Photos by Menachem Mayteles
Kinus Banquet Gallery 1: Getting Ready!
Moments before the Banquet of the International Kinus Hashluchim gets underway.
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A Single Father, A Tireless Fellow Shliach, An Unimaginable Struggle
5:30pm: Live Broadcast of the Kinus Gala Banquet
Over 5,000 Shluchim and their guests will convene at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, one of the largest shipping terminals in New York City, for the Grand Gala Banquet that will conclude the annual International Conference of Chabad Emissaries. CrownHeights.info will be streaming live video of the event, which will begin at 5:30pm.
8:00pm: Declining a Handshake like a Chossid; Attending Pro-Israel Events; What Will the Messianic Times Look Like? The Rebbe’s Contribution to Chassidus
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 89, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Declining a Handshake like a Chossid; Attending Pro-Israel Events; What Will the Messianic Times Look Like? The Rebbe’s Contribution to Chassidus.
Dagestan Shliach Marries Off His Savior
Rabbi Ovadia Isakoff, Chabad emissary to Russia’s Muslim Republic of Dagestan, who in the summer of 2013 was shot in the chest by terrorists who had just returned from fighting in Syria, proudly officiated at the wedding of a young Jewish neighbor of his – a young man who is credited with saving his life in the critical moments following the attack two years ago.
Two Israelis Stabbed in Separate Incidents
A 48-year-old Israeli man is in serious condition after he was stabbed Sunday on Highway 55 outside the Palestinian village of Nabi Ilyas. In a separate attack that was caught on dramatic surveillance video, a female Palestinian terrorist stabbed and lightly wounded a civilian security guard as he stood at his post just outside Betar Illit.
Five Israelis Wounded in Vehicular Terror Attack
Five Israelis were wounded in a vehicular terror attack at the Tapuach junction in the Samaria region of the West Bank on Sunday morning.
Photos: Faces in the Young Shluchim’s Group Photo
Some 800 young Shluchim posed for a group photo of their own, our photographer brings us a closer look at the faces that make up this amazing photo.
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Picture of the Day: Young Shluchim Group Photo
While their fathers participate in the International Kinus Hashluchim, the ‘Tzeirai Hashluchim’ have a program of their own, from which they draw inspiration from their counselors and peers – who are on Shlichus as well. Together, they posed for their own group photo in front of 770. Large photo in the Extended Article!
Photos: A Look Behind the Shluchim Group Photo
Packing thousands of Shluchim into a single photo is no small feat, our photographer brings you a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to set such a picture up.
Kinus Hashluchim Group Photo
Full size photo in the Extended Article
Photos by Bentzi Sasson
Sneak Peek into the Kinus Banquet Hall
The South Brooklyn Marine Terminal in Brooklyn, New York already played host last year to the monumental event – the Grand Gala Banquet of the Kinus Hashluchim. The scene is set to repeat once again itself Sunday evening. The following is a sneak peek at the crude commercial space being transformed into a gorgeous banquet hall.
Baby Boy!
Alon Chanoch and Chana Miriam (nee Lester) Golub (Beit Shemesh, Israel)
Photos: Kinus Melava Malka and General Session
On Motzai Shabbos Shluchim gathered in the Union-Bedford armory for a Melava Malka meal and general session.
File photo: A Taglit-Birthright trip organized by Mayanot.
Reform Birthright Founder: Take It Back from Chabad
Birthright Israel co-founder Charles Bronfman, in a speech to the biennial conference of the Union for Reform Judaism, noted that seventy five percent of Birthright participants are non-religious. Yet, Bronfman said, “Who is the largest trip provider? Chabad… And who provides the largest number of post-trip programs? Chabad. It seems to me it should be you, not Chabad.”
Photo Gallery: Dinner and Siyum Sefer Torah
Following a full day of sessions and workshops, the Shluchim sat down to dinner at the Union-Bedford armory Thursday evening. The evening ended with a Siyum Sefer Torah for Achdus Yisroel.
Baby Boy!
Itzik and Chaya (nee Chabosha) Itzhakov (Crown Heights)
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