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Cheder Menachem Hosts Banquet for Trustee Donors
On Monday, March 28th, Cheder Menachem of Los Angeles held it’s 14th Annual Trustees Banquet at Neman Hall in West Hollywood. The event featured a lavish gourmet dinner catered by MGM Caterers and an exciting program for 150 trustee donors.
Ukraine War Refugees Celebrate Purim
Chabad Lubavitch of Donetsk, Ukraine, a city currently torn by the civil war gripping the country, celebrated Purim with Jewish refugees in exile – in the nation’s capital city of Kiev.
Judge: Airline Must Pay Up for Lacking Kosher Food
The São Paulo Court of Justice has awarded $1,400 to Isaac Kopfler, a Brazilian Jew traveling aboard Lufthansa Airlines from Zurich to São Paolo, after the German airline failed to provide kosher food for their passenger despite his request for it at the time he purchased his ticket. The incident occurred on March 21, 2012.
Op-Ed: Bochurim Are People Too
Fed up with the mistreatment and disrespect he endured at the hands of a Shliach whom he dedicated his Purim holiday to assist, a Lubavitcher Bochur details to Shluchim how Bochurim should ideally be treated, and why it’s important to treat them that way.
Picture of the Day: Crown Heightsers Celebrate with Gombo
Many residents of Crown Heights joined in the wedding celebration of the daughter of Reb Levi Gombo, owner of Gombo’s Bakery.
This Sunday: Your Favorite Story Tape Comes Alive
Remember “The Golden Crown”, that wonderful story tape you listened to at bedtime or on long car rides? This Sunday, “The Golden Crown” will come to life, in a production by the students of Bnos Chomesh Academy in Crown Heights!
Aleph Institute Calls for Sentencing Reform
Over two-hundred state and federal judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, scholars and prison officials attended the first ever Alternative Sentencing Key Stakeholders Summit this past week to advance criminal justice reform nationwide. The summit was hosted by the Aleph Institute, the premier Jewish organization that cares for the institutionalized and their families, founded at the express direction of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Chidon Contestants on Their Way to Crown Heights
Crown Heights is geared up and ready to greet a group of young scholars who have mastered the 613 Mitzvos and will be competing for gold, silver, and bronze medals in the International 613 Mitzvos Chidon Competition.
Wandering Reform Rabbi Comes Home
After searching for years in ashrams in India and yeshivas in Jerusalem, Reform Rabbi Burt Siegel finally reconnects with his Judaism — in a New York City Chabad House.
Car Brazenly Burglarized in Broad Daylight
This morning, a car parked on Crown Heights’ busiest thoroughfare was burglarized in broad daylight, yet the thief perpetrated his crime unhindered.
New Engagement!
Nadav Frieder (Ramat Yishai, Israel) and Michal Dean (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Levi Glick (Crown Heights) and Lulu Roth (Miami Beach, FL)
Baby Boy!
Dovid and Mushkie Liberow (Westwood, CA)
Here’s My Story: Yearning for Israel
Mr. Michael (Michel) Allouche lives with his wife and family in Israel, where for the past 24 years he has worked as an internationally recognized expert in the field of Unmanned Aircraft Systems. He was interviewed in the My Encounter Studios in January of 2016.
Video: Shliach Interviews Queens Assemblyman
On ‘The Jewish View,’ a cable TV talk show, Rabbi Nachman Simon, Shliach to Delmar, a suburb of Albany, along with co-host Marc Gronich, interviewed New York State Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Queens), who called for the suspension of state funds for the Students for Justice in Palestine at CUNY.
Artists Perform Yitzi Hurwitz’s Lost Song
Before his diagnosis of ALS, Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz wrote and composed a song titled “Shine a Little Light”, an upbeat and inspirational song which was left and forgotten on an old memory disc, after being recently found, it was brought to life like never before. The song was performed by 15 leading artists from around the world in an amazing compilation.
