President of Israel Reuven Rivlin attended a memorial event on Monday evening at the Chabad House in Mumbai, India, marking eight years since the devastating 2008 terrorist attacks that killed the center’s founders and directors, Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg; four of their guests; and another 158 people throughout the city.
A recently discovered note believed to be written by Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Eizik Hodakov, the chief secretary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, pegs the birth date of the Beis Rivkah network of schools on this day – Chof Cheshvan, 5702 (1942) – which is the birthday of the Rebbe Rashab.
Lubavitch Archives presents photos from the life of Rabbi Eliemelech Zwiebel, lovingly known as Reb Meilach, the legendary Mashpia of the Lubavitch Yeshiva in Morristown, New Jersey.
Moishy (ben Yaakov) Winner (Melbourne, Australia) and Ceita Shur (Toronto, Canada)
Crown Heights resident Shimon Brod, a Professional Pianist, just released his debut Piano Cover of ‘Earth Song’, a song about the planet and our impact on it as human beings. “I was inspired to record the song following the 2016 presidential elections, and the social divide that it caused,” he told CrownHeights.info.
“The so-called Two State solution was the most racist, venomous idea of the last generation,” writes Rabbi Fishel Jacobs in an op-ed published by The American Thinker.
Crown Heights Photojournalist Yanky Ascher visited the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Rebbe Rashab lived in the final years of his life, and photographed and heard the stories of some of the fascinating people who make up the local Jewish community.
Sabra is voluntarily recalling some hummus products and spreads because of possible Listeria contamination, the FDA announced. Consumers are urged to discard any product with a “Best Before” date through January 23, 2017, which an be found on the lid of each package.
Yitzi and Leah (nee Schapiro) Spalter (Crown Heights)
Pesach and Bracha (nee Sitrin) Zirkind (Crown Heights)
Yisroel and Mushky (nee Golomb) Kirsh (Crown Heights)
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 138, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: What is the Yardstick of Success? What Did the Rebbe Say About Thanksgiving? Can We Refine Today’s Progressive Left? Is it Acceptable to Be into Fashion? Is Moach Shalet Al Halev Compatible with a Mental Disorder? Moshiach Doesn’t Excite My Child!
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Elimelech Zwiebel OBM, the much beloved Mashpia in the Chabad Yeshiva in Morristown, New Jersey and one of the leading Chabad scholars. He was 75 years old. Levaya will take place Monday
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Ben Zion Shenker OBM, the famed composer and singer of many songs and Niggunim. He was 92 years old.
Do you have strong feelings about where Citi Bike should expand in the neighborhood? You’ve got another chance to tell the city about it.
The MTA is considering a proposal that would raise fares and tolls system-wide in 2017. Under the plan, subway fares would rise to $3 per ride, while weekly MetroCards would rise to $32 and a monthly pass would cost $121.
Peretz (ben Mendy) Mockin (Montreal, Canada) and Rivkie (bas Avremel) Lokshin (Crown Heights)
