New Engagement!
Menachem Weingarten (Crown Heights) and Sacha Juliette Allouche (Crown Heights)
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London Parade Greater Than Ever
The Great Lag Ba’omer Parade of London took place this year on the main thoroughfare of Stamford Hill, uniting Jews young and old of all stripes, with the crowd enjoying a special performance by singing star Shloime Gertner.
Kiryat Gat Children Display Jewish Pride
The annual Lag Ba’omer Parade in Kiryat Gat, Israel, was attended by hundreds of Jewish children from all backgrounds – displaying Jewish unity and pride.
Young Sydney Jews Celebrate Around the Fire
This past Motzei Shabbos, Rabbi Danny and Sara-Tova Yaffe of CBDChabad Sydney, hosted an evening of warmth, unity and song, celebrating the festival of Lag B’Omer, in the home of Rabbi Dovid and Leah Slavin.
Kiev Shliach Accompanies Prime Minister to Israel
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman arrived in Israel yesterday for a state visit, accompanied by Shliach to Kiev Rabbi Yonatan Markovitch.
Video Gallery: The Great Parade Marching Bands
Five marching bands participated in this year’s Lag Ba’omer Parade, each representing and marching with their school: Oholei Torah, Lubavitcher Yeshiva, Darchei Menachem, Ohr Menachem and Cheder Lubavitch of Morristown.
A Show of Jewish Pride at the Eiffel Tower
Thousands of Jewish children from all over Paris and its surrounding region gathered on Sunday for an epic display of Jewish pride at the iconic Eiffel Tower, in honor of Lag Ba’omer.
New Engagement!
Shimon (ben Sholom Ber) Kievman (Crown Heights) and Chaya Mushka Fajnland (Long Beach, CA)
Picture of the Day: No Laughing Matter
A clown at Sunday’s Great Lag Ba’omer Parade in Crown Heights takes a break from entertaining the children to help an attendee put on Tefilin. This year marks 50 years since the Rebbe initiated the Tefilin campaign at the outset of the Six-Day-War.
Los Angeles Has Great Lag BaOmer Parade – Gallery #2
The Jewish community in Los Angeles, California held their own Great Lag BaOmer Parade on Pico Boulevard, with over 6,000 in attendance.
Los Angeles Has Great Lag BaOmer Parade
The Jewish community in Los Angeles, California held their own Great Lag BaOmer Parade on Pico Boulevard, with over 6,000 in attendance.
Gallery #4: The Great Lag BaOmer Parade – Faces
Thousands of children packed two full blocks of Eastern Parkway, in front of 770 – the Lubavtich World Headquarters, to celebrate Lag BaOmer with a parade and a show of Jewish Pride.
Gallery #3: The Great Lag BaOmer Parade – Faces
Thousands of children packed two full blocks of Eastern Parkway, in front of 770 – the Lubavtich World Headquarters, to celebrate Lag BaOmer with a parade and a show of Jewish Pride.
New Army Chaplain Sworn In at Lag BaOmer Parade
A Chabad Shliach has joined the U.S. Army as a chaplain, and in the first event of its kind, held his “swearing in” ceremony at the Lag BaOmer parade amid the marching and dancing.
New Engagement!
Zalman (ben R’ Chaim Shaul) Brook (Crown Heights) and Bella (bas R’ Yossi) Lifshitz (Crown Heights)
8:00pm: Are Some People Superior to Others?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 162, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: How Can I Apply Lag B’Omer to My Life? When is Being “Wild” Appropriate? Does Chassidus Applied Compromise the Integrity of Chassidus? Are Some People Superior to Others? How to ‘Own’ the Place You’re In.
New Engagement!
Dovid (ben Menachem) Lipsh (Montreal, Canada) and Etty (bas Menachem) Gurevich (Crown Heights)
