Baby Girl!
Tzvi Hirsh and Rikki (nee Gurevich) Altein (Crown Heights)
Bochurim Learn About the Rebbe’s Youth
Some 200 Bochurim and Anash gathered Motzei Shabbos at the Kolel in Crown Heights for a fascinating presentation on the Rebbe’s early years, including his childhood and youth.
The (Released Time) Student Becomes the Teacher
In the offices of the NCFJE, surrounded by shelves of neatly packed briefcases, sits Rabbi Shazak Zirkind in his classic hat and frock. With a smile that melts your heart he says that he would do everything in his power to help even one Jewish child. And he means it.
Video: Carpool Karaoke with Shmueli Ungar
Shmueli Ungar takes a drive with Meir Kay as he discusses his album, life as a singer, and of course some good old fashioned singing together along the way.
VIDEO: Man’s Clothes Stolen in Friday Night Robbery
A Jewish man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday night in Far Rockaway by a thief who made him take off his clothes before fleeing with them.
Weekly Thought: Keeping the Korban Pesach at Home
Why was the first Korban Pesach taken three days in advance of the actual offering? Why was it kept in their homes? Parshas Bo is read always on the Shabbos preceding Yud Shvat, what’s the connection? Rabbi Avrohom Brashevitzky, Shliach to Doral, FL, shares his thoughts on this week’s Parsha – Bo.
Weekly Story: The Greatest Comeback
One year our friend Yaakov received a phone call, Yisroel, his best friend for many years was calling to inform him that he finally found his bashert, a wonderful lady and the chassunah is going to take place sometime later in the year. Yaakov wished Yisroel mazal tov and told him, ‘Nothing will prevent me from attending your wedding. Not even a blizzard. We waited so long for this wonderful day, count me in. And of course if I can help you in any way, please call, it would be my pleasure.”
Shabbos at the Besht: The Holy Encroachment Paradox
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Dovid Zaklikowski, a freelance journalist and archivist, will lead a discussion on the topic: The Holy Encroachment Paradox. Rabbi Zaklikowski is a freelance journalist living in Brooklyn. He’s authored books on advice for life based on […]
Chabad to Open on the Greek Island of Rhodes
With perfect weather year round and a Jewish quarter dating back to the first century, Rhodes is one of Greece’s most popular tourist destinations. Last year, the island saw more than 150,000 visiting Israelis, and come March 2017, they and the island’s small Jewish community will have a Chabad center all their own.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe leading the Farbrengen of Yud Shvat, 1970.
Baby Boy!
Boruch Sholom and Faigy (nee Roitblat) Schwei (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Leibel and Mussie (nee Posner) Kesselman (Greenville, NC)
New Engagement!
Weekly Letter: The Previous Rebbe’s Last Yechidus
This week, in honor of Yud Shvat, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro of Nissan Mindel Publications shares with our readers a copy of an original, unique letter from the Rebbe, with his handwritten notations, written right after the histalkus of the Previous Rebbe on Yud Shvat, 1950, to one of the Rayatz’s well-known supporters.
Chabad Center Fills Void in Northern Rhode Island
A local newspaper profiled the dedicated work of Rabbi Aryeh Laufer and his wife, Mushka, who have opened the only Chabad House in Northern Rhode Island, in the town of Lincoln.
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Ari and Debby (nee Rabinowicz) Levertov (Crown Heights)
