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.
New Engagement!
Dovy Gniwish (Montreal, Canada) and Bassie Vorovitch (Toronto, Canada)
Video: How to Live Forever
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Chayei Sarah. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one live forever?
Moscow Jewish Museum Awarded UNESCO Prize
The Tolerance Center at the Moscow Jewish Museum has been awarded the Madanjit Singh Prize for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence. The award ceremony was held at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris.
Final 48 Hours of Kinus Preparations
With the International Kinus Hashluchim set to open in just 48 hours, months of preparations are all coming together thanks to the hard work of many individuals. Shluchim from around the world will gather for the 5-day conference in Brooklyn, […]
Baby Girl!
Shneur and Chaya (nee Wilansky) Gottlieb (Crown Heights)
Baby Boy!
Shaya and Chanie Gordon (Crown Heights)
Moishe, Survivor of Mumbai Terror Attack, Turns Ten
No one can forget the tragic terror attack in the Mumbai Chabad House in November 2008 that claimed the lives of Rabbi Gabi and Rivky Holtzberg HY”D along with many others. The only survivor of the Holtzberg family was little Moishe, who was two at the time, and his faithful caretaker Sandra, who is credited with saving his life. Today, the family recalls the tragedy on the yahrzeit while marking Moishe’s tenth birthday.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Dovid Ciment, 26, OBM
With deep sadness we regret to inform you of the untimely passing of Dovid Sholom Ciment OBM of Brooklyn, NY. He was 26 years old.
Video: Reb Meilach on Jewish Philosophy and Mysticism
This video by Torah Cafe is a unique opportunity to glimpse behind the scenes and meet with one of Chabad’s most influential thinkers. For the past thirty-five years, Rabbi Elimelech Zweibel, OBM, was the teacher and spiritual mentor of a generation of Chabad Rabbis, at the Rabbinical College of America in Morristown, NJ. He was a major contributor to this generation’s leading works on chassidic philosophy.
Shliach Provides Thanksgiving Dinners to Needy
Traci Jacob is looking forward to Thanksgiving, even though she grapples with two autoimmune diseases and has neck surgery scheduled for right after the holiday. Fortunately, the 47-year-old will be able to host a meal with her parents and a friend on Thursday because of Chabad of Hunterdon County in Clinton, N.J. Rabbi Eli Kornfeld, his wife Rachel and volunteers will prepare and deliver a cooked kosher turkey—along with the usual sides of stuffing, mashed potatoes and green beans—to Jacob and others who are homebound.
Hundreds Attend Levaya of Beloved Mashpia
Hundreds of students along with members of Anash gathered in front of 770 – the Lubavitch World Headquarters – to partake in the Levaya of Reb Meilach Zwiebel OBM, the beloved Mashpiah of Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Morristown, New Jersey and member of Vaad Rabonei Lubavitch.
Israeli President Lights Memorial Candle in Mumbai Chabad House
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.
