
Anti-Semites Target California Chabad Center
California authorities are asking the public to help identify those responsible for several cases of anti-Semitic notes found in various Oak Park locations, including a Chabad center.
California authorities are asking the public to help identify those responsible for several cases of anti-Semitic notes found in various Oak Park locations, including a Chabad center.
Shmuly Lehrer (Crown Heights) and Dini Levine (Agoura Hills, CA)
Leizer (a pseudonym) is currently studying at the Yeshivah Gedolah of Melbourne. At a Farbrengen during the recent Yeshivah Gedolah Shabbaton, Leizer recounted his extraordinary experiences in which the Hashgocha Protis was clearly evident, which a participant at the Farbrengen transcribed for CrownHeights.info’s readers.
Shmuly (ben Mendel) Hershkop (Crown Heights) and Yocheved (bas Itche) Marozov (Crown Heights)
Chabad on Campus International has reported that during the fall and winter semesters alone, 109 students from 42 universities have attended Jewish learning programs with the assistance of their Lamdeni Initiative. The students spend at least three weeks in learning programs based in Israel and the United States.
Moshe Luchins (Scranton, PA) and Sheina Forer (Los Angeles, CA)
Mr. Berel (Bernard) Lax was a businessman in London, England, who worked in the textile industry for many years. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in May of 2007, and again shortly before passing away in 2010.
Thousands of Shluchos from around the world are in Crown Heights for their annual five day conference – the International Kinus Hashluchos – which is taking place over the coming days. Shluchos registered and already began partaking in workshops and Farbrengens.
Eli and Henna (nee Lederman) Levitansky (Brooklyn, NY)
Menachem and Rivka (nee Siegel) Krinsky (Los Angeles, CA)
Abbi (ben Mendel) Levin (Crown Heights/LA, CA) and Brochi (bas Shmidy) Goldshmid (Crown Heights/Seattle, WA)
With sadness we inform you of the passing of R’ Eli Lipsker OBM, a renowned musician and chazzan who led children’s choirs. He was 76 years old.
Since arriving in Arizona in 2012, Rabbi Ephraim and Mushkie Zimmerman have made a big difference in the lives of many Jewish seniors living in the Oro Valley area.
An 11-year-old girl was rushed to the hospital in serious condition after being struck by a school bus while crossing a street in Crown Heights.
State lawmakers overruled New York City’s mayor and city council by blocking a fee on non-reusable shopping bags in the city just hours before it was set to take effect.