New Engagement!
Eli (ben Tzvi) Seewald (Crown Heights) and Batya (bas Moshe) Preger (Crown Heights)
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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.”
Gino’s Chicago Pizza Goes Kosher
How one determined Chabad rabbi made the world-famous Gino’s deep dish kosher for Chicago’s Jews.
Report: Trump to Announce Embassy Move During Israel Visit
President Donald Trump is likely to use his upcoming trip to Israel to announce the relocation of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a senior Republican official said Thursday.
Baby Girl!
Dovber and Zisi (nee Kessler) Lewis (Crown Heights)
Chabad on Arizona Campus Opens ‘Chick-In’ Eatery
Jewish students at Arizona State University finally have a kosher meat restaurant on the Tempe campus they can enjoy.
BDS Targeted Companies Make Lots of Money
The Algemeiner reports that investing in companies targeted by the anti-Israel BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanction) movement would have been a sound strategy over the past year, with such companies having far outperformed the overall stock market.
Op-Ed: The Hypocrisy of Ritual Slaughter Bans
Writing for The Forward, Lubavitcher attorney and activist Eli Federman accuses European countries that ban Kosher and Halal ritual slaughter of hypocrisy, and points to antisemitism and Islamophobia – not animal welfare – as their primary motivation.
