The governor of a Jewish Territory established by Stalin YM”S in Russia’s Far East recently celebrated a ‘Bar Mitzvah’ following a visit from the local Chabad Shliach and Chief Rabbi of Russia, and pledged to assist in building the regions first Mikva.
Shmulie and Musi (nee Lustig) Naparstek (Crown Heights)
Yossi and Baily Kahana (Crown Heights)
Isaac and Miriam (nee Slavin) Kleinman (Crown Heights)
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 96, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Friend Dating Non-Jew; Hair Covering Cont‘d; Can We Have More than One Rebbe? Children: How Do We Know That Our Faith is the Truth? Climate Change.
This past Motzei Shabbos Oholei Torah Mesivta held a Melaveh Malka marking the schools 60th birthday.
Simcha Raskin (Crown Heights) and Rivky Dubrawsky (Vancouver, Canada)
Yossi Vorovich (Richmond Hill, Ontario) and Chaya Mushka Nemni (London, England)
“Antisemitism on Campus” is a talk given by Rabbi Dov Greenberg as part of a fast-paced JLI session called “Ten Talks” featuring 10 short powertalks from 10 inspiring speakers, showcasing important ideas that change attitudes, lives, and, ultimately, the world.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mr. Nathan (Nosson) Werdiger OBM, an Australian businessman and philanthropist who supported many organizations and institutions in Australia and around the world. He was 93 years old.
With great sadness we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing of Reb Yitzchok Abitan, OBM, of Nachlat Har Chabad, Israel, a devoted husband and father of five who went to sleep after the Shabbos meal Friday night and did not wake up the next morning, r”l.
Earlier today, an Israeli Arab stabbed and moderately wounded an IDF soldier near the central bus station in Jerusalem, before he was overpowered by security guards and police. A few hours later, Israeli soldiers shot dead two Palestinians who had stabbed two soldiers at a West Bank checkpoint.
Zalman and Chaya Seema (nee Goldstein) Friedman (Crown Heights)
Mendy and Rochel Leah (nee Gudelsky) Wilansky (Montreal, Canada)
The KGB interrogator just smiled and said, “We have ways of arranging accidents on the road and the American officials will find you dead from a car accident and everyone will think that you were driving too fast on unfamiliar roads, or something like that, and that sometimes accidents happen.”
This week’s Living Torah video is of a sicha delivered to the boys and girls at a children’s rally. It’s amazing to witness the passion with which the Rebbe speaks to the children; while some would think of an address to young kids as an afterthought, the Rebbe clearly attached great importance to such events.
For 14-year-old Shmuely (Silas) Tebbitt, recess wasn’t always his favorite activity. While his classmates headed outside or to the gym, Shmuely had to hang back.
