New Engagement!
Yossi (ben Shneur Zalman) Baumgarten (Crown Heights) and Sarale (bas Yosef Yitzchok and Yaffie) Simpson (Crown Heights)
Lavish Melave Malka Benefits Chesed in Russia
Last Motzei Shabbos, a grand Melave Malka was held in Moscow to benefit the city’s many Chesed institutions, under the leadership of Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar.
New Music Room Dedicated at Chovevei Torah
Earlier this week, Rabbi and Mrs. Yerachmiel Jacobson inaugurated a new Music and Farbrengen Room at Yeshivas Chovevei Torah.
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Friday
Alternate Side Parking Regulations will be suspended Friday, March 4, 2016, to facilitate snow removal. Payment at parking meters will remain in effect throughout the City.
New Engagement!
Aharon Pontos (Crown Heights) and Leah Brooks (Edgeware, England)
Fundraising Campaign Launched for Chabad Shul Being Sued by Head Shliach
A group of Lubavitchers have launched a fundraising campaign to show support for and solidarity with the Bais Chabad of West Bloomfield, Michigan. The Bais Chabad, led by the shliach Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg, is defending itself against a motion filed in the United States Supreme Court by Lubavitch Foundation of Michigan, which seeks to take possession of the Bais Chabad.
New Engagement!
Ari Brand (S. Paulo, Brazil) and Raizy Procaccia (S. Paulo/Crown Heights)
1 to 2 Inches of Snow Expected Today
After a few mild days, snow is in the forecast for New York City. According to the National Weather Service, about 1 to 2 inches is expected to fall on the city, with higher amounts expected further east and especially on Long Island.
His ‘Ahavas Yisroel Radar’ Was Always On
A California lawyer who represented Chabad of the Valley after they were sued over a decade ago wrote the following letter to CrownHeights.info in honor of the upcoming Shloshim of its founder, Rabbi Yehoshua Gordon, OBM.
Here’s My Story: Never on Friday!
A famed Israeli cantor, Dudu Fisher played the role of Jean Valjean in the musical Les Miserables in Tel Aviv, in New York and in London, where he performed for Queen Elizabeth. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in July of 2015.
Baby Boy!
Shmuel and Shaina Basha (nee Brook) Lesches (Melbourne, Australia)
Teens Vow to Unite with Light at CTeen Shabbaton
Over 2,000 participants from around the world united in Brooklyn for a weekend of inspiration at the largest and most impressive CTeen International Shabbaton to date.
Baby Boy!
Levi and Musie (nee Silver) Galperin (Crown Heights)
Girls Roll Out Plan to Help Israel, One Hamantash at a Time
As a direct result of terror attacks in Israel that began in full force following the High Holidays, two 11-year-olds in Florida hope to make a small but significant difference in the weeks before Purim. And they plan to do so in a hands-on and rather creative way: by baking hamantaschen.
From Days Gone By: Crown Heights in the ‘30s
A reader sent us this photo taken in the 1930s, which depicts the scene on an unpaved Crown Heights street. Can you identify the location of the photo?
Campus Shliach Decries Anti-Semitic Vandalism
University of Missouri-Columbia police are investigating a case of anti-Semitic vandalism after someone wrote “Hitler Rules” on a notification board inside Gateway Hall sometime Monday night or Tuesday morning. Shliach on campus Rabbi Avraham Lapine says the repeated incidents are concerning.
New Shluchim to Paris
Rabbi Chaim Hillel Shaish, along with his wife, will be joining the family of Chabad Shluchim in Paris, France, where he will serve in the neighborhood of St. Maur in the Chabad House led by Rabbi Hershy Drukman.
