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200 Jewish Passengers Singled Out, Removed from Flight
Nearly 200 Jewish passengers were singled out and removed from an EasyJet flight from Barcelona, Spain, to Paris, France, last week. The travelers, who were mostly returning home from Passover vacation spent in Spain, were escorted off the flight by Spanish armed police officers.
Picture of the Day: Activist and Top Cop Embrace
Chabad Shliach and activist Rabbi Yaakov Gloiberman, director of the organization Yad B’Yad, met with Israel’s highest-ranking police officer, Inspector General Roni Alshich, with whom he shared a warm embrace.
Scandinavia’s Shluchim Gather for Regional Kinus
Shluchim from the Scandinavian countries gathered this weekend in Stockholm, Sweden, for a regional Kinus, which has become a tradition over the last three years. The guest of honor at the kinus was Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, the vice chairman of Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch.
Parents Beam with Pride at ULY Siddur Party
The proud parents and grandparents of the students of United Lubavitcher Yeshiva’s Pre-1A gathered to celebrate the Talmidim’s Siddur party.
Video: How Sefirah Music Is Made
A group of talented students at the Yeshiva in Wilkes-Barre, PA, created this video showing how routine sounds can be utilized to make artificial ‘Sefirah Music.’
Hundreds Mourn Beloved Shliach and Father
Hundreds gathered in Illford and Stamford Hill, London, to partake in the Levaya of Rabbi Moshe Muller OBM, a Shliach and father-of-eight young children who suddenly passed away Sunday.
New Synagogue for Moscow Inmates
A new prayer-room was opened in a Moscow penitentiary last week, the 13th place of prayer for Jewish inmates throughout Russia in the country’s jails and penitentiary systems. The new prayer-room is shared with Muslim inmates, and the opening was attended by the chief rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar, as well as chief mufti Izrat Halatudinov, generals from the Defense Ministry and city officials.
Baby Boy!
Bentzi and Osnas (nee Grinman) Cousin (Crown Heights)
200 Shluchim of Paris Gather
The roughly 200 Shluchim working to spread Judaism in Paris and its suburbs gathered for a Kinus, where they were inspired, re-energized and uplifted.
Surveillance Camera Captures Bus Arson
CrownHeights.info has obtained surveillance footage that clearly captured the arson incident which occurred in front of Beis Rivkah Sunday evening, in which a school bus was set ablaze by a group of children.
Kinus Executive Vaad Meets
Last week the executive Vaad of Kinus Hashluchim had their first meeting to start planning the 5777 Kinus that will be taking place some seven months from now.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Rabbi Moshe Muller, 43, OBM
With great sadness, shock and pain we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing of Rabbi Moshe Muller, beloved Shliach in Ilford, UK, and father of seven children. He was 43 years old.
Levaya and Shiva times in extended article.
School Bus Set Ablaze in a Suspected Arson
A school bus was set ablaze Sunday evening in what witnesses say was deliberately set by a group of children.
8:00pm: What Criteria Should We Look for in a Presidential Candidate?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 114, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: What Criteria Should We Look for in a Presidential Candidate? Why Worry About the Election if G-d is Running the Show? How Can I Defeat My Snooze Button? How is Judaism’s Notion of a Leader Different to Other Religions’?
Chabad Builds First Mikvah in West Africa
An Israeli firm and a Chabad Shliach in Nigeria are teaming up to build the first Mikvah in West Africa.
Winter Father & Son Program Begins in Sydney
Whilst the Northern Hemisphere is gearing up for the summer, in Australia the days are getting shorter and the nights longer as they prepare for winter.
