After months of anticipation and preparation, the third annual Jewish heritage ‘Olympics’ quiz for students of Chabad schools across the former Soviet Union has reached its third and final stage.
Mayer (ben R’ Noach) Kosofsky (Longmeadow, MA) and Mushkie Notik (Riverwoods, IL)
Three industrial kosher kitchens were completely destroyed in a five-alarm fire that swept through a warehouse for hours near Kings County Hospital south of Crown Heights.
Benny Druin (North Miami Beach, FL) and Tehila Bracha Hecht (Crown Heights)
Chabad of Penn State University, under the leadership of Rabbi Nosson and Sarah Meretsky, hosted a Challah bake for the campus’ Jewish community.
1,500 students in Beis Rivkah-Campus Chomesh gathered together for a Hakhel event for all grades in the school’s elementary division, a first-of-its-kind event for the school. The gathering marked the Rebbezin’s birthday, and the anniversary of laying the cornerstone for the Campus Chomesh building.
A delegation on behalf of the Israeli Knesset visited the country of Armenia this weekend, headed by MK David Bitan (Likud). While there, the group visited the Chabad Center in Yerevan, the former Soviet republic’s capital city, where they were welcomed by local Shliach Rabbi Gershon Meir Burshtein.
The month of March has experienced a drastic drop in Palestinian terrorism attacks in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and in Israeli cities within the Green Line, according to IDF data.
Over 1,200 people gathered Sunday morning in Wingate Auditorium to watch contestants display the knowledge they have accumulated over months of intensive studying and test-taking.
Mikvah Yisroel at the Ohel has been undergoing renovations which have been recently completed and was opened to the public for the first time this past Motzai Shabbos.
Eliezer and Chana (nee Sudak) Tunk (Morristown, NJ)
Chaim Eilenberg (Crown Heights) and Rivki Chayempour (Great Neck, NY)
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 110, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Are Miracles in The Torah Literal? Tznius Revisited; I’m Clueless to Why People Are Jealous of Me! Dealing with a Miscarriage.
A shirtless man was apprehended Friday afternoon after he chased a Jewish man while wielding a large knife and shouting Allah Akbar on Montgomery Street.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Riva Minkowitz OBM, a longtime resident of Crown Heights and renowned Machnis Orchim who was also involved in helping brides on their wedding day. She was 92 years old. Levaya times added.
The inhabitants of Lugansk, a city in war-stricken Eastern Ukraine, continue to live in danger and under the threat of violence and hazards. The entire region has not yet recovered from the devastating destruction and the collapse of the economy. Many of the region’s population have dispersed across Ukraine and become refugees, yet thousands have no choice and remain in their homes despite the difficulties.
In a medical breakthrough, an Israeli company has developed a successful treatment for Parkinson’s disease. In a rare procedure, brain surgery was performed to treat Parkinson’s and its subsequent shaking via ultrasound waves.
