The annual gathering of the Congress heads and rabbis was held in Jerusalem and ended in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, concluding two glorious days that were celebrated by the distinguished participants who came together. They were joined by the local Bukharian Jews, led by the rabbi of Uzbekistan and Chabad emissary Rabbi Baruch Abramtzayev.
As the CTeen International Shabbaton draws closer, chapters from around the world have begun preparing for the momentous and record breaking weekend.
Yossi Cohen (Montreal, Canada) and Mushka Rivkin (New Orleans, LA)
In the spirit of the month of Adar, the PTA of United Lubavitcher Yeshiva arranged a Simchas Adar Drum Circle with which the Talmidim ushered in the joyous month.
Mendel Hertz (Chicago, IL) and Rikki Levertov (Austin TX)
Boasting thousands of articles and videos on topics of Torah and Chassidus, Chabad.org has launched an internet radio station – offering yet another way to tune into a shiur.
JLI presents its unique new two-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from a timely tale, titled; Are there things you do just because “everyone does it”?
Sender (ben Akiva) Perl (Crown Heights) and Mushky (bas Shmuel) Eidelman (Crown Heights)
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 202, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: What Would the Rebbe Say About the Recent School Shootings? Isn’t the Bar-Mitzvah Maamar Too Difficult for Our Children? Can We Understand G-d? How to Be an Emotionally Warm Person? Is it Appropriate to Read Secular Self-Help Books? Why Do We Assume That G-d Is Absolute Goodness?
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations are suspended on Monday, February 19, 2018 for Washington’s Birthday (President’s Day). All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Thursday evening, family and friends of Hatomim Shlomo Sholom Barshevitsky OBM gathered to fill in the final letters of a Sefer Torah that has been written in his memory.
David (ben Avrohom) New (Crown Heights) and Elka (bas Zvi) Boymelgreen (Miami, FL)
Eli and Mushka (nee Samuels) Simon (Manchester, England)
Twenty-eight years ago, Cyril Ramaphosa stood outside Cape Town’s city hall, holding a microphone for Nelson Mandela, who had just been released from prison. This week, days before he assumed the South African presidency, Ramaphosa stood at the very same spot, celebrating 100 years since his mentor’s birth, and received the blessings of Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Asher Deren, chairman of the Rabbinical Association of the Western Cape.
Shaya and Shaina (nee Gershovitz) Gopin (Crown Heights)
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