Third Time: Jewish Cemetery Vandalized in Rochester
A Jewish cemetery in Rochester, New York, was vandalized, the third such incident in the United States in less than two weeks.
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Picture of the Day: Five Towns, NY
A Chabad of Five Towns’ 22nd Anniversary Gala Dinner, New York State Sen. Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach, second from left) presents a proclamation to founder and director Rabbi Zalman Wolowik (center) and to Chabad’s honorees for all their volunteer work on behalf of the community.
Chabad at Florida State University
Florida Muslims Send Flowers to Chabad Synagogue
After Jewish cemeteries were vandalized and Jewish centers received bomb threats all across the country, a group of Florida Muslims delivered flower bouquets to a local synagogue and Jewish center, saying “it is important that we stand together.”
5 Things to Tell Your Kids About the JCC Bomb Threats
For more than a month, dozens of bomb threats have been called into JCCs and other Jewish institutions around the country. We’ve witnessed the overturning of tombstones in Jewish cemeteries along with other anti-Semitic acts and threats. It’s always good for parents and their kids to sit down for a discussion of the events of the day; so renowned author and educator Rabbi Tzvi Freeman compiled a list of five points to cover.
100 Students Celebrate Shabbos Together in NJ
Over 100 Jewish college students from across the Delaware Valley gathered for a one-of-a-kind Shabbat experience in Atlantic City last weekend. The Chabad on Campus Delaware Valley Shabbaton provided a fully immersive Shabbat experience that featured festive meals, beginner’s prayers services, world-renowned teachers and speakers, educational and entertaining workshops, and a musical, candlelit Havdalah service.
Here’s My Story: The Rice Diet
Beginning at 19 years old, when he was the youngest synagogue minister to ever serve in the United Kingdom, Rabbi Dov Lent held various rabbinical and teaching positions for twenty years. In 1987, with the Rebbe’s blessing, he opened a dairy company, which is still running today. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in his home in March of 2015.
Over 2,000 Attend Annual Dinner of Beth Lubavitch Paris
Over 2,000 took part in the annual dinner and fundraising auction benefiting Beth Lubavitch in Paris, France.
Baby Girl!
Yanky and Rivky Bruk (Monsey, NY)
Baby Boy!
Levi and Mushky (nee Krasnianski) Chayo (Montreal, Canada)
Baby Girl!
Shmulik and Chaya (nee Levin) Gurary (Baltimore, MD)
Alaska Chabad Center Evacuated Due to Bomb Threat
The Chabad Jewish community center of Anchorage, Alaska, was evacuated Monday afternoon after receiving a bomb threat.
Tuition-Free Day School?
Tirtza Ben David drives two hours a day to take her two young daughters, Moriyah, 4, and Chana, 2, to the Lubavitch Cheder Day School in St. Paul, Minn. It’s a small school, she says, where each child gets personalized attention and the chance to learn in ways that best suit their needs.
Does the NYC Sanitation have Ticket Quotas?
An investigation by ABC7’s Jim Hoffer uncovers what is believed to be ticket quotas being enforced against enforcement officers in New York City’s Department of Sanitation, leading resident and business owners to complain about bogus tickets.
Bnos Menachem Aims to Raise $500,000
Bnos Menachem, a Crown Heights based girls school, has launched a “Our Girls, Our Gift” campaign aiming to raise $500,000 to help further their goal of educating children. For one day only all contributions will be mated dollar-for-dollar.
Motzei Shabbos: G’mach to Host Melave Malka
The committee of Keren Yisroel Aryeh Leib, a G’mach that benefits many Crown Heights families, is inviting the community to participate in its annual Melave Malka, which will take place this Motzei Shabbos Parashas Trumah at Beis Rivkah-Crown St.
Reader Shares Photo Believed to be of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info has received a photograph, believed to have never been seen before and apparently taken right before the Rebbe assumed the Nesius, crossing the street near President Street and New York Avenue.
Photos: Adar Dancing in Montreal Zal
Bochurim studying in Lubavitch Yeshiva Zal in Montreal, Canada kicked off the month of Adar – which is synonymous with Simcha – with a lively Adar dancing and music session on Motzai Shabbos.
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