Australian Billionaire Bails Out Chabad School
Australia’s third richest man, Harry O. Triguboff, pledged one million dollars to help rescue the troubled Yeshiva Centre, Chabad’s flagship school in Bondi.
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Breaking: Suspected Stabber Has Been Arrested
A source within the 71st Precinct has notified CrownHeights.info that the man who allegedly stabbed Leiby Brickman in Crown Heights exactly one month ago has been arrested and taken into custody. The suspect has been identified as 26-year-old Keny Rochelin.
Putin Honors Chabad Emissary
In a pompous ceremony that recently took place in the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin bestowed one of Russia’s highest honors upon Moscow Chabad Shliach and head of the Federation of Jewish Communities Rabbi Alexander Boroda.
Round II of Shabbatons Takes Young Shluchim’s Friendships to the Next Level
This time last year, Mendel and Avremi Shapiro of Flagstaff, AZ participated in the very first MyShliach regional boys’ shabbaton, hosted by shluchim Rabbi Shea and Dina Harlig of nearby Las Vegas. Also in attendance were Mendel and Shmulie Winner, shluchim to Tucson, AZ, whose parents are longtime friends of the Shapiros.
Rabbi Benny’s Weekly Torah Thought: The One With the Drunk Cloud
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this week’s Parsha, Pekudei. This week Rabbi Benny answers the question: Why at the very end of the book of Exodus, does the Torah change subjects to tell us about the Jewish people following the clouds of glory when they traveled and when they camped?
Beis Rivka Students. Illustration Photo.
Social Media Hysterics Prompt Fear for Students’ Safety
Parents of students in Beis Rivkah Elementary School were left to fear for their children’s safety after irresponsible rumors and social media hysterics lead some to believe that the school was on ‘lockdown’. School administration said “there was never any concern for the safety of our students, it was just a misunderstanding.”
Here’s My Story: The Special Wedding Gift
Rabbi Chaim Meier Halon currently lives with his family in Oak Park, MI. He was interviewed in the My Encounter Studio in February of 2013.
Rabbi Mordechai Lightstone announces it's time to turn off the cell phones for Shabbat at the tech-heavy South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas.
#OpenShabbat: Pulling the Plug at SXSW
The first time that Rabbi Mordechai Lightstone and his wife, Chana, attended the South by Southwest (better known as SXSW) music, film and interactive festival in Austin, Texas, attendees approached them and said: “We have a rabbi and his family here; we should do something Jewish,” recalls Chana Lightstone.
A New View in Crown Heights
Shifra and Yaakov Astolin, a young Crown Heights couple with a degree in optometry and an entrepreneurial dream, opened their boutique glasses store in the neighborhood one year ago, with the goal of creating “a different sort of glasses shop than what is typical in this neighborhood.”
Oholei Torah: No Abuse in Our School
In light of a recent article that appeared in the mainstream media, in which Oholei Torah is accused of harboring child abusers, the administration of the Crown Heights boys’ school sent a letter to all parents assuring them unequivocally that there are no abuse of any kind in the school.
Video: Kugel Shortage
Somewhere, recently, there was a shortage of Potato Kugel for Shabbos. Gam Zu Letovah.
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Mendy Mishulovin (Los Angeles, CA) and Chani Feigelstock (Pittsburgh, PA)
ULY Staff Shown Appreciation at Melave Malka
On Motzoei Shabbos Parshas Vayakhel, United Lubaitcher Yeshiva of Crown Heights hosted an evening of recognition and appreciation for their Rebbis, Morahs, staff and their spouses.
Jewish Man Stabbed to Death in Uruguay
David Fremd, 54, a Jewish merchant in the city of Paysandú, Uruguay, was stabbed to death late Tuesday afternoon. It is being reported that the attacker shouted “Allah Akbar” as he lunged at him.
Video: How to Treat a Rebel
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Pekudei. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How should one treat a rebellious person?
City Enforces Vacate Order in ‘749’ Dormitory
New York City building inspectors, accompanied by police officers, fire inspectors and representatives from the mayor’s office of special enforcement, entered the ‘Kvutzeh’ dormitory at 749 Eastern Parkway in order to enforce and verify compliance of a recent vacate order.
Terror Victim: I Knew I Had to Fight Back
Amid a horrific day of terror yesterday in Israel, a Palestinian terrorist stabbed and wounded an Orthodox-Jewish man in Petach Tikvah. Despite his injuries, the victim managed to pull the knife from his own neck and kill his attacker with it.
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