Mere hours after Hamas released a video of former kidnapping victim, IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, seemingly enjoying his time spent while in captivity, his family released a statement calling the clip a “distorted picture” of his ordeal.
The Kinus Hashluchos Vaad has announced that Mrs. Richa Slavaticki of Antwerp, Belgium, has been selected to deliver the keynote address at the upcoming Kinus Hashluchos Gala Banquet 5776 (2016).
After an unusually mild stretch of winter weather, the coldest air of the season is moving into the Tri-State area.
A Palestinian was prevented from stabbing an Israeli in Jerusalem on Sunday when his knife bent during the attack.
Pictures from the wedding of Eliyahu Raskin (Brooklyn Heights, NY) to Shaindy Holtzberg (Georgetown, NY), which took place Sunday night in the Oholei Torah Ballroom in Crown Heights.
Choni and Neshi (nee Frankforter) Teitelbaum (Crown Heights)
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 97, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Women of the Wall; Healthy Outlets for Teenage Boys; Tzniyus; Finding Your Life’s Purpose; Hair.
Mendy Shemtov (Crown Heights) and Rivky Perlow (Sydney, Australia)
Mendel and Esther Golda (nee Raskin) Katz (Buffalo Grove, IL)
Yankel Friedman sings Shamil’s nigun in this behind-the-scenes glimpse at the upcoming DVD The Rebbe’s Nigunim, by the makers of Mitzvah Boulevard.
Over the past week, the Jewish Released Time program, under the auspices of the NCFJE, arranged winter camps for public school children during their winter vacation.
Hundreds of men and women turned out this Motzai Shabbos for Crown Heights Hatzalah’s annual Melava Malka, health symposium and raffle for $18,000. Winners and Photos in the Extended Article!
The streets of usually bustling Tel Aviv were eerily quiet on Saturday night as police searched through abandoned buildings and construction sites for an Israeli Arab man who opened fire at a pub on Friday, killing two and wounding six others, two seriously. With the killer still at large, residents were cautioned to be on the alert.
Nochum Labkowski (Kfar Chabad, Israel) and Goldie Yurkowitz (Lod, Israel)
In honor of Chof Teves, the yartzeit of the Rambam, Cheder at the Ohel parent and cardiologist Dr. David Schechter came to the Cheder to explain to the younger division how the human heart works.
This week’s Living Torah is themed around the upcoming Yom Histalkus of the Alter Rebbe, Chof Daled Teves. In the Sicha, the Rebbe expounds on some striking similarities between the Alter Rebbe and the Rambam, whose Yahrtzeit we commemorate this week as well, on Chof Teves.
“I am moving to another city; Rebbe how do I make sure that over the course of years, my hislahavus and brenn doesn’t cool off?” the Chosid asked the heilike Ruzhiner.
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