New Engagement!
Ariel Steinberg (Atlanta, GA) and Chaya Bornstein (Las Vegas, NV)
Story: The Tefillin and the Truck Driver
A lost pair of holocaust-survivor’s Tefilin, a garage sale in rural Nevada, a Jewish Jewish truck driver who never had a Bar Mitzvah, and an upscale Pesach retreat – all come together in this phenomenal story of Hashgacha Protis, which was printed in the latest edition of Mishpacha Magazine.
New Engagement!
Levi Kapeluschnik (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Sara (bas R’ Shlomo) Steinmitz (Crown Heights)
Radio Talk Show Host Tells Story of Previous Rebbe
Nationally syndicated conservative talk show host Michael Savage spent several minutes of his daily radio broadcast to tell a story of the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe and his father, the Rebbe Rashab.
Video: First Week at CGI-Detroit
A video recap of the first week of Camp Gan Yisroel-Detroit, located in Lubavitch City, MI.
Visitors Give Condolence to Rapp Family
Members of the Rapp family have been sitting Shiva after the tragic passing of Rabbi Kuti Rapp, OBM, for the past week in Crown Heights and in Israel. They were visited by many members of the community, including Rabbonim and representatives from law enforcement.
Baby Girl!
Arik and Chaya (nee Friedman) Denebeim (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Tovie and Cherry (nee Raksin) Weitman (Crown Heights)
Baby Boy!
Yossi and Chanie (nee Lieberman) Lebovics (Lauderhill, FL)
Shliach Calls Out Amazon’s Hypocrisy
A week after Amazon banned the sale of Confederate flags following a deadly shooting, Jewish organizations, including Sacramento Shliach Rabbi Mendy Cohen, are calling on Amazon to ban books denying the Holocaust.
Baby Girl!
Yaakov and Mushkie (nee Kohn) Perlman (Kingston, PA)
8:00pm: 17 Tammuz and The 3 Weeks; Are we Making a Difference? Mashpia, Friend and Spouse – Distinction? How to Achieve Ahavas Yisroel
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 74, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: 17 Tammuz and The 3 Weeks; Are we Making a Difference? Mashpia, Friend and Spouse – Distinction? How to Achieve Ahavas Yisroel.
Plus Size Gown Gemach Marks 1 Year and 200 Success Stories
Just one year after being established, the Simchas Rochel and Golda Gown Gemach has helped over 200 women find a beautiful gowns for their Simchas. Chani Vogel writes of her wonderful experiences with this endeavor.
Baby Girl!
Hershy and Ariella (nee Schachter) Ives (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Yoni and Aviva Marrus (Pembroke Pines, FL)
Israeli Soldiers in Indiana Get a Taste of Home
Generally, the visitors who grace the Shabbat table of Rabbi Yehoshua and Zlata Chincholker tend to be college students at Indiana University Bloomington, where the couple directs the campus Chabad House-Jewish Student Center. Last Shabbat, however, the Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries welcomed a different group of students–Israelis in town for disaster training.
Gan Yisroel-Parksville Poses for Camp Portrait
On Thursday afternoon, immediately preceding the gala banquet in honor of the 60th year since its founding, the entire Camp Gan Yisroel in Parksville, NY – campers, staff, and directors – gathered for the annual camp picture. Joining camp for the picture was co-founder and first head counselor of Gan Yisroel, Rabbi Moshe Lazar of Milan, Italy.
