An emotional farewell, but also a new beginning for the small community of Singapore. The bustling island-city in Southeast Asia sadly does not boast a huge variety of kosher cuisine. Nonetheless, last year’s bochurim recently organised and hosted a cheese and wine banquet commemorating their departure after 12 months of dedication, as well as welcoming next year’s shluchim, handpicked by Rabbi Rivni to service the community’s various needs.
Moishie Cohen (North Miami Beach, FL) and Golda Carroll (North Miami Beach, FL)
Yehoshua and Freidy (nee Gurkow) Korenblit (Crown Heights)
I came to Chabad many years ago, but for me to say that is not accurate because, really, Chabad came to me. In 1970, while studying at the University of Buffalo, I attended a class on Jewish mysticism being taught by Rabbi Noson Gurary. As a result of that class, I became interested in finding out more about my roots and, during my last semester at college, I had my first encounter with the Rebbe.
Shmulie Goldman (Crown Heights) and Shifra Steinmetz (Boro Park)
Yossi and Toba (nee Goldfein) Goldstein (Bala Cynwyd, PA)
With sadness we inform you of the passing of R’ Yakov Halevi Klappholz OBM, a physicist and engineer who resided in New Jersey and more recently in Crown Heights. He was 81 years old.
This year, CKids — a branch of Merkos 302 — is launching a brand-new learning competition named JewQ. The program invites students from Hebrew Schools around the globe to learn and be tested on a wide range of Jewish knowledge, and receive a bundle of impressive rewards.
Yoni and Chanie Rappaport (Crown Heights)
In Sundays edition of the New York Daily News, Avi Schick, a lawyer and a former New York Deputy Attorney General who is representing the targeted yeshivas, points out a “false note” in the letter from the Department of Education alleging that they were denied access to some yeshivas, and goes on to clarify that those yeshivas do not receive government funding.
Moshe Friedman (Brooklyn, NY) and Rosie Levy (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Chaim Dovid Lavner (Toronto, Canada) and Aidela (bas Dovid) Zirkind (Crown Heights)
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations are suspended on Tuesday-Thursday, August 21-23, 2018. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Being that the school year is beginning this upcoming week, and one of the Rebbe Rashab’s greatest accomplishments is the establishment of Tomchei Tmimim, I decided to post a few interesting points I recently learned of, in my research for the biography of the Rebbe Rashab. All of these points are noted in the sefer Divrei Yimei Tmimim.
An early morning fire killed a 79-year-old woman in a Crown Heights apartment building off Eastern Parkway. 3 others were critically injured.
JLI presents its unique new two-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from a timely tale. Hide and Seek: Playing hide-and-seek with G-d.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Folik Gurevitch, a practicing Chaplain in the tri-state area, will lead a discussion on the topic of A Controversy of the 18th Century: One story that sparked myriads of responsa literature and divided communities.
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