Shula’s Library Marks Namesake’s Fifth Yahrtzeit
A special magic show and rally marked the first anniversary of Shula’s Library in Jerusalem on Monday. The library is named after Shula Swerdlow, who passed away five years ago at age 3.
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Tel Aviv Shliach: Israeli Jews Are Assimilating
In an address to hundreds of senior officials at the Education Ministry in Jerusalem, including Education Minister Shai Piron and the Director General of the Ministry, Rabbi Yoseph Gerlitzky, the head Shliach to Tel Aviv-Yaffo and Chief Rabbi of Central Tel Aviv, bemoaned the education system in Israel, saying that “the existence of the State of Israel alone is not the solution to assimilation. Only an authentic Jewish education instilled with Jewish pride can stem the tide of assimilation.”
New Jewish Community Center in Southern Russia
Together with hundreds of community members and distinguished guests, Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar participated this Sunday in the historical opening ceremony of the new Jewish community center in Krasnodar, Russia.
Photo: Shturem.net
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Yosef Ladaew, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Yosef Sholom Ladaew, OBM, of Nachlas Har Chabad, Israel.
Weekly Living Torah Video: Hebron, City of Levites
Yitzchak Herzog, chairman of Israel’s Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition, recalls his visit to 770 one Simchas Torah with his father, Chaim Herzog, who was then Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations.
Rabbi Zev and Irina Vagner.
Irina Vagner, 63, Paragon of Faith and Maternal Concern
Irina Vagner, 63, was known for spreading Jewish awareness and warmth under adverse conditions in the Soviet Union, in Israel, and then again as a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary in post-Communist Russia, leaving behind a legacy of self-sacrifice and love. She passed away suddenly on Oct. 18.
Keynote, Guest Speakers Announced for Kinus Banquet
With mere weeks remaining until the start of the International Kinnus Hashluchim, 5775, CrownHeights.info has learned the identities of those who will be delivering the Keynote and Guest Speaker addresses at the grand banquet this year – the highlight of the four-day event.
A Bar Mitzvah Filled with Meaning and Memory
Staff Sgt. Oz Mendelovich was 21 years old when he died in Gaza during this past summer’s Operation Protective Edge. He had joined the Israel Defense Forces in 2012, bravely following in the footsteps of his courageous father by serving in the famed but high-risk Golani Brigade.
Speed Limit Drops to 25 MPH Citywide Next Week
Mayor Bill de Blasio signed legislation today that will lower the default speed limit in New York City from 30 to 25 miles per hour. Beginning November 7, the speed limit on all streets will be 25 mph, unless otherwise posted.
Rebbetzin Chani Lifshitz visits injured Israelis after a bus overturned on a scenic road, where 11 died and over 50 were injured. Photo: Lubavitch.com.
Israeli Chief Rabbi Thanks ‘Ambassadors of the Jewish Nation’ in Nepal
Chabad emissaries to the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu, Rabbi Chezki and Chana Lifschitz, received a surprise telephone call from Israel on Saturday night after Shabbat, from none other than the Israeli Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi David Lau.
The Rebbe and Lieutenant Abraham Kushner.
For Law Student at Chapel Hill, A Circle Closes
When Kathryn Kushner first walked into Chabad at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, her grandfather Abraham Kushner, a Lieutenant in the New York Police Department, must have been smiling. Lt. Kushner, who served the NYPD for close to four decades, acted for many years as the liaison with Jewish groups and the department.
5-Year-Old NYC Boy Feared to Have Ebola
A 5-year-old boy, who recently returned from West Africa, is being observed in isolation at Bellevue Hospital in New York City for possible Ebola symptoms. If he tests positive, it would mark the second incidence of the deadly virus’ spread to New York City.
Update: Boy tests negative.
Video: The Science Of Happiness
This video was created to introduce “How Happiness Thinks,” a new 6-week course from JLI, with instructor Rabbi Yochanan Posner.
8:00pm: Toxic People, Caretaking, Advice for the Elderly, Looking to the Rebbe and His Igros
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 40, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the following topics: Toxic People, Caretaking, Advice for the Elderly and Looking to the Rebbe and His Igros.
Teens Make Charity Boxes for Ukraine’s Needy
Teenagers in Fairfax, Virginia, created charity boxes that, once filled, will go to the needy in Ukraine. A part of the CTeen program at Chabad Lubavitch of Northern Virginia, the kids created their own boxes out of cutout cardboard, with the goal of dropping in a few coins of loose change every day.
Revealed: 10-Year-Old Rabbinical Ban on COTS Precursor
As a follow up to our Thursday article regarding the attempts of some to reintroduce the ‘Call of the Shofar’ program into the Chabad community under a different name, we present a letter signed 10 years ago by the leading Rabbonim and Admorim of Montreal against the ‘Landmark Forum,’ off which COTS is based.
2 of 3 Suspects in Brutal Mugging in Police Custody
Police have arrested two of the three men suspected of viciously beating and robbing a young woman in Crown Heights earlier this month.
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