Sunday evening in Boro Park, Rabbi Leibel Groner, secretary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, OBM, participated in the vort celebrating the engagement of the daughter of the Alexander Rebbe of Cleveland to the son of Reb Chaim Yakov Lebowitz, where he was honored with a seat at the head table.
While on a visit to Brussels, Belgium, for the launch of the “Counter Extremism Project,” former U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman and his wife Haddasah met with Rabbi Michoel Rosenblum, director of the EU Jewish Buildings and the European Synagogue – Ohel Eliezer. “My trips are never complete without meeting up with Chabad,” said Sen. Lieberman.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe touching the Mezuzah as he leaves his office to Daven downstairs, circa mid 1970s.
At Jerusalem’s Kraft Stadium yesterday, Rabbi Gershon Avtzon, director of the ‘RAP’ Yeshiva, put on Tefilin with Ron Mix, a Jewish pro-football player and NFL hall-of-famer. Though open and proud of his Jewish identity, it was Mix’s first time ever having done the Mitzvah.
This photo depicts the scene of a summer’s day on Kingston Avenue in the mid 1980s. Can you identify anyone in the photo?
Bochurim in the Smicha Program at Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim “Chovevei Torah” in Crown Heights pose for a group photo after they successfully completed their studies in the laws of Issur V’heter (Kashrus).
Just in time for summer vacation, one of the Twins from France stopped by the offices of the Friendship Circle of Brooklyn to donate hundreds of their latest DVDs to be enjoyed by all the families of the Friendship Circle over the summer months. The gift was heartily accepted by FC director Berel Majesky, himself a twin.
Some awaited it, some dreaded it, but after many months of speculation, the controversial Kingston Ave. bike lane is finally taking shape. Last night, clear markings were put in place by the NYC Dept. of Transportation indicating that a portion of one of Crown Heights’ busiest thoroughfares is now reserved for bicyclists.
A CrownHeights.info reader captured this photo in the Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Machester, UK, yesterday. Renowned Maggid Shiur Rabbi Moshe Wolberg engages in animated conversation with Rabbi Zalman Gopin, Mashpia in the Yeshiva of Kfar Chabad, Israel, who farbernged for the Yeshiva students during a stopover in Manchester en-route to New York for Gimmel Tammuz.
In this photo, taken in 1987, a group of Oholei Torah students lines up before class. Can you identify those in the photo?
A small group of Crown Heights children was spotted on Friday selling ice pops to passersby on the corner of Kingston Ave. and Carroll St. The aim of the sale was to raise money for a Jewish girl in California, Menucha Rochel bas Gila Elka, who is battling Yeneh Machlah and needs a speedy and complete recovery.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe as he leaves a Farbrengen in 1987.
Rabbi Yossi Lipsker presents Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and First Lady Lauren Baker with a Menorah and the Lamplighter Award at Chabad of the North Shore of Boston’s 23rd anniversary gala dinner.
A classroom-full of girls study diligently in this 30-year-old photo from Beis Rivka, taken in the mid 1980s. Can you identify anyone in the photo?
Former Connecticut United States Senator Joseph Lieberman was menachem avel the Klein family earlier today, who is sitting Shiva after the passing of their father Rabbi Binyomin Klein OBM, one the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s trusted secretaries.
Bochurim enrolled in the Semicha program at the Rabbinical College of America in Morristown, NJ posed for a group photo together with the schools dean Rabbi Moshe Herson and the Menahel Ruchni Rabbi Chaim Schapiro.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe during the distribution of Kos Shel Bracha, 1987.
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