Weekly JLI Video: A Home for Everyone
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. This week’s video for Parshas Ki Savo is titled: A Home for Everyone.
Photos: Labor Day Parade in Crown Heights
Millions attended the 50th annual Labor Day / West Indies Parade on Crown Heights’ main thoroughfare, Eastern Parkway, including Governor Andrew Cuomo, Senator Chuck Schumer and Mayor Bill de Blasio. Photographer Itzik Roytman was there to capture the scene.
Hurricane Irma strengthened into a dangerous Category 5 storm Tuesday as it roared toward the northeast Caribbean on a path that could take it to the United States.
Irma Strengthens to Category 5; South Florida in Path
Hurricane Irma strengthened into a dangerous Category 5 storm Tuesday as it roared toward the northeast Caribbean on a path that could take it to the United States.
College Volunteers Converge on Houston to Help
Student volunteers from college campuses from as far away as Boulder, Colo., arrived in Houston on Sunday to spend Labor Day weekend in sodden homes and drying streets, providing relief for victims of Harvey.
Video: When Can One Experience Real Joy?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Ki Tavo. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: When can one experience real Joy?
Low-End Calabria Esrogim Fetching $400 and Up
If you are one who is particular to buy a Calabria Esrog for Sukkos, you are likely to learn they are not readily available this year; and when they are, they are quite costly.
Oholei Torah Makes Calendars Available for Free
For the benefit of the Crown Heights community, Oholei Torah has made its new 5778 community calendars available free of charge at local neighborhood stores.
Miami Braces for Potential Category 4 Hurricane
There is an increasing chance that South Florida will be hit by Hurricane Irma — which is currently a Category 3 storm closing in on the Caribbean, and expected to grow to a category 4 — later this week and over the weekend, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said this morning.
Seven-Story Thailand Chabad Center Opens Doors
A 26,000-square-foot Chabad center with state-of-the-art amenities was inaugurated in Phuket, Thailand, just weeks before the High Holidays.
Wedding: Bentolila – Azoulay
Photos from the wedding of Benyamin Bentolila (Kinshasa, Congo) and Chana Azoulay (Levallois, France), which took place in Paris.
Baby Girl!
Shloime and Shoshi (nee Lerman) Eichler (Crown Heights)
The Day After: Chabad Brings Kindness and Comfort
Verónica G. Cárdenas, a photo-journalist based in the Rio Grande Valley on the south Texas border, documented the relief efforts of Rabbi Naftoli Schmukler, co-director of Chabad Coastal Bend, headquartered in Corpus Christi.
New Engagement!
Shloimy (ben Meyer) Gutnick (Crown Heights) and Dina Hirsch (Coral Springs, FL)
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2 Shot in Pre-Labor Day Violence; 1 Dead
Last night, Sunday, during the pre-Labor Day Parade ‘J’ouvert’ celebrations in and around Crown Heights, police responded to two shootings, one of which was fatal.
Two New Online Schools Open ‘Doors’ in Russia
The excitement could be felt in the voice of Rabbi Berl Lazar, Chief Rabbi of Russia, as he was honored with opening the first class of the new Jewish Online School. The pure faces of dozens of Jewish children were watching him from their screens from all over the country.
New Engagement!
Eli Charney (Toronto, Canada) and Raizy Erdvin (Toronto, Canada)
8:00pm: Are Marijuana and Chassidus Compatible?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 178, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: How Do We Apply Chai Elul to Our Lives? 120th anniversary of Tomchei Temimim; Why is Life So Challenging? Are Prayers from a Non-Jewish Origin Legitimate? Are Marijuana and Chassidus Compatible? What is the Difference between the Father’s and the Mother’s Contribution to the Soul of their Child?
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