Here’s My Story: A Special Visit
The past president of Chai Riders, a Jewish Motorcycle Club, David Himber lives in Sea Gate, Brooklyn. He was interviewed in the My Encounter Studio in May of 2014.
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The Rebbe during a visit to Camp Gan Yisroel in upstate New York.
The Rebbe’s Call for Summertime Tznius: Shorts = Short Mindedness
“Prior to the summer, the Rebbe would – almost annually – discuss the topic of Tznius,” says Crown Heights Mashpia Rabbi Michoel Seligson. At his suggestion, CrownHeights.info presents a weekly feature for the summer months: a short thought of the Rebbe on tznius, as compiled by Rabbi Seligson.
Mayor De Blasio Fighting Bad Ol’ Days Perception
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is having a really bad summer. He has been unable to shake a media-driven perception that the Big Apple’s crime-and-homelessness-filled days are returning.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Tosher Rebbe, OBM
Rabbi Meshulem Feish Lowy, the Tosher Rebbe, known for his magnetic personality and an ever present aura of holiness, died today at the age of 95.
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Akiva and Esty (nee Loschak) Steinmetz (Crown Heights)
Laws and Customs: Elul
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of the month of Elul (up to but not including the period of Selichos) for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
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Two 10-Year-Olds Mug Grandmother in Crown Heights
Two 10-year-olds robbed a 67-year-old woman on a Crown Heights street corner on Monday afternoon, police said. The senior was at Empire Boulevard and Rogers Avenue at 2 p.m. when five tykes approached her, the youngest aged 4, according to the Daily News.
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Yehuda Leib and Ariella (nee Hecht) Hurwitz (Crown Heights)
Man Steals 14 Bottles of Shampoo from Kol Tuv
Late Tuesday night Shomrim volunteers apprehended a shoplifter who stole 14 bottles of shampoo – totaling $86.95 in value – from the Kol Tuv grocery store.
Video: How Can We Naturally Follow G-d?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Re’eh. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can we naturally follow G-d?
Special Minyan for Woman Who Lost Arm in Alligator Attack
Members of a Chabad congregation in Orlando, Fl., held a special prayer quorum, or minyan, on Sunday to support a Jewish woman who lost her arm after she was attacked by an alligator in a nearby river last Saturday, the U.K.’s Jewish Chronicle reported.
Jeffries Indicates Leaning Against ‘Flawed’ Iran Deal
Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn) on Tuesday indicated he’s leaning towards voting against the Iran nuclear deal.
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Yitzchak Meir and Shaina Mushka (nee Goldstein) Einstein (Crown Heights)
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Levi Polter (Crown Heights) and Rina Rounami (Crown Heights)
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Yochanan and Rochel Gordon (Tasmania, Australia)
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Moty and Rivkah (nee Kulik) Torenheim (Crown Heights)
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