New Engagement!
Levi Deitsch (New Haven, CT) and Naomi Kavka (Seattle, WA)
New Engagement!
Shmuly Markowitz (Monsey, NY) and Yehudis Bluming (Crown Heights)
Artisanal Crown Heights Bakery Reborn As Café
A young Crown Heights entrepreneur recently celebrated the re-opening of his artisanal bakery, which has been renovated and reimagined as an haute café.
Deliveryman Caught Stealing Amazon Package
A deliveryman for a local kosher eatery was caught on camera stealing the contents of an Amazon package that was left on the recipient’s doorstep.
NY Times Smears Orthodox Jews, Violates Own Policy
The New York Times made a point of mentioning that two of the subjects of an FBI inquiry into corruption in the NYPD are Orthodox-Jewish men, violating their own policy of not bringing up a suspect’s race or religion if it has nothing to do with the crime being investigated. None of the other suspects’ race or religion is mentioned.
Comic Couple to Head New Teen Summer Program
Rabbi Benny and Sonia Hershkovich, Shluchim to Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, and the funny duo behind the weekly Rabbi Benny’s Hilarious Torah Thought videos, will be heading a brand new summer program for 8th and 9th graders at Camp Emunah.
Here’s My Story: Encouragement on the Campaign Trail
Mrs. Valerie Shore presently teaches in the Ganeynu program at the Jewish Community Center of West Palm Beach. She was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in Chabad of Boca Raton in March of 2011.
New Engagement!
Aryeh Leib Laufer (Crown Heights) and Sara Junik (Crown Heights)
Video: Jesse Hamilton Talks Education Tax Credits
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 Senator Jesse Hamilton, whose district includes Crown Heights.
71 Years Later, Dachau Victim’s Remains Are Brought to Rest in St. Louis
It was two years ago that Debra Cordy found a small envelope tucked away in her parents’ home as she prepared to move her mother to an assisted-living facility. As she packed up her parents’ belongings, the handwritten word “Dachau” on the envelope caught her attention. When she opened it, she found a few fragments of what appeared to be human remains.
Store Worker Tries to Steal Winning Lotto Ticket
A liquor store clerk nearly got away with stealing a winning lottery ticket, worth over $800, from a group of Bochurim who had brought it in to authenticate their win.
Baby Boy!
Shneur Zalman and Rishe (nee Gopin) Simpson (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Boruch Sholom Zajac (Montreal, Canada) and Chani Traxler (Houston, TX)
BCA Production Brings Audience Back to Childhood
The students of Bnos Chomesh Academy (BCA) brought Abie Rotenberg’s beloved children’s tale, “The Golden Crown,” to life, not just with their authentic-looking costumes and beautiful scenery, but with the devotion and energy that they brought to portraying this story.
Montreal Borough Debate over Chabad Turns Ugly
Montreal’s Côte des Neiges-Notre Dame de Grâce borough councillor Jeremy Searle accused a Chabad rabbi of invoking anti-Semitism and trying to instil “Jewish guilt” in opponents of a proposed housing project on the site of the former St. Columba Church.
‘Elsa’ Stabs Jewish Man Near Rio Chabad Center
A 22-year-old woman, who works as an impersonator of Princess Elsa from the Disney film Frozen, allegedly attacked and stabbed Fabio Serfaty, a prominent endocrinologist with celebrity patients, one block from a Chabad synagogue in the Leblon neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Video: How to Protect Yourself from Impurity
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Tazria. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one protect oneself from becoming impure?
