New Engagement!
Schneur Weizner (Cleveland, OH) and Chaya Cohen (Cleveland, OH)
Survivors of Terror: Israel’s Double Orphans Grow Up
Ro’ee is a bright, energetic 14-year-old boy living in Jerusalem. He has dozens of friends at his yeshiva high school where he studies Torah at an advanced level. His grandfather loves to boast about his academic successes. The young man has big dreams for the future and has set impressive goals for himself. But Ro’ee is not your average teenager.
New Engagement!
Shmueli Lisbon (California) and Toby Carcienta (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Meir and Mushka (nee Goldman) Finck (Los Angeles, CA)
Judge Delays Opening of Homeless Shelter
A judge ruled on Friday to keep a controversial Crown Heights homeless shelter shut until the end of May to allow more time to resolve a lawsuit against the facility.
MTA Employee Arrested for Assault on Jewish Girl
An MTA station agent is under arrest after being accused of sexually abusing a 19-year-old Orthodox Jewish woman at the 18th Avenue subway station in Borough Park.
New Engagement!
Eli (ben Tzvi) Seewald (Crown Heights) and Batya (bas Moshe) Preger (Crown Heights)
Girls Join Older Sisters in School Amid Strike
Being that the younger grades of Bais Rivkah are currently undergoing a teachers’ strike, the students of Bais Rivkah’s older grades brought their little sisters with them to school today, giving their mothers a much-needed break to prepare for Shabbos.
Weekly Story: A Solution for Health Issues
As a youngster, when the Maharash would finish his schoolwork before his classmates, he would sometimes take apart the inside of his watch and then put it back together again. These minute pieces are typically only grasped with the assistance of special tools, but the Maharash would manipulate them expertly with his fingers.
Star Nutritionist Coming to Crown Heights
Can you eat muffins, cheesecakes, or join your friends in a restaurant and still lose weight? According to nutritionist Tanya Rosen, “Yes.”
Picture of the Day: Warsaw, Poland
Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, Vice-chairman of Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch, met with the Shluchim to Poland during his visit to the country as part of a tour he is currently conducting in various countries throughout Europe to strengthen the Shluchim and their families.
‘In the First Place, Go Over!’
Today, 2 Iyar, marks the birthday of the fourth Rebbe of Chabad, Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch, known as the Rebbe Maharash.
Shabbos at the Besht: The False Virtue of Skepticism
This Shabbos at the Besht, renowned author and lecturer Rabbi Manis Friedman will lead a discussion on the topic: The false virtue of skepticism.
Weekly JLI Video: A Prerequisite to Prayer
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. This week’s video for Parshas Tazria-Metzora is titled: The Inadequate Candidate.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe at the 1957 Lag Ba’omer Parade.
Weekly Letter: Why the Holocaust?
This week the world marked Holocaust Remembrance Day. In honor of the occasion, we present a letter from the Rebbe addressing the common question: why the Holocaust? The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s personal trusted secretary, Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
Judaism at World’s Biggest Home-Furnishings Show
It’s been 31 years that Blair Jonas, a furniture wholesaler from Minneapolis, has been attending the semi-annual International Home Furnishings Market in High Point, N.C., a city that has been called the “Furniture Capital of the World.”
