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Moshe and Chana Naparstek (Crown Heights)
Colonial Pipeline Has Restarted Operations After Cyberattack
Colonial Pipeline restarted operations on Wednesday — after it was shut down for days over a cyberattack, causing major disruptions and panic-buying at gas stations across the Southeast.
Information To Be Menachem Avel The Zirkind Family
The Zirkind family will be sitting Shiva following the passing of their mother, Mrs. Raizel Zirkind OBM. Times and Location in extended article.
Police Release Video Of Suspected Murderer of Ephraim Gordon
The Baltimore Police Department has released video footage of two people they suspect are behind the murder of Ephraim Gordon OBM.
Lubavitch.com Launches New Podcast
Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier is a bimonthly podcast focusing on Chabad emissaries, or shluchim, their personal struggles and the people they inspire all around the globe.
German Synagogue Attacked, Multiple Arrests Made
German police have arrested 13 suspects in the past day in three anti-Semitic incidents, following the escalation in Israel and the Gaza Strip. The suspects threw stones at a synagogue, burned Israeli flags and set fire to a monument to a synagogue which was destroyed in the 1938 Kristallnacht riots.
Hundreds of Bochurim Join Hanachos program
The Vaad Hatmimim’s Hanachos program which was launched earlier this week for its third year in Mesivtas across America has kicked off with hundreds of Bochurim from 15 Mesivtas across the world watching video Farbrengens of the Rebbe and writing their very own Hanacha by heart in preparation for Gimmel Tammuz.
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended May 13th Through 15th
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations are suspended Thursday-Saturday, May 13-15, 2021 for Holidays. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
BDE: Rabbi Pinchas Pachter, 82, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Pinchas Pachter OBM, a long-time Lubavitcher in Paris, France. He passed away on Wednesday, Rosh Chodesh Sivan, 5781.
A Jewish Community Rises in Sun-Drenched Turks and Caicos
When Jill Swann moved to the Caribbean Island of Providenciales to teach windsurfing and sailing, she found just about everything she wanted in Turks and Caicos. All that was missing was Chabad, but not for long.
Over 1,000 Gas Stations Are Out of Fuel Across the Southeast After Pipeline Hack
More than 1,000 gas stations across America’s Southeast ran dry Tuesday amid a surge of panic buying spurred by the cyberattack that shut down the critical Colonial Pipeline.
3rd Day (Update 7:18pm): Over 1000 Rockets Launched, Targeted Assassinations, Gaza Infrastructure Targeted
The conflict raged overnight Tuesday, with hundreds of rockets raining down on Tel-Aviv, and Israel escalating it’s response.
BDE: Ruth Biber, 89, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Ruth (Rochel Bluma) Biber OBM, mother of Mrs. Hindy Lewis passed away on Wednesday, Rosh Chodesh Sivan, 5781.
Picture of the Day
The gate to a local Shul in the Israeli city of Lod stands broken and open after violent Arab rioters broke in and lit the shul on fire. This scene has playing out across the city, and the Jewish residents are being evacuated.
BDE: Chana Aidel Ottenstein, 63, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Chana Aidel Ottenstein OBM, a resident of Crown Heights. She passed away on Tuesday, the 29th of Iyar-May 11, 5781.
Biden Official Begs Drivers Not to ‘Hoard’ Gas as Pipeline Hack Causes Shortages
President Biden’s top energy official on Tuesday pleaded with people not to “hoard” gas as a ransomware attack against the Colonial Pipeline causes fuel shortages.
BDE: Mrs. Raizel Zirkind, 92, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Raizel Zirkind OBM, the wife of famed sofer Rabbi Eliezer Tzvi Zev Zirkind OBM, and matriarch of a large Lubavitch family. She passed away on Tuesday, the 29th of Iyar, 5781. Updated with Levaya information
