Crown Heights Building Has Doppelgängers All Over the Globe
The Brownstoner, a Brooklyn Real Estate news outlet, profiled an unassuming two-story Crown Heights building that has over a dozen duplicates all over the world: 770 Eastern Parkway.
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Eber’s Tishrei Liquor and Wine Sale
Thousands Raised for Hatzalah in Shabbos Pledge Campaign
Billed as a ‘no frills’ fundraising campaign, thousands of dollars were raised this past “Shabbos Hatzalah” in Shuls all over Crown Heights through special appeals.
Chabad Girls School Earns Plaudits from UK Gov.
The Lubavitch Senior Girls’ School in Stamford Hill, London, earned plaudits from the UK Government’s Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education), which labeled it a good school after it showed strong improvements following substandard rankings in previous years.
5,000 Kids Sign Up for Torah Letters on Lag Ba’omer
During the week of Lag Ba’omer, 5,000 Jewish children signed up at KidsTorah.org to acquire letters for the sixth Children’s Torah, an initiative launched by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1981.
App Used to Identify, Track Jews Online Removed
Google has removed an app that allowed users to surreptitiously identify Jews online after a tech website brought the tool to widespread media attention and spurred a backlash.
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Women’s Circle Hosts Garden Party
Over 100 women attended a pre-Shavuos garden party for an evening filled with great food and inspiration. The event featured a talk from Mrs. Sarah Karmely, titled “make your marriage a picnic.”
Clinton Clinches Democratic Nomination
Hillary Clinton will be the first woman to top the presidential ticket of a major U.S. political party, having captured commitments from the number of delegates needed to become the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee. She will compete in a three-way race against Republican nominee Donald Trump and Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson in the presidential election that will be held this coming November.
Baby Girl!
Mendy and Hadassa (nee Katz) Dalfin (Coral Springs, FL)
Video: How to Get Rid of Arguments
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Bamidbar. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one get rid of arguments? Plus: A bonus video on Why it’s a Mitzvah to eat a festive meal on Shavuos is presented in the extended article.
Montreal Hosts Toronto for Shabbos Achdus
Bochurim from Toronto traveled to Montreal joining together for a Shabbos Achdus filled with Farbregnens, Mivtzoim and Kinusei Torah.
Video: Sara Chana’s Delicious Herbal Dip
Sara Chana Silverstein, a Crown Heights mother of seven who specializes in areas of alternative medicine and herbs, appeared on the ABC show CT Style to share her recipe for a delicious herbal dip.
Estonian Jews Celebrate New Sefer Torah
The Jewish community of Estonia and the Tallinn synagogue celebrated the inauguration of a new Torah Scroll yesterday, Sunday.
Gov. Cuomo Delivers Blow to BDS Movement
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has issued the first executive order in the country, signed on Sunday before he marched in Manhattan’s Israel Day Parade, forcing state entities to drop investments linked to the anti-Israel BDS (boycott, divest, sanction) movement.
New Engagement!
Yossi Lichy (Miami, FL) and Leah Salazar (Hollywood, FL)
New Engagement!
Tuli Lepkivker (Petach Tikva, Israel) and Shterna Lipsker (Reading, PA)
Wildfire Evacuates Chabad House on Shabbos
A Shliach in California had to pile his family into a car on Shabbos and evacuate them after flames from a wildfire threatened to engulf his Chabad House. The flames stopped a mere ten feet away from the center.
34 Boys Compete in Final Round of Halacha Bee
On Thursday evening, 25 Iyear, 34 students of Oholei Torah, Lubavitcher Yeshiva-Crown St., Cheder Lubavitch of Morristown and Cheder Chabad of Monsey competed against each other in the final round of the Chidon Shoneh Halachos.
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