New Engagement!
Yossi Sharfstein (Crown Heights) and Goldie Sudak (Edgware, England)
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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.
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?
Video: The Week in Review at YSP
The final week of camp was filled with excitement, learning, fun and inspiration at Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ.
Avraham Fried: Leaker of Song Should Ask Forgiveness
An unauthorized recording of Avraham Fried singing an unfinished new song for his upcoming album was leaked to social media by an unidentified person. The illicit recording of the song, titled ‘Ribon Ha’olamim,’ likely originated from someone who was present at the time in the studio.
Ten Years After Katrina: Jewish New Orleans Keeps on Growing Younger
A decade after Hurricane Katrina devastated the gulf coast of Louisiana—ripping into a huge swath of land and leaving it awash in floodwaters for nearly a week—Jewish life has worked its way back to a new normal.
Photos: ‘Fun Is in the Air’ at CGI-NY
As camp comes to a end, we present to you some of the highlights of the summer all captured in the air – because fun is always in the air in Gan Yisroel.
New Engagement!
Zalmy Kavka (Seattle, WA) and Shaina Liberow (Barranquilla, Columbia)
Matisyahu Responds to Ban by Spanish BDS Activists
Jewish reggae star Matisyahu responded on Monday to being dropped by Spain’s Rototom reggae festival saying organizers’ efforts to pressure him to endorse the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions movement were “appalling and offensive.”
