Chabad Couple Honored at Bet-El Gala Dinner

Mushkee and Dovid Efune accept the Young Leadership Award, with Eugen Gluck (right) and Israeli MK Yakov “Ketzele” Katz. Photo: Maxine Dovere.

On an extraordinarily warm December evening, more than a thousand supporters of Bet El Yeshiva Center came to the Marriot Marquis Hotel in New York City to celebrate a gathering of the generations, at the Friends of Beit El Yeshiva annual Gala, Sunday, December 4.

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Shuchat Extradition Delayed Until Summer

Left: Yitzchak Shuchat. Right: Andrew Charles.

Three weeks after an Israeli court approved a request by Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes to extradite a former Crown Heights resident to the United States in order to face bias charges in a 2008 attack, the Israeli supreme court has granted an appeal and will delay the extradition until July 2012, VIN News has learned.

Info to Be Menachem Avel the Pinson Family

The Pinson family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their mother, Rochel OBM, at 625 Montgomery Street [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]

Shachris: 7:30, 8:30, 10:00
Mincha: 4:00 (12:30 on Friday)
Maariv: Tzeis

Please send memories and condolences to: pinson625@gmail.com

Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim

Another Gunman Loose at Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech goes into lock down.

Richmond, VA [CHI] – Reports are emerging from Virginia Tech University that a police officer has been shot; a possible second victim has been reported at a parking lot near the campus. The entire university is in Lock down mode, with security officials warning everyone to remain behind securely locked doors until the gunman is apprehended.

Suspicious Fire Kills Man, Injures 2 in Crown Heights

NY Daily News

A fatal fire tore through a Crown Heights apartment building on Albany Ave. and Sterling Pl. Thursday morning, leaving one man dead and another resident and a firefighter injured, officials said.

Return of the Absolutely Marvelous Middos Machine!

After a twenty five year hiatus, some of the best loved characters in Jewish children’s music have been resurrected with today’s release of the fourth installment in the Marvelous Midos Machine album series.

Video: What makes a shaliach successful?

Torah Cafè

As one of the linchpins of the Kinus Hashluchim, hundreds of community members gathered for the Lay Leadership Conference this past Sunday. Participants listened to inspiring speakers, among which was the animated shaliach to California, Rabbi Chaim Mentz.

Boruch Dayan Ha’emes: Mrs. Rachel Pinson OBM

It is with great sadness that we inform you of the untimely passing of Hatzidkanis Mrs. Rachel Bas Sara Pinson of Crown Heights. The Funeral will take place tomorrow, G-d willing, Thursday Dec 8th – 12 Kislev at 10:15 am at the Shomrei Hadas Chapel in Boro Park, 3803 14th Ave. The procession will continue afterwards through Eastern Parkway and stop in front of 770.