Panel Recounts Early Years of Shlichus
A panel of senior Chabad Shluchim recounted the early years of the Rebbe’s Shlichus to a rapt crowd of Bochurim, who packed into the Shul of Beis Rivkah-Crown St. for the presentation.
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New Engagement!
Yerachmiel Bensaid (Paris, France) and Devorah Leah (Debbie) Bentolila (Kinshasa, DR Congo)
Victoria, BC, Canada
Chabad Builds Victoria’s First New Shul in 150 Years
As Rosh Hashanah approached, Chani Kaplan was busy catering for New Year’s meals for 250 on Canada’s Vancouver Island, all prepared out of her small home kitchen.
Auschwitz survivor György Faludi with rabbinical students Mayer S. Brook, left, and Levi Mintz.
Only Surviving Boy Born in Auschwitz, Now 70, Puts on Tefillin for the First Time
When two yeshivah students knocked on a door in the northeastern Hungarian city of Miskolc, they had no idea what was waiting for them on the other side.
Shabbos at the Besht: The Esrog
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Berel Levin will lead a discussion on the topic – the Esrog.
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present two unique photos of the Rebbe during Sukkos, Year of Hakhel, 5748.
Chairman of NCFJE Rabbi Shea Hecht released a statement following the successful conclusion of the holiday of Yom Kippur thanking the community and the sponsors of Kappores. He also apologized for the delay of the delivery of the chickens on Erev Yom Kippur.
Shea Hecht Releases Statement on Kappores
Chairman of NCFJE Rabbi Shea Hecht released a statement following the successful conclusion of the holiday of Yom Kippur thanking the community and the sponsors of Kappores. He also apologized for the delay of the delivery of the chickens on Erev Yom Kippur.
New Engagement!
Mordechai (Momo) Levin (Montreal, Canada) and Penina Davoudpour (Los Angeles, CA)
Baby Girl!
Moshe and Gittel (nee Jaffe) Berghoff (Crown Heights)
Baby Boy!
Mendy and Miriam Simon (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Yaakov and Chana (nee Stone) Backman (Milwaukee, WI)
Or Avner Jewish day school in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Teacher in Chabad School in Russia on Trial for ‘Inciting Racial Hatred Against the German People’
A former teacher at Chabad’s Or Avner Jewish day school in Yekaterinburg, Russia, is on trial for inciting racial hatred because he told his students to “kill the Germans,” according to testimony by one of his former 12-year-old students. The school was raided earlier this summer by agents of the FSB, successor to the dreaded Soviet KGB.
Michal Levitin performing
Meet Michal: The Orthodox-Jewish Female Comedian
As Michal Levitin gets up on stage to perform for the annual Conference for Chabad Women in Israel, the audience bursts out laughing. She hasn’t even opened her mouth yet. But every woman in the audience has seen Michal perform before, and the mere sight of her almost reflexively makes them laugh.
Video: Man Indiscriminately Fires Toward Vehicle
Police are looking for a maniac who fired several shots at the back of a moving car in the middle of a Crown Heights street.
Left: Dennis Prager. Right: Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie.
Shliach Discusses ‘The Secret of Chabad’ on Radio
How do you get young people interested in leading a religious life and have them stay interested? Nationally syndicated radio talk-show host Dennis Prager spoke to California Shliach Rabbi David Eliezrie, author of a new book titled The Secret of Chabad.
New Engagement!
Sholom Ber Kessler (Montreal, Canada) and Itta Denburg (Boca Raton, FL)
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