Baby Boy!
Dovid and Binie Holtzberg (Crown Heights)
Special-Needs Campers Return as Counselors
There’s a lot that needs to get done every day at Junior Gan Israel Day Camp in Skokie, Ill. A staff member needs to stand at the entrance of a camp building, and open the door for campers and parents as they arrive each morning. There are towels that need folding—a big job because the camp, rather than wasting paper towels, uses lots of hand towels in an effort to be green, according to director Zeesy Posner. And there are paintbrushes that need washing.
Video: Palestinian Tells IDF Soldiers to Shoot Child
In this shocking video, a Palestinian father can be seen telling his young son to throw rocks at heavily armed IDF soldiers. The father yells at the soldiers to shoot the child so that it could be captured on video. Watch how the soldiers respond instead.
‘Charlie Buttons’ in the Hospital; Tehilim Requested
Beloved Crown Heights personality ‘Charlie Buttons’ is unfortunately in the hospital due to health complications, and his brother requested that Tehillim be recited on his behalf. His name is Tzaddik haLevi ben Masha Ruchel.
Moscow Camps Unite for Learning and Davening
There are a few different camps for boys, of different ages and levels, going on in Moscow this summer. The camps were initiated by the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Berel Lazar, in order to enhance the pure Yiddishe chinuch of Jewish children in Moscow and in all of Russia.
Bochurim Train to Excel on Merkos Shlichus
In anticipation of their upcoming Merkos Shlichus assignment, 275 Bochurim gathered at the Jewish Children’s Muesum for an intensive instructional seminar. They are preparing to be dispatched to tens of cities around the world, where they will bring much needed Jewish resources and inspiration to local Jewish communities.
More Than Just Visiting Day at YK-Kingston
Visiting day in Yeshivas Kayitz Kingston was much more than merely a day when parents drove up to see their sons.
Baby Boy!
Yanki and Esty (nee Lasker) Jacobs (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
New Engagement!
Mendy Baitelman (Richmond, BC / LA) and Leah Rosenberg (Montreal, Canada)
8:00pm: ‘Wasting Time’ in Yeshiva vs. Secular Education and a Job
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 125, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: ‘Wasting Time’ in Yeshiva vs. Secular Education and a Job? The 9 Days: Why Do We Grieve Till This Day? Are There Modern Day Miracles? I Still Can’t Master Bitachon!
Picture of the Day: 200 Cteen’ers in Jerusalem
Close to 200 teens from across Israel took part in the first CTeen Israeli Shabbaton this past Shabbos.
Grand Trip to Amusement Park Ends First Session
13 buses pulled into Camp Gan Yisroel-Montreal late Thursday night, returning lots of happy, tired campers and staff after an amazing trip to Six-Flags La Ronde amusement park. In the words of one camper, “it was our best trip ever!”
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Chaya Mushka Stiefelmann, 28, OBM
With great shock and sadness we inform you of the very untimely passing of Mrs. Chaya Mushka (nee Berkes) Stiefelmann OBM, a young Shlucha in Brazil. She was 28 years old.
R’ Wosner: Saying Rebbe Opposed Eruv Is a Lie
Rabbi Bentzion Yaakov Wosner, Av Beis Din Shevet Halevi Monsey-Beit Shemesh, has come out with a second letter in support of the Crown Heights Eruv, laying down the Halachic basis for its validity, and going so far as to claim that “it’s impossible that the Lubavitcher Rebbe was opposed to the construction of an Eruv in Crown Heights, and that anyone who says so is being deceitful.”
Stranded Campers Rescued in Act of Kindness
On Thursday, a tremendous act of Chesed and Kiddush Hashem was performed by a New Jersey Shliach and Shlucha, after a bus carrying several dozen campers and counselors broke down on their way back from a trip.
Weekly Living Torah Video: The Rebbe’s Complaint Against the Schools
In this passionate Sicha, the Rebbe raises an important issue regarding the education of our children.
