Residents of Crown Heights and the surrounding neighborhoods are invited to participate in an upcoming virtual presentation by the NYC Department of Transportation regarding the future of Grand Army Plaza and the surrounding public spaces.
During the first farbrengen of the second day of Shavuot 5749 (1989), the Rebbe instructed Rabbi Menachem Gerlitzky to conduct a siyum on the Rambam’s halachos. From that point on, it became an established custom to mark the completion of each section of the Rambam with a formal siyum. Presented here is a recording of that historic siyum and gathering.
Dr. Miriam Grossman is a board-certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist and the author of five books, including: The Wonder of Becoming You; Unprotected; You’re Teaching My Child WHAT? and Lost in Trans Nation. Her work has been translated into twelve languages. She was interviewed in January 2026.
The slain servicewoman is named as Sgt. Rotem Yanai, 20, a service conditions NCO in the Givati Brigade’s Rotem Battalion, from Giv’at Ada.
