Baby Girl!
Avremy and Rivky Abramson (Crown Heights)
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Demolition: The First Step of Reconstruction
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. This week’s video for Parshas Ki Tisa is titled – Demolition: The First Step of Reconstruction.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique collection of photos of the Rebbe preparing to leave at the end of a Farbrengen.
Weekly Letter: Leadership and Kabbolas Ol
This week, we present a letter from the Rebbe on the importance of accepting the yoke of Heaven – and in general the authority of our leaders – the lack of which leads to the spirit of ecumenism and interfaith dialogue, which the Rebbe addresses in this letter. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s personal trusted secretary, Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
250 Women Unite to Make Challah in Hartford
Aound 250 women attended the Chabad House of Greater Hartford’s challah baking event earlier this month.
Once Again, Beis Rivkah Teachers Mull Strike
Once Again: The parents of students in Beth Rivkah elementary school today received an email from the principals notifying them that second term report cards will not be distributed since the teachers have not been paid in over a month.
Legendary Educator and Mashpia’s Yahrtzeit Marked
Temimim in Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Antwerp, Belgium, held an uplifting farbrengen marking the Yahrtzeit of noted Mashpia Rabbi Moshe Weber, OBM.
Delivery Man Attacked, Robbed by ‘Customer’
An African-American teenager posing as a customer ordered food from a Crown Heights restaurant. When the delivery man arrived at the address given, he handed over the food and asked for payment. Instead of receiving money, he was brutally beaten and robbed. Part of the attack was caught on surveillance video.
Video: Simche Sings Nigunim in Mizrachi Style
Jewish music star Simche Friedman sings two classic Chabad Nigunim to Mizrachi-style music by the Yuval Stofel Orchestra.
Baby Girl!
Rubie and Rivkie Minkowitz (Valley Village, CA)
New Engagement!
Shalom Dalfin (Crown Heights) and Chaya Levine (Agoura Hills, Ca)
Video: Can Modesty and Modernity Go Together?
The New York Post today profiled two Orthodox-Jewish sisters living in Crown Heights who want to break the stigma associated with dressing modestly.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Hilda Witkes, 98, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Hilda Witkes, OBM, of Worcester, Massachusetts, a beloved member of the Lubavitch community in Worcester for over half a century, and matriarch of a large family of Chabad Chassidim and Shluchim all over the world. She was 98 years old.
Here’s My Story: True Merits
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Gluckowsky is the Assistant Director of the Chabad Rabbinate in Israel and the director of the Chabad Rabbinate in Rechovot, where he has served as the Rebbe’s emissary for nearly 40 years. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in October of 2016.
Unbridled Purim Joy in Kharkov
Purim in Kharkov was celebrated around the clock, starting with an early morning performance at the Kharkov Circus with over 2,000 people in attendance.
‘Purim in the Shtetl’ a Hit in Upstate New York
Purim was celebrated “Shtetl” style at Chabad of Orange County’s Gala community, hosted by Shluchim Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston.
