This Weeks Shalom Zochor List
We present the Shalom Zochor list for the week of parshas Bo:
We present the Shalom Zochor list for the week of parshas Bo:
New “No Parking” signs were added in at least two locations in Crown Heights Thursday. One by Empire Shteible, and another on East New York behind the Beis Rivkah building.
Crown Heights Shomrim has released surveillance video of a phone snatching that was previously reported on crownheights.info. The phone was not recovered in the Tuesday incident.
JLI’s course, “Crime and Consequence” will explore relevant questions: “What’s the purpose of prison: punishment, deterrence or rehabilitation?” and “What’s Judaism’s position on the death penalty?” and “Can criminals ever make amends, and if so, how?” The course draws on ancient Jewish sources to address issues of relevance to our present-day reality.
The US-led coalition against Islamic State has begun the process of withdrawing from Syria, a spokesman said on Friday, indicating the start of an American pullout that has been clouded by mixed messages from Washington.
In lieu of a story, this weeks will be an article as a tribute to my brother Reb Yonah who was niftar this past Wednesday morning. Rabbi Avtzon is a veteran mechanech and the author of numerous books on the Rebbeim and their chassidim. He can be contacted at avtzonbooks@gmail.com
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe during the davening of Maariv in the small shul upstairs in 770.