Hours after the apparent suicide of a Sefardi man in Israel, an area rabbi is pointing the finger of blame at the administrators of a local Chareidi school, saying that it was their refusal to accept the deceased’s daughter into their institution that drove him to take his own life.
The 20-year-old Parkland College student who was allegedly caught on camera vandalizing a menorah outside the University of Illinois Chabad Jewish Center didn’t do it out of hatred, police say.
The Rov of Kfar Chabad, Rabbi Meir Ashkenazi, has hired a public relations firm to assist him in spreading his tznius campaign among residents of the village in central Israel.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, secretary of the Rebbe and Chairman of Merkos, along with Rabbi Yaakov Kaploun from Monsey and Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun from Miami, paid a visit to California Shliach Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz – who is battling ALS – while they were in Los Angeles for a wedding.
This Monday evening, over 70 Hebrew School teachers will join a “mind shifting” teacher training at the JCM. The event promises to be inspirational and fun with gourmet dinner and interactive workshops. “Teacher’s carry the most important role in a child’s Hebrew school experience and equipping them with professional development is a must.” Said Mrs. Mussie Weiss, CKids’ Hebrew School Coordinator.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 82, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Back to School Advice for Teachers; Intrusive Mother-In-Law; Mental Health Continued and a Special Tribute to Schneur Zalman Pevzner OBM
Yaron Levy (Sydney, Australia) and Nataly Saketkhou (Great Neck, NY)
Danny Gniwisch (Montreal, Canada) and Chaya Mushka Kaltmann (Columbus, OH)
Yehoshua Merovitch (Toronto, Canada) Orlit Tito (Toronto, Canada)
As the result of a collaborative effort between members of its Jewish community and school officials, Princeton University has announced it will install an eruv across its campus and throughout other areas of town to accommodate observant Jews.
Yossi (ben Shimon) Herz (Crown Heights) and Chaya (Ashley) Joseph (Plantation, FL)
One of the minhagim which the talmidim of United Lubavitcher Yeshiva-Crown St. have learned regarding the month of Elul is to check one’s tefillin and mezuzos. The yeshiva’s 7th grade wasted no time and got a sofer, Rabbi Levi Ladaev, to come down to their class and together check their Mezuzos.
Peretz Lazaroff (Houston, TX) and Mushky (bas Hirshel) Kesselman (London, England)
Yossi (ben Daniel) Lapidus (Crown Heights) and Miriam Kamnitzer (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
North ranch, CA will never quite be the same. An upper class picturesque neighborhood, located in the north of the Conejo valley, North ranch is home of thousands of Jews who were never serviced by a synagogue. Now, not only do they have a beautiful Chabad house, but they were treated to a summer yeshiva in their very backyard.
Torah describes the symbiotic relationship between the sea-faring tribe of Zevulun and the scholarly tribe of Issachar. Zevulun supported the Torah study of Issachar, and shared in the merit of that study.
Rabbi and Mrs. Moishe and Mattie Schurder have moved with their son Mendel on Shlichus to Markham, Ontario, to work on Shiurei Torah, coordinating youth activities and developing the young family demographic within the community.
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