For Arizona Retirees, Age Is Just a Number
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.
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11-Year-Old Girl Struck by School Bus
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.
Cuomo Signs Bill Blocking Bag Tax
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.
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Dovid and Chavi (nee Greenberg) Russ (Montreal, Canada)
Video: Trump and Netanyahu Joint Press Conference
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington, D.C. for his first visit with President Donald Trump in the White House.
Friendship Circle Volunteers Enjoy Night on the Town
This week, the volunteers of Friendship Circle joined together for an evening of fun and inspiration. The girls were welcomed with an exquisite Yogurt and cookie bar, with all volunteers getting to choose from a variety of tasty toppings.
Jewish Woman Violently Assaulted
A Jewish woman was violently assaulted and injured Tuesday evening after she attempted to come to the aid of a non-Jewish woman who was being attacked by a deranged man.
Photos: Final 12 Hours Before Kinus Opening
Months of preparation are culminating in this final stretch of round-the-clock hustle and bustle as the untiring Kinus staff puts the finishing touches to what will b’ezras Hashem be the largest International Kinus Hashluchos yet.
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Chaim and Bassy (nee Goldstein) Rosenstein (Monsey, NY)
Weekly JLI Video: Freedom at Sinai
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. This week’s video for Parshas Yisro is titled: Freedom at Sinai.
Life Sketches: 32 Years Later
Lubavitch.com features stories about day-to-day Shlichus from Chabad emissaries around the world in a series titled Life Sketches. In this story, Mrs. Faygie Matusof of Madison, Wisconsin, relates the story behind a mysterious donation a man from Colorado made to her son’s Chabad House.
Colel Chabad ‘Smart Apartments’ to Help Disabled Live Independently
A new project launched by the Colel Chabad charitable organization together with Israel’s Ministry of Social Services and Welfare is working to provide disabled adults with communal apartments specifically intended to address their individual challenges and needs.
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Shneur and Chana (nee Gold) Lifshitz (New York, NY)
Video: CBS News Report on 1980 Farbrengen
CrownHeights.info has obtained vintage footage from a CBS News TV broadcast reporting on the Yud Shvat Farbrengen of 1980, marking the 30th year of the Rebbe’s leadership.
Man Convicted of Murdering Etan Patz in 1979
A New York City jury on Tuesday found a former delicatessen worker guilty of murdering Etan Patz, a six-year-old boy whose disappearance in 1979 raised national awareness of the plight of abducted children and their parents.
London Yeshiva Flies to New York for Yud Shvat
For the first time in many years, the entire Yeshiva Gedola Lubavitch of London flew to New York to spend Yud Shvat by the Rebbe, for an uplifting, heart-warming experience, filled with Farbrengens, Sedorim and Shiurim, after a powerful Hachana for over 30 days.
Philly Cheder Finds ‘Waze to Hiskashrus’
At Cheder Chabad of Philadelphia, students not only celebrated Yud Shvat, but lived it! Staff and students spent many weeks before preparing for and creating a Grand Yud Shvat Expo, exploring how to bring Hishkashrus to life in many incredibly meaningful and interactive ways.
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