New Engagement!
Sholom Lakein (Crown Heights) and Aya Bassel (Israel)
Baby Boy!

Op-ed: Why Your Child Wasn’t Accepted
It’s almost the start of the new school year; you were just informed that your child was not accepted into our school, and you demand to know why.

CGI-NY Visits the Rebbe’s Ohel for Chof Av
It is a memory that is vivid in the minds of those who were zoche to be present: the Rebbe leads a farbrengen on Chof Av, the yahrtzeit of his father, Reb Levi Yitzchok. Joining the other chassidim are the campers and staff of Camp Gan Yisroel-NY.

Shabbos at the Besht: Chof Menachem Av
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Seligson will lead a discussion on the topic of Chof Menachem Av.
Baby Boy!
Yossi and Rivky (nee Gray) Diamont (Crown Heights)
Baby Boy!
Mendy and Gittel (nee Sandhaus) Cohen (Crown Heights)

Hundreds Gather at Reb Levik’s Ohel in Kazakhstan
Honoring the Rebbe’s father, Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Schneerson, OBM, Jews from around the world gathered in Almaty, Kazakhstan to pray at his gravesite on the anniversary of his passing.
New Engagement!
Yossi (ben Mottel) Krasniansky (Melbourne, Australia) and Chana Saraleh Shagalov (Crown Heights)

Boruch Dayan Hoemes: R’ Hershel Kupchin, 74, OBM
With great sadness we in inform you of the sudden passing of Reb Hershel (Tzvi Hersh Nissel ben Nechama) Kupchin OBM, a longtime resident of Crown Heights. He was 74 years old.

Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe encouraging the singing during a visit to Camp Gan Israel in upstate New York.

Letter & Spirit: ‘What If I Hadn’t Been Born a Jew?’
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, as we find ourselves in the Seven Weeks of Consolation, we present a letter of encouraging words from the Rebbe, from the Prophesies of Consolation, to a person questioning his Jewish faith. The letter was written in English through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
New Engagement!
Schneur Zalman (ben Mendy) Schneerson (Crown Heights) and Rochale Ende (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

In The Footsteps of Their Parents
At a time when other faith communities are experiencing a dearth of young religious leadership, within Chabad there are many like Mendel and Avremel: 20 and 30 somethings who have grown up as children of emissaries and return to their hometown to continue and advance their parents’ work.

Photos: Hiking, Boating and Mini Golf at CGI-Montreal
Campers enjoyed a full day of hiking, boating and mini golf at Camp Gan Yisroel-Montreal.