New Engagement!
Levi Yitzchok Sharfstein (Crown Heights) and Chaya Mushka Levertov (Santa Fe, NM)
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Letter & Spirit: The Quality of Humility
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, in the midst of our preparations for the Yom Tov of Pesach – especially the baking of matzah, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he addresses the quality of humility, in keeping with the lesson of matzah which we strive to internalize at this time. The letter was written in English through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
Republican Presidential Hopeful Visits Model Matzah Bakery
Republican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz visited a model Matzah in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn Thursday afternoon while on the campaign trail in New York. He was greeted by Rabbi Moshe Winner of the Chabad Neshama Center and together with a group of children they baked Mazah and spoke about Passover.
Youth Shabbaton Rocks Odessa
A vibrant 3-day Shabbaton for all of the EnerJew clubs in Ukraine took place in sunny Odessa over the past weekend. EnerJew is the Jewish youth movement throughout the entire former soviet union, a project of Chabad’s Federation of Jewish Communities (FJC).
Security Agencies Predict Pesach Terror Attacks
In the wake of terror attacks across Europe, security agencies are predicting that terrorists will target Jews during the upcoming Pesach holiday.
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)
