Holocaust Survivor Celebrates Bar Mitzvah at 88
Eighty-eight year-old Holocaust survivor Ben Midler celebrated his Bar Mitzvah this past Shabbat at Chabad of Poway in San Diego, CA.
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Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Thursday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) and parking meter regulations will be suspended on Thursday, November 24, for Thanksgiving. The day after Thanksgiving, Friday, November 25, is not a holiday. Alternate side parking regulations, parking meters and all other parking regulations will be in effect.
Thousands of Teens Celebrate Shabbos with T.G.I.S.
Thousands of teens from across the globe gathered this past week for a Shabbos of inspiration, learning, and unity organized by CTeen international.
Mesivta Markes Chof Chesvan with New Mivtza
This past Monday, in honor of Chof Cheshvan, the Shluchim of Oholei Torah Mesivta organized for the Bochurim of the Mesivta to a ‘Ballroom Breakfast’. Following Shacharis, the Bochurim were transported to Oholei Torah’s Eastern Parkway Campus, where a special breakfast menu awaited them.
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Efforts to Block Chabad Synagogue in Reut Succeed
The residents of the Israeli community of Reut opposed to the construction of a new Chabad synagogue seem to have succeeded in their mission.
Rebbe’s Teachings to Be Studied in Mashpia’s Memory
On Sunday, 19 Cheshvon, the Chabad-Lubavitch community lost one of its most influential and scholarly members, Rabbi Elimelech Zweibel, OBM. In his memory, the Rabbinical College of America, where he taught for half a century, has instituted a “chaluka” of the Rebbe’s teachings to be learned over the next 12 months.
Photos: 10 Hours to the Opening of the Kinus
Months of preparation have been culminating in a final stretch of round-the-clock hustle and bustle as the untiring Kinus staff puts the finishing touches to what promises to be the largest Kinus Hashluchim yet.
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Eli and Sarel (nee New) Brafman (Atlanta,GA)
Photo: Lubavitch Archives.
From Days Gone By: ‘Roots’ Concert, 1970s
A group of women sing together on stage in a concert performance of ‘Roots,’ in London, UK, circa mid 1970s. Can you identify anyone in the photo?
Like Their Fathers, 1,000 Young Shluchim Head to Kinus
For 51 weeks a year, being different is a fact of life for ten-year-old Tzali Myers. He is the only Chassidic boy his age in the entire country of Slovakia, where his parents, Rabbi Baruch and Chaya Myers, have been Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in the country’s capital of Bratislava since 1993.
The Secret Recipe for World’s Best Challah Bake
Here’s the secret recipe that was used to make the Great Boston Challah Bake: Take 1,000 women and 100 table captains. Add 2,000 pounds of flour, assorted ingredients, an inspirational program, and some spirited dancing. Mix all together and let rise.
Girls Gear Up for Annual High School Convention
The annual Chabad Inter-High School Convention is gearing up for another spectacular weekend filled with inspiration, unity, and its impact lasts a lifetime.
Baby Boy!
Eliyahu and Shaindy (nee Holtzberg) Raskin (Brooklyn Heights, NY)
Tales from the Mitzvah Tank
Writing for the Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper, Allan Ripp profiles one of Chabad’s Mitzvah Tanks – a synagogue on wheels that provide New Yorkers with blessings—and house calls.
Beis Rivkah Marks Newly-Discovered Birthday
Following the discovery of a note – first published here on CrownHeights.info – written by Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Eizik Hodakov that describes the first day of class in a newly-formed school for girls named Beis Rivkah, the institution learned for the first time that its birthday in on Chof Cheshvan.
Video: Composing a Niggun for the Rebbe’s Birthday
JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project released an unedited clip of an interview that they conducted with the late Reb Ben Zion Shenker, OBM, in his home in Brooklyn, in April of 2010.
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Dovy Gniwish (Montreal, Canada) and Bassie Vorovitch (Toronto, Canada)
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