The Brooklyn district attorney, facing a wave of public criticism about his handling of abuse allegations in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, on Thursday charged four men with attempting to silence an accuser by offering her and her boyfriend a $500,000 bribe, and threatening her boyfriend’s business.
The students of Yeshivas Lubavitch of Manchester, UK do Mivtzoim, reach out to Jews of all backgrounds and inspire hundreds, following the vision of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
This Sunday, 4th of Tammuz, at 4:00pm, family and friends will join together at Shain’s Shul (390 Kingston Ave.) to begin a Sefer Torah in honor and memory of Mrs. Itta Feiga Spitezki, OBM, in conjunction with her tenth yahrtzeit. Mrs. Spitezki was a longtime Shlucha of the Rebbe in Brussels, Belgium.
The Schapiro families will be completing the writing of a Sefer Torah in memory of their distinguished parents, Rabbi Lipa and Mrs. Chana Schapiro, and their beloved brother Rabbi Levi Yitzchak, OBM.
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Rabbi Y. Y. Yeruslavsky, chief Rabbi of Kiryat Malachi, Israel, on his way to spend Shabbos at the Ohel, davened Shachris at Beis Eliezer Yitzchok in Crown Heights this morning. The Shul’s rov, Rabbi D. Y. Levi, honored Rabbi Yeruslavsky with the opportunity to deliver the daily shiur on Shulchan Aruch after davening.
Anash of Los Angeles gathered at Cheder Menachem, the Chabad Elementary boys’ school, for their 8th annual Chayolei Tzivos Hashem Grand Expo.
This Shabbos at the Besht, in honor of Gimmel Tammuz, several lecturers will lead discussions on a variety of topics. On Friday evening Rabbi Shmuel Kuperman, Rabbi of the Besht, will deliver a special lecture. Rabbi Chaim Shuchat will lecture at 9:00am Shabbos morning, as well as at 8:00pm following mincha. Guest speaker Rabbi Mendel Lipskier, Shliach in Sherman Oaks, CA, will lead a large farbrengen on Shabbos afternoon after Shachris.
The first few hundred copies of a fascinating new biography of the Tzemach Tzedek, written by Rabbi Sholom D. Avtzon, have arrived in Crown Heights bookstores today.
This Shabbos, in honor of GImmel Tammuz, many Shuls in Crown Heights will be hosting a Farbrengen with a special guest who will give words of inspiration. Following is a list of 40 Crown Heights Shuls that will be hosting such an event on Shabbos afternoon.
After sponsoring the recent Siyum Hashas at Chovevei Torah, prominent Crown Heights attorney Rabbi Shimon Aharon Rosenfeld has once again rewarded excellent learning in the Chovevei Torah Zal. While most bochurim in the yeshiva have completed and mastered the entire Mesichta Kiddushin, Mendy Ross, Shaya Spielman and Shaya Zirkind were selected to be put through a complete and thorough testing of the entire 82 blatt meshichta memorized and all at one time.
Pictures from the L’chaim of Shlomo Bogart (Sharon, MA) and Chana Rosa Petrikovsky (Great Neck, NY), which took place at Eshel in Crown Heights.
Boys at Cheder Darchai Limud were rewarded with a trip to Strike Ten Lanes in Mill Basin, followed by a pizza and ice cream party at Dagan’s Pizza down the road. The boys had to work really hard for this trip; they were tested on the Chumash they had learned throughout the year, demonstrating mastery in the skills learnt and becoming engaged in the story from the text. For some of these boys, getting tested on entire perokim at once was quite a feat.
JETS (Jewish Educational Trade School) in California celebrated seven successful years at a graduation banquet on 24 Sivan.
An inspiring Farbrengen took place in Ohel Chana Seminary, Melbourne on Thursday night in preparation for Gimmel Tammuz. The seminary is unique in that it remains open throughout the entire year, even after the formal academic year has ended.
Just days before Gimmel Tammuz, friends gathered in support of the Camp F.R.E.E. – Gan Israel Scholarship Fund. The funds raised will help bring a summer of fun, friendship, and memories to children who may not otherwise have the opportunity to enjoy camp due to difficult economic circumstances.
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