CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Parents gathered Wednesday night in the ballroom at Oholei Torah for a ‘fascinating and inspiring’ seminar on parenting and Chinuch, led by renowned Mechanech, and behavioral therapist Rabbi Yaakov Shputz.
ISRAEL — A new building in the enlarged and improved Grabski Multiple Sclerosis Center in Migdal HaEmek was inaugurated this week in a ceremony attended by Welfare Minister Yitzchak Herzog. The center is Israel’s first and only dedicated residential and outpatient center devoted exclusively to patients suffering from Multiple Sclerosis, a degenerative disease that ultimately leads to complete incapacitation.
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When Rabbi Yosef and Rochel Levertov moved to the Lone Star state in 1984, its capital, Austin, had only a fledgling Jewish community. Initially, the couple’s mission was to serve the student body of the University of Texas (Jewish population: 4,000). Since then, they have expanded their efforts to include the greater Austin area, and have hired a young rabbi a (UT alumnus) to serve as the campus representative. A highly-acclaimed elementary school, holiday and Shabbat offerings, and a full roster of classes are only a smidgen of what the Levertovs have provided the Austin community.
A beautiful Teshura was distributed at the Markowitz-Lokshin wedding on Sunday evening in Crown Heights.
Who are American Jewry’s heroes?
Mostly, they’re Lubavitchers. Or so it seemed, when the Jewish Federations of North America — the organization that until recently was called United Jewish Communities — announced the semifinalists of its online competition to select the winner of the inaugural Jewish Community Hero Award. Twelve of the 20 semifinalists were members of the Hasidic Chabad-Lubavitch sect, and Chabad’s dominance among the results has made the competition a target for some critics.
CrownHeights.info and The Avner are happy to present a Beautiful Photo of the Rebbe from the winter of 1970. to learn more about the Rebbe Visit: portraitofaleader.org
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