Boruch Dayan Hoemes: R’ Tzvi Raitman, 90, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Tzvi (Harry) Raitman OBM, a member of the Anash community in Melbourne, Australia. He was 90 years old.
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Baby Girl!
Zalmy and Chaya (nee Inglis) Wolff (Crown Heights)
Cteen Scores Win For All at JCC Maccabi Games
For the fourth year in a row, CTeen’s representatives had all hands on deck at every location at the JCC Maccabi Games in Wisconsin, Texas and Florida, operating Mitzvah booths with local shluchim to give the participants as well as the volunteers, something to add a little extra light to their day.
“Refusenik” Leaves Huge Legacy
A campaign is picking up steam to support the widow and children of a beloved Russian-born rabbi and former Refusenik, remembered as “a truly rare breed of Chossid and Mekushar.”
Here’s My Story: ‘Don’t Be Ashamed of Who You Are’
Judge Jerome Hornblass served for 17 years as Justice on the New York State Supreme Court. He is presently a U.S. Administrative Law Judge. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in his home in New York City in January of 2012.
Benny Friedman Rocks Sydney
Benny Friedman’s performance at the Concert for Hope in Sydney, Australia, last Wednesday was received with rapturous applause by the over 700 attendees.
New Engagement!
Yossi Sharfstein (Crown Heights) and Goldie Sudak (Edgware, England)
State Senator Hosts ‘Meet Your Judges’ Event
New York State Senator Jesse Hamilton hosted eight judges and close to a hundred residents of the Crown Heights community at a “Meet Your Judges” forum at the Jewish Children’s Museum Tuesday night Aug, 18th.
Rabbi Peretz and Chaya Mushka Kazen, with their baby daughter, Miriam, arrived this week to start the first Chabad center in the Louisiana capital of Baton Rouge.
Chabad Sets Down Roots in Baton Rouge
Ten years ago this month, Baton Rouge, La., was a primary destination for rescue workers and supplies dispatched in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina from Lubavitch World Headquarters in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. As many as 200,000 residents had fled the floods for the relative safety of the state’s capital and second largest city, about 80 miles to the northwest of New Orleans.
Oholei Torah Calendar Highlights the ’70s
Oholei Torah has released its calendar for this coming year, 5776, which will be available free of charge at Crown Heights stores for the benefit of the community.
Info to Be Menachem Avel Mrs. Yaakova Weber
Mrs. Yaakova Weber is sitting Shiva after the passing of her brother, Daniel Levine, OBM, at 562 New York Ave. [corner Maple St.] until Sunday morning. Visiting hours: 10:00am to 10:00pm. Memories and condolences can be sent to jamilevyweber@yahoo.com. Phone: 718-774-7021. Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch […]
Spanish Festival Apologizes, Re-Invites Matisyahu
Following a barrage of criticism, organizers of an international reggae festival in Spain backtracked Wednesday and apologized for cancelling a concert by Jewish-American singer Matisyahu because he had declined to state his position regarding a Palestinian state.
On This Day 24 Years Ago: Crown Heights Riot Erupts
Twenty-four years ago, on August 19, 1991, a tragic car accident in Crown Heights escalated into a pogrom against the Jewish people. It later became known as The Crown Heights Riot.
Rebbe: Lack of Tznius Similar to Plague
“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.
Video: Final Smashing Week at LDC-Monsey
Lubavitch Day Camp of Monsey completed its last exciting, fun and meaningful week of the summer. See the highlights of the week in this video slideshow.
From Days Gone By: Reb Benche Shemtov Welcomed to Land of the Free, 1951
A group of Lubavitcher Chassidim gathers in 770 to welcome Reb Benche Shemtov, OBM, to America, following his escape from the Stalin’s Soviet Union four years earlier in 1947. Can you identify anyone else in the photo?
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