CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Darchai Menachem recently announced the expansion of their afterschool program to incorporate boys from all schools in Crown Heights. The afterschool program consists of the Sparks Boys Choir, a first aid course, a photography course, and music.
MUMBAI, India [CHI] — With him scheduled to perform tomorrow morning from the Chabad House in Mumbai, Benny Friedman took some time to visit and perform at a memorial in the Knesset Eliyahu Synagogue in Mumbai.
Come Yud Tes Kislev, Yeshivos and Anash worldwide will gather in their respective places to view the newest release of “Farbrengen with the Rebbe”. The video is the 20th in the series that is prepared by Jewish Educational Media. The running time is 90 minutes, and it is complete with English, Hebrew and Yiddish subtitles.
Exactly one year after their children perished in the Mumbai terror attacks, Rabbi Nachman and Freida Holtzberg of New York and Rabbi Shimon Rosenberg of Afula, Israel, will participate in a memorial ceremony at the Nariman House, the heavily-damaged structure that once housed the city’s Chabad-Lubavitch center.
Amid complaints about flaws in the city’s new 911 system, New York City’s Police and Fire Departments on Friday announced steps to reduce the likelihood of mistakes in handling emergency fire calls.
The agencies said Police Department workers who take 911 calls would consult with a Fire Department operator to ask questions and verify the accuracy of the information before sending a computer message to a fire dispatcher to put firefighters into action.
The daughters of Mrs. Syma Lezerowitz OBM are sitting Shiva after her passing.
They are sitting at 1383 Union Street, between Brooklyn and New York Avenues. Phone: (718) 604-0624.
Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
Some people in Postville are doing what they can to get Sholom Rubashkin released from jail.
Rubashkin was found guilty of 86 charges of financial fraud earlier this month. He’s remained in jail ever since, facing possible sentencing of 1200 years.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Chairman of Merkos, arrived at the Nariman House this morning in Mumbai, India to partake in a memorial ceremony marking one year to the visiuse murders of the victims of 26/11.
Peretz Chein seems like a traditional Chabad rabbi-except for the fact that he reads Maimonides teachings from his BlackBerry and runs marathons in his spare time.
On Oct. 25, Rabbi Peretz Chein, the rabbi and director of Chabad at Brandeis, ran the Cape Cod Marathon with the Chabad Brandeis Marathon Team. Five of the team’s members are current Brandeis students: Yoni Cohen ’10, Josh Jick ’12, Meir Krinsky ’11, Dan Litwok ’10 and Justin Meltzer ’11. Two alumni, Michael Kann ’81 and Aaron Voldman ’09, also ran with the team.
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