
Israels Ambassador Joins Purim Seudah in Crown Heights
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon visited the house of Rabbi Mendy Kotlarsky, and joined him for the Purim Seudah Thursday evening.
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon visited the house of Rabbi Mendy Kotlarsky, and joined him for the Purim Seudah Thursday evening.
The legendary Israeli spy who masterminded the capture of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann has died at 92. Rafi Eitan was a Mossad agent in 1960 when, acting on information gathered by several independent Nazi hunters, he was dispatched as head of an Israeli intelligence squad to Buenos Aires to intercept Eichmann on his way home.
What happens when you take a community with over 200 families and make it a mission to celebrate Purim across the city? Chabad of Coral Springs set out on a Mission yesterday, and we know that it was a success.
We present the Shalom Zochor list for the week of Shabbos Parshas Tzav:
I am pleased to announce that b’ezras Hashem my latest publication, Farbreng With Reb Binyomin Kletzker, (vol. 6 in the Early Chassidic Personalities series), is now available. Being that it is 260 pages, it is a hard cover book and I also changed the look of the cover. In honor of this milestone I am posting the first story in the book, as well as the farbreng (thought) on the story.
Follow the Purim spirit through Paris as it goes second arrondissement of Paris next to the Bourse, and from there to district 11. It does not stop in the 12th arrondissement with Rabbi Yosef Martinez, but goes from there to the Paleziel, the Jewish center of Paris, and then go to the Paris suburb of Seizen with Rabbi Mendy Ouaki.
The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday voted to adopt a report accusing Israel of human rights violations, including war crimes, for its response to violent riots and attacks on the Israeli border along the frontier with Gaza.
NCO’s from the NYPD 71st Precinct that covers the Crown Heights area made a stop this Purim to visit their newest and youngest members.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe as he exits the Mikvah on Union Street.
In light of the recent scandal involving college admission and the parents of students – we share a letter of the Rebbe on the topic of college education and the role and attitude of parents in the matter.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday made an unprecedented announcement, calling for the US to officially recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
We present a photo gallery of the faces and costumes seen around Crown Heights on Purim day 5779.
Mendel and Adel (nee Blank) Sirota (Crown Heights)
A little Police officer made a stop at the NYPD 90th Precinct located in Williamsburg Brooklyn, looking to track down the most wanted man on Purim, Haman. Instead, he was forced to settle for a photo op with the 90th Precinct bosses.
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for Chana Aviva bas Michla Orli, a newborn baby having open heart Surgery,
The Purim story like you have never seen it before. Puppets, music and strange people come together for this hilarious and poorly produced diamond from the Gezintahait Street engine room. Children and grown ups alike will enjoy this special and it comes with our risk free, money back guarantee. That’s right! If you don’t like it, you can have your money back… every penny!
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Gurewitz serves as the spiritual mentor of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Migdal HaEmek, Israel. He was interviewed in November of 2014.