DES MOINES, Iowa —
An eighth-grader from Iowa made it all the way to the seventh round of the National Spelling Bee, before tripping over a “t.”
Jonathan Hahn, 14, of Central Community School in Elkader, misspelled “Lubavitcher.” The word that means “a member of a Hasidic sect” disqualified the student.
An exhibition of pictures of the Rebbe will be on display at the Chabad House of Gramacy Park on Yud Aleph Nisan. The pictures were taken by N.Y. Times photographer Mark Asnin. Asnin worked in the Sunday Times and wrote an article about the Rebbe describing him as the “Urim V’Tumim of Crown Heights.”
In the coming weeks a special program on the disengagement plan, on the emotional bond between the Jew and his land, will be aired on several TV channels in the U.S. among them the Russian channel RTVI.
On Wednesday a TV crew arrived in 770 in Crown Heights and interviewed people saying “despite you living in the U.S. your opinion is of value to us.”
Ushpizin, the much acclaimed Israeli Charedi film will now be playing in N.Y. on Chol Hamoed Pesach. It is a rare opportunity to experience the film that won the hearts of Charedim and non-religious audiences in Israel alike. It is an authentic look in the Chassidic life in Meah Shearim, Jerusalem.
Ushpizin is the first Charedi film in Israel that is not played on Shabbos and Yom Tov and has the approval of many leading orthodox rabbis in Israel. It has even won the Israeli Critics Award for best film of 2004 and Shuli Rand won an Academy award for best actor.
The film will be shown at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place during Chol Hamoed Pesach.
Tickets are available through the Tribeca Film Festival website www.tribecafilmfestival.org or call 212-321-7400 or 866-941-FEST. Open from 10 AM – 6PM
Reserve your tickets now as availability is very limited. Call now.
On the Rebbe’s birthday, 11th of Nissan, thousands of children of Chabad institutes in New York will gather in 770.
A woman was killed when a mini-school bus jumped the curb and pinned the woman against a building in Brooklyn. Five others were injured in the accident, which involved the school bus and two other vehicles.
The accident occurred right across the street from the Ocean Ave. Hatzalah garage. Dozens of Flatbush Hatzalah members responded to the call.
Police say the accident which was on Ocean Avenue and Avenue N, occurred when a minivan hit a woman who was crossing the street while the light was against her. She was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries.
A mini school bus rear-ended an SUV that was slowing down for the accident, and another car hit the school bus — pushing it onto the curb. When the school bus jumped the curb it hit another woman on the sidewalk, pinning her against a building. That woman died at the scene.
Police say four people were taken to Maimonides Hospital, and the bus driver was taken to Kings County Hospital. They are all listed in stable condition.
Although reports indicate that their was only one fatality, witness’s reported seeing at least four bodies R”L covered by white sheets from the medical examiner.
Chabadnik.com has been informed that this year Yud Aleph Nisan, Aguch is planning to arrange for minyanim at the home of the Rebbe on President Street.
The Raksin family of Crown Heights is inviting all residents of the neighborhood and Temimim to take part in a Sefer Torah dedication tomorrow Thursday 5 Nisan on behalf of Rabbi Menachem Mendel and Chana and their family.
Conclusion of writing the letters will commence at 5 PM in their house 1410 Carroll St. and at 7 PM will proceed in a parade towards 770 where “hakofos” etc. will be held.
On Shabbos Parshas Shmini, Mesivta Oholei Torah, Hanholo and Bochurim totaling more than 120 people k”ah went on a Shabbaton to Saratoga Springs, NY.
The Bochurim were accompanied by the majority of the Hanholo, former camp, Yeshivas Kayitz head counselors and directors , as well as Rabbi Pesach Nussbaum from Montreal, Rabbi Zev Kadaner, and Rabbi Abba Rubin. (Shliach in Saratoga).
On the way they stopped off in the @ the Capital of New York State in Albany,
