Weekly JLI Video: Roots of Faith
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. This week’s video for Parshas Beshalach is titled: Roots of Faith.
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Video: Learning ‘Chassidus Applied’-Style
On Yud Shevat, Rabbi Jacobson gave a special live “MyLife: Chassidus Applied” talk to students from Yeshivas Achei Temimim of Pittsburgh, visiting Crown Heights for Yud Shevat. The talk was recorded and is presented below for the larger community of bochurim and anash.
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Shneur and Devora Leah (nee Margolis) Stern (Coral Springs, FL)
Donald Trump with Betsy DeVos
Voucher Advocate Confirmed as Education Secretary
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed school choice advocate Betsy DeVos as Education secretary by the narrowest of margins, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking a 50-50 tie in a historic vote.
The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch as heavy snow moves into the tri-state area. The watch goes into effect late Wednesday night until 6:00pm on Thursday, with 6-10 inches of snow expected to fall.
Snow Storm Watch Issued for New York City
The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch as heavy snow moves into the tri-state area. The watch goes into effect late Wednesday night until 6:00pm on Thursday, with 6-10 inches of snow expected to fall.
11-Year-Old Assaults Jewish Teenagers
An 11-year-old African-American boy randomly accosted three Jewish teenagers and assaulted two of them this afternoon in Crown Heights. Update: The perpetrator was charged with a hate crime.
Report: Ukrainians Looting Holocaust Mass Graves
Ukrainian businessmen in the US and Europe are appealing to Jewish communities across the world to help put a stop to the looting of mass graves of Holocaust victims in Ukraine.
The planned construction site, photographed by Google in 2014 before the demolition of the townhouse.
17-Unit Building to Replace Union Street Home
Brooklyn-based Candor Capital has filed applications for a six-story, 17-unit residential building at 1764 Union Street, located between Utica and Rochester Avenues, on the eastern end of Crown Heights near Lincoln-Terrace Park.
State Senate Passes Law Preempting NYC Bag Tax
The New York State Senate on Monday passed a bill to stop the implementation of New York City’s bag tax. The moratorium (S4158), an agreement between the Senate and Assembly and sponsored by Senate Cities Committee Chairman Simcha Felder (D, Brooklyn), is the latest step in the Senate’s bipartisan efforts to stop the City’s regressive tax on carry-out merchandise bags and enable consumers to keep more of their hard-earned money.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Sara Abrahams, 71, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Sara Abrahams, OBM, of Miami Beach, FL, wife of the Mashpia in Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Miami Rabbi Yosef Abrahams. She was 71 years old.
Photos: Yud Shvat Farbrengen in 770
Thousands of members of Anash, young and old, gathered in 770 last night, Monday, for a grand Farbrengen marking the auspicious day of Yud Shvat.
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Yisroel and Mushky (nee Reizes) Raskin (Melbourne, Australia)
Picture of the Day: OK Headquarters
Rabbi Don Yoel Levy, Kashrus Administrator of OK Kosher Certification, recites Basi L’Gani after Mincha at the New York OK headquarters.
Penn State Students Honor Shliach’s Late Father
Over 300 hundred students attended the first ever “Mega Shabbat” dinner at Penn State’s Alumni Hall this past Friday night. The dinner was arranged by the Chabad Student Board, in honor of Yossi Gourarie, OBM, late father of Chabad of the Undergrads Co-Director, Rabbi Hershy Gourarie, who passed away in April of last year after a prolonged battle with brain cancer.
Brazil Teens Rediscover Judaism on Skiing Trip
For the fifteenth time, Noach Adventures organized an amazing camp in the middle of the Brazilian summer to spend two weeks of fun filled trips in Canada and New York. At this once in a lifetime trip, 45 teens went to experience winter sports and chassidishe warmth. For many it was the first time to see snow, or keep a real Shabbos.
Watch International Kinus Hatmimim Live!
The International Kinus Hatmimim and Yud Shvat Farbrengen, which is taking place tonight, Monday, at 7:30pm, at Campus Chomesh in Crown Heights, can be viewed live here at Crownheights.info, courtesy of Chabad.org.
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