One hundred twenty Shluchim and Shluchos arrived in Israel on Monday with seven hundred seventy members (770) of Chabad House communities to participate in JLI’s Land and Spirit Israel Experience. The group, traveling from across the US and Canada, as well as from Australia, Central, and South America, is the largest group to visit Israel this year.
Menachem Mendel and Rochie (nee Arnauve) Lifshitz (Crown Heights)
Following our story on Shomrim nabbing an alleged picky package thief, CBS News once again picked up on the story, expressing their fascination with the great work of Shomrim, and the brazenness of this alleged thief.
Amid a busy schedule covering the 2018 South by Southwest (SXSW) tech, music and film festival for New York’s TechCrunch website, writer Fitz Tepper will be taking a relaxing Shabbat break mid-conference, thanks to an organization called Tech Tribe and its #openShabbat program.
With Chassidim and Temimim arounbd the world preparing for Yud Alef Nissan, the day we mark the Rebbes 116th birthday, Vaad Hanachos Belahak has just released a new booklet containing four maamorim beginning with the possuk “Halelu es Hashem kol goyim,” the opening possuk of kapitel 117.
The 16 lucky winners of Hadar Hatorah’s 19th annual Purim raffle, the proceeds of which benefit the Crown Heights Yeshiva under the auspices of the NCFJE, have been announced:
Photographer Mendel Grossbaum set out on to capture Purim on streets of Crown Heights in a unique way, what he came away with was a slow motion montage that really illustrates the joy of the holiday.
Despite the raging snowstorm outside, the Jewish community in Sumy, Ukraine warmed themselves with a festive Seudas Purim prepared by the local Shluchim Rabbi Yechiel S. and Rochi Levitansky with the theme of kibutz goliyos in Yerushalayim.
Despite the snow storms and frigid cold weather thousands of people filled the Kharkov circus to hear the megilla and enjoy a full program in true Jewish Purim spirit.
Thousands of Shalach Manos, Nonstop Megilla readings, bringing joy to the elderly, lonely and Jewish prisoners. Thousands of Jews were swept up in holiday spirit in Russia’s capitol of Moscow.
Yossel Rosenberg (Monsey, NY) and Gitty Oberlander (Budapest, Hungary)
Yeshiva College and Our Big Kitchen hosted their annual Gala Dinner at Sydney’s International Convention Centre, in honour of Harry Triguboff’s 85th birthday. Over one thousand guests attended the event .
In a precedent-setting ruling an Israeli magistrate court judge ruled that the police “must make sure that Jews are able to pray on the Temple Mount” – in a ruling replete with harsh criticism of the police’s policies on the Temple Mount.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 204, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: How To Create Balance Between Tznius and Maintaining a Strong Emotional Passion Between Spouses? Is It Important to the Rebbe That I Live in Crown Heights? Is There Such a Thing as Healthy Anger? Should We Be Following Health Guidelines Regarding Time Between Pregnancies? What Is the Rebbe’s Opinion on Homebirth? How Do I Deal with a Spouse Who Does Not Share My Need for Emotional Connection?
Shraga and Fraydee (nee Boyarsky) Putter (Crown Heights)
A “party” hosted on Purim eve was reminiscent of the party that was hosted by King Achashverosh, replete with mingling, food, live music and even a belly dancer, has drawn widespread shock and outrage – even forcing a Kashrus agency to rethink their policies for parties at venues they certify, and the venue to distance itself from the event.
David Feinberg (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Mushky Israel (Sydney, Australia)
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