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.
Arik and Chaya (nee Friedman) Denebeim (Crown Heights)
Tovie and Cherry (nee Raksin) Weitman (Crown Heights)
Yossi and Chanie (nee Lieberman) Lebovics (Lauderhill, FL)
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.
Yaakov and Mushkie (nee Kohn) Perlman (Kingston, PA)
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.
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.
Hershy and Ariella (nee Schachter) Ives (Crown Heights)
Yoni and Aviva Marrus (Pembroke Pines, FL)
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.
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.
In honor of the 17th of Tammuz, JEM has assembled a collection of clips featuring the Rebbe observing the fast and discussing the meaning of the day.
On the 16th of Tammuz, 5716 (1956), the Rebbe visited the grounds of the fledgling Camp Gan Yisroel, which had been founded that year in upstate New York. Touring the installations, the Rebbe showed great interest in every aspect of the camp.
In 1976, a young high schooler in Crown Heights felt the need to push back against the expectations and strictures of life as a Lubavitcher girl. The Rebbe’s sensitivity and approach to her predicament remain as topical and incisive now as ever – truly a guide to the perplexed. Today, Mrs. Mariashi Groner is the Co-director of Lubavitch of North Carolina and the Director of Charlotte Jewish Day School.
Eli and Brachie (nee Clapman) Friedman (Crown Heights)
Yisroel Noach and Slava (nee Edelman) Blank (Crown Heights)
