
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe during a Farbrengen in the early 1970s.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe during a Farbrengen in the early 1970s.
Men dance joyously at a colleague’s wedding in the ballroom of Oholei Torah, also known at the time as The Brooklyn Jewish Center, circa mid 1980s. Can you identify anyone in the photo, or what year it was taken?
Rabbi Levi Hecht of Chabad of Ellenville, NY, puts on Tefillin with a local Jewish Police Officer.
A group of Beis Rivkah students gather on the staircase for a photo in the mid 1980s. Can you identify those in the photo, and what year it was taken?
Chabad of Johannesburg, South Africa, brought the ‘Change Our World For Good’ campaign to Australia, at an event last week in Melbourne. The campaign encourages people to place their change in charity boxes in the shape of a yellow ark and donate it to a good cause of their choice.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe saying L’chaim with the elder Chassidim sitting behind him at a Farbrengen in the early 1970s.
Two young men stand on a Crown Heights street and review the latest pamphlet of the Rebbe’s Sichos released by the Vaad. Can you identify those in the photo, where or when it was taken?
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?