Daily Archives: September 26, 2006

Guest and Keynote Speakers Announced For This Years Kinus

In a little under two months the International Kinus Hashluchim with over 2000 Shluchim worldwide will convene all under one roof for the annual banquet that takes place each year.

Recently CrownHeights.info has learned that the Keynote speaker this year will be R. Yosef Chaim Kantor the head Shliach to Thailand. Mr. Shmuel (Sami) Rohr, who heads the Rohr Family Foundation that support Shluchim around the world as well as programs headed up by Chabad, has been announced as the guest speaker.

Amidst the hustle and bustle; meaningful programming for Bochurim

The streets of Crown Heights are bursting with action, men women and children from around the world have gathered for “Tishrei in the Rebbe’s Court”. While sometimes the extra load of people can be burdensome; extra long lines in our local stores, extra pushing and shoving in 770, over flowing usage of the Mikva’s, to name a few. We know that the Rebbe was very supportive of hachnosas orchim, and the residents of the Shechuna, as always, have stepped up to the task.

Amidst all this hustle and bustle, The Vaad Hatmimim – International committee for bochurim – have taken upon themselves the task of making the month long stay meaningful and inspirational, for the estimated 1000 guest Bachurim. A wide array of programming assures that the bachurim not only use their time here wisely, but also that they go back home with a greater understanding, in how they can be real Chassidim in today’s trying times.

Chabad’s Prison Chaplaincy: Reaching Out Behind Bars

Most 20 year-olds from Brooklyn would agree that a road trip through California would rank near the top of the list of great things to do during the summer. But for Ari Shapiro and Chaim Bronstein, the road trip experience focused on something other than fun and sun. These two young Chabad rabbis have spent the hot summer weeks touring California’s prisons.

Jews reflect and cleanse on Rosh Hashana

When children crafted shofars by curing, measuring, saw-ing, drilling and polishing rams’ horns Sunday, Rabbi Raleigh Resnick hoped that the experience would leave an everlasting impression on their young minds.

By using their hands to fash-ion, their noses to smell and their ears to hear the sound the instrument makes, Resnick — rabbi for Chabad of the Tri-Valley — aimed to help the youth make a connection to Rosh Hashana.

Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, began Friday and heralded the start of the 10-day period called the Days of Awe that culminates on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.

Brooklyn Politics: The Changing Same

In a race marked by racial tensions and the declining fortune of the Brooklyn Democratic machine, Yvette Clarke squeaked out a Democratic primary victory in central Brooklyn’s 11th Congressional district on Sept. 12. Clarke came in with 31 percent of the vote, just ahead of insurgent candidate David Yassky’s 26 percent.

A new staff for Moses

From the living room of his Scripps Ranch home, with an iced green tea from Starbucks and an iBook laptop plugged into cyberspace, Rabbi Dovid Smoller is ready for another evening of making like Moses.

For three hours each Thursday evening, Smoller uses the keyboard to lead people out of the wilderness of questions to a Promised Land of answers.

He is one of 40 Jewish scholars from around the world who take turns fielding online chats for AskMoses.com, a Web site sponsored by Chabad of California and named for the prophet who, among other accomplishments, led the Hebrews out of Egypt and delivered the Ten Commandments.