with their campers at Gan Israel Nice.
Camp Counselors Were Feet Away from Terror Truck
Four camp counselors of Chabad of Nice were at the scene at the time of the horrific terror attack Thursday night, and were unharmed in what the local Shliach describes as a “miracle.”
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