Paris Anash Gather for Kinus Torah
Honoring the Rebbe’s request and encouragement, a Kinus Torah was held in Paris, France, following the Yomtov of Pesach.
Parents Propose Paying Tuition to Teachers Directly
A proposal by Beth Rivkah parents to redirect their tuition checks to pay striking teachers directly was appreciated – yet rejected, and some involved said that in all likelihood school for grades 1 to 3 will not resume this year.
Siddur Tehillas Hashem Published in German
Marking Holocaust Remembrance Day today (Monday) in Israel and the Jewish world, Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, Rabbi of the Jewish community in Berlin and the Chabad Shliach in the German capital, has published a new siddur Tehillat Hashem with German translation.
Trump Lauds ‘Unbreakable Spirit of the Jewish People’
US President Donald Trump paid tribute to the victims of the Holocaust on Sunday and lauded Jewish courage in the face of genocide, in Holocaust Remembrance Day remarks.
Lazar: If Le Pen Wins Jews Should Leave France
Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar warned that French Jews should leave that country if extreme-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, who is leading in the polls, should win the election.
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Emmanuel and Necha (nee Laskey) Salazar (Crown Heights)
8:00pm: 28 Nissan – 26 Years Later, What Should We Be Doing?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 159, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Chassidus Applied to Pesach; How Should We Communicate with the Emotionally Immature? Are Dreams Significant? How Can We Excite Children About Mashiach without Disappointing Them? How Much is Too Much in Assuming New Restrictions Upon Oneself? Do We Have Double Standards When Dealing with Non-Orthodox Denominations?
CGI Parksville, NY Announces Head Staff
Gan Yisroel Parksville, NY has announced their head staff for the upcoming summer of 5777.
Sarah Hecht and her family
It’s Next Door, But It Might As Well Be Timbuktu
In a feature titled From Park Slope to Pudong, Lubavitch.com author Dvora Lakein profiled six women serving as Chabad emissaries in disparate places around the world. The fourth of the series is an interview with Mrs. Sarah Hecht of Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Virginia Tech to Mark 10th Anniversary of Shooting
Zack Silverman was just 10 years old when a Virginia Tech senior opened fire on campus on April 17, 2007, killing 32 people and wounding 17 others in what remains the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.
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Yitzchok and Shaindy (nee Horowitz) Miller (Crown Heights)
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Yecheskel and Chaya (nee Yaffee) Stein (Southfield, MI)
US Charges Israeli Teen for JCC Bomb Threats
The U.S. Justice Department announced on Friday that it was charging Michael Ron David Kadar, 18, with making threatening calls to JCCs, conveying false information to the police and cyberstalking.
Jewish Leaders Visit Grieving Deutsch Family
MK Aryeh Deri, a close family friend, visited the Deutsch family in their Jerusalem home to comfort them after the loss of their father and brother, Rabbi Mendel Deutsch, HYD, who passed away on Pesach six months after he was brutally beaten by thugs in the Ukrainian city of Zhitomir.
CTeen a Show of Force at March of the Living
For the first time ever, thousands of teens participating in March of the Living will enjoy the complete CTeen experience beneath a large pavilion erected in Warsaw specifically for the occasion.
Weekly Living Torah Video: Counting the Days
In a beautiful clip featured in this week’s Living Torah from JEM, the Rebbe addresss guests who had come to spend Pesach with him. Bidding them farewell, the Rebbe emphasizes the unique auspiciousness of the days of the Omer as we prepare to receive the Torah on Shavuos.
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Major Changes to How Credit Score Is Calculated
The math behind your credit score is getting an overhaul, with changes big enough that they might alter the behavior of both cautious spenders as well as riskier borrowers.
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