Stabbing Attack Foiled When Knife Bends Out of Shape
A Palestinian was prevented from stabbing an Israeli in Jerusalem on Sunday when his knife bent during the attack.
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Wedding: Raskin – Holtzberg
Pictures from the wedding of Eliyahu Raskin (Brooklyn Heights, NY) to Shaindy Holtzberg (Georgetown, NY), which took place Sunday night in the Oholei Torah Ballroom in Crown Heights.
Baby Girl!
Choni and Neshi (nee Frankforter) Teitelbaum (Crown Heights)
8:00pm: Healthy Outlets for Teenage Boys
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 97, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Women of the Wall; Healthy Outlets for Teenage Boys; Tzniyus; Finding Your Life’s Purpose; Hair.
New Engagement!
Mendy Shemtov (Crown Heights) and Rivky Perlow (Sydney, Australia)
Baby Girl!
Mendel and Esther Golda (nee Raskin) Katz (Buffalo Grove, IL)
Picture of the Day: Behind the Scenes of ‘Shamil’
Yankel Friedman sings Shamil’s nigun in this behind-the-scenes glimpse at the upcoming DVD The Rebbe’s Nigunim, by the makers of Mitzvah Boulevard.
Released Time Children Enjoy Winter Camp
Over the past week, the Jewish Released Time program, under the auspices of the NCFJE, arranged winter camps for public school children during their winter vacation.
Photos by Chaim Tuito
Hatzalah Hosts Maimonides for Annual Melava Malka and Health Symposium
Hundreds of men and women turned out this Motzai Shabbos for Crown Heights Hatzalah’s annual Melava Malka, health symposium and raffle for $18,000. Winners and Photos in the Extended Article!
The two victims of Friday's attack, Shimon Ruimi (right) and Alon Bakal (left), HYD.
Manhunt for Tel Aviv Terror Shooter Continues
The streets of usually bustling Tel Aviv were eerily quiet on Saturday night as police searched through abandoned buildings and construction sites for an Israeli Arab man who opened fire at a pub on Friday, killing two and wounding six others, two seriously. With the killer still at large, residents were cautioned to be on the alert.
New Engagement!
Nochum Labkowski (Kfar Chabad, Israel) and Goldie Yurkowitz (Lod, Israel)
Doctor Visits Cheder at the Ohel for Rambam’s Yartzeit
In honor of Chof Teves, the yartzeit of the Rambam, Cheder at the Ohel parent and cardiologist Dr. David Schechter came to the Cheder to explain to the younger division how the human heart works.
Weekly Living Torah Video: A Niggun of Joy
This week’s Living Torah is themed around the upcoming Yom Histalkus of the Alter Rebbe, Chof Daled Teves. In the Sicha, the Rebbe expounds on some striking similarities between the Alter Rebbe and the Rambam, whose Yahrtzeit we commemorate this week as well, on Chof Teves.
Weekly Story: A Farbrengen Is the Greatest Antidote
“I am moving to another city; Rebbe how do I make sure that over the course of years, my hislahavus and brenn doesn’t cool off?” the Chosid asked the heilike Ruzhiner.
by Rabbi Sholom Avtzon
Shabbos: Rebbetzin Shaina’s Birthday
This Shabbos, 21 Teves, will be the birthday of Rebbetzin Shaina Horenstein (nee Schneersohn), HYD, the youngest daughter of the Frierdiker Rebbe and sister of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka, OBM.
New Engagement!
Motty (ben R’ Nuti) Barber (Crown Heights) and Devory (bas R’ Nochum) Schapiro (Crown Heights)
Farbrengen Marks Oholei Torah’s 60th Year
Continuing the celebration of its 60th year, Oholei Torah Zal bochurim sat down to a farbrengen with Rabbi Leibel Groner, a personal secretary of the Rebbe.
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