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Eli Nochum Block (San Antonio, TX) and Tzivia Wenger (Montreal, Canada)
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Yosef and Emma (nee Wruble) Schrage (Los Angeles, CA)
Chesed Shel Emes Volunteers Honored at Event
Over 150 volunteers of Chevra Kadisha Chesed Shel Emes gathered Monday evening for an evening of appreciation and Siyum Mishnayos for the many Mes Mitzvos the organization had brought to Jewish burial.
Ten Years to the Murder of Efraim Klein, HYD
Today, the 30th of Shvat, marks 10 years to the cold-blooded murder of Efraim Klein, HYD, a well known and loved member of the Crown Heights Jewish community. The investigation into his murder has long since gone cold.
Video: Following in His Father’s Footsteps
Just a short while before falling ill, Rabbi Yehoshua Binyomin Gordon OBM was honored to be the guest speaker at the Annual Oholei Torah Dinner in Crown Heights.
Chassidus Essay Contest Announces Panel of Judges
The excitement is mounting around the The Meaningful Life Center’s 2nd MyLife: Chassidus Applied Essay Contest as MLC announced the first list of prestigious judges for this year’s contest (the list is in formation, with more judges to be confirmed shortly).
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Sholly and Goldy (nee Laufer) Freundlich (Crown Heights)
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Mendy and Chaya (nee Lachkar) Mottal (Crown Heights)
Fathers Join Sons for Melava Malka at ULY
This Motzoei Shabbos, students in United Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street from first and second grades gathered for their annual Father and Son Melava Malka.
Amazon Shluchims Unexpected Hakhel Event
After the Raichman children suffered a sudden rash, the Shluchim in the Amazon were forced to cancel their participation in the regional Hakhel event, much to their regret. Little did they know that this would lead to their own unexpected Hakhel event.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Rabbi Yehoshua Binyomin Gordon, 66, OBM
With great shock, sadness and pain we inform you of the very untimely passing of Rabbi Yehoshua Binyomin (Josh) Gordon OBM, Shliach of the Rebbe to San Fernando Valley, California. He was 66 years old. Levaya info added.
8:00pm: Growing through a Tough Childhood
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 102, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Spouse vs. Parents; Growing through a Tough Childhood; Giving up on Children? Process of Writing and Publishing Sichos.
‘EnerJew’ Coordinators Convene in Azerbaijan
EnerJew, the FJC’s leading project for Jewish teenagers, opens 2016 with its powerful annual coordinators seminar, taking place this week in Baku, Azerbaijan. The four-day seminar, attended by over 50 coordinators from 25 cities that participate in the project, consists of a wide range of professional workshops, lectures, classes, brain storming sessions and much more.
Emphasis on Education Propels St. Louis Chassidic Woman Into the Public Eye
As testament to 35 years of service to the Jewish community of St. Louis,Chabad-Lubavitch emissary Shiffy Landa was honored last week with the Jewish Professionals of St. Louis (JProStl) Career Achievement Award. The award is presented to an experienced professional—Landa is co-director of Chabad of Greater St. Louis, and Judaic-studies coordinator and a teacher at the Epstein Hebrew Academy in the city—who has consistently demonstrated exceptional dedication and effectiveness throughout her career.
Queens Community Celebrates Shliachs Son’s Bris
Members of the Bukharian Jewish community in Queens, New York gathered last week to celebrate the Bris of the son of Rabbi Yitzchok Wolowik, one of their Rabbis and local Chabad Shliach.
Survivor Gives Meaning to Savior’s Firefighting Career
Fourteen years after saving the life a Lubavitcher teenager from a burning house in Crown Heights, now retired firefighter Joseph Scaramuzzino realized that his time with the FDNY meant something.
FL Chabad House Plans Multi-million Dollar Project
Chabad of the Grove has announced a capital campaign to expand and renovate its iconic Chabad House, with plans to restore the historic, 90 year old building and to include a school, mikva, social hall, and Holocaust memorial.
