New Engagement!
Yosef Nachman Perman (Santiago, Chile) and Chaya Mushka Soussan (France)
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Mordechai Boymelgreen, 91, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Moshe Mordechai ben Levi Yitzchok Boymelgreen OBM a survivor of the holocaust and patriarch to a family of baalei chesed. He was 91 years old.
He Had a 10% Chance to Live, Now He’s Planning His Wedding
Kiryat Arba resident Meir Pavlovsky, 31, was sitting quietly next to the Hazon David synagogue in his hometown. He was studying Torah when a terrorist appeared out of nowhere and brutally stabbed him in the stomach.
Red Crescent Ambulance Ignored Israeli Terror Victims
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the Palestinian Red Crescent Society of acting against ‘human and civilized norms’ for failing to stop and treat members of the Litman family who were the target of a terror attack in the South Hebron Hills on Friday.
Innovative Israeli Model Guides Families Out of Poverty
Michal and Levie, a young couple living in Safed, Israel, were on the brink of despair. With absolutely no money to support themselves and their young children, the strain was taking an emotional toll that they feared would tear their family apart.
Amid Soaring Racial Tensions, Students in Missouri Launch Good Deeds Initiative
Students members of Chabad at the University of Missouri campus launched an initiative this week to rein in tensions at the campus, after a series of racially charged incidents led to a student backlash and the resignation of the school’s chancellor and president, The Algemeiner has learned.
Bais Chaya Mushka in L.A. Shows Gratitude to Director
It was a surprise birthday party unlike any other at Bais Chaya Mushka in Los Angeles. All of the students lined up early in the yard, donned festive party hats, and waited excitedly for their beloved Director, Rabbi Danny Yiftach, to arrive.
Hundreds Mourn Father and Son Murdered on Way to ‘Aufruf’
Family and friends had to physically support an inconsolable young bride-to-be at the funeral of her father and brother,which was attended by hundreds of people in Jerusalem on Saturday night. They were slain by terrorists while traveling Friday to attend a pre-wedding celebration with her future husband.
Bais Rivkah Teen Club Begins 4th Year with a Bang
BR Teen Club, an after-school program for Bais Rivkah’s 6-8 graders that provides nourishing food, homework support, and stimulating recreational clubs and workshops, has begun its fourth year with much enthusiasm.
Thieves Break into Crown Heights Offices, Steal Over $20k
A pair of masked burglars broke into a shared office space in Crown Heights and stole over $20,000 worth of electronics.
Christian Fellowship Donates $86k to Chabad in France
In the wake of the deadly ISIS terrorist attacks in Paris, The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews’ President Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein today said his organization is expanding emergency security aid to French-Jewish communal institutions. The Fellowship at the same time said it will help any French Jew who wishes to immigrate to Israel.
Jewish Children in France Undeterred by Terror
This morning was the first school-day following the horrific terrorist attacks in Paris Friday night that shocked France and the world. In the central city of Grenoble, Shliach Rabbi Yehia Lahiany reported that despite the omnipresent fear lingering over the country, not a single child was absent today at the Ohr Menachem Jewish Day School.
A Niggun from Nevel with an Israeli Twist
Chabad singer and rising star in the Israeli music scene Nemuel Harouche has released a new single – Shehasholom Shelo – an old Lubavitcher niggun from Nevel, which he sings with an upbeat tempo and classic Israeli musical instruments.
Baby Girl!
Avrohom and Baily Wolowik (Monsey, NY)
Baby Girl!
Benzion and Faigy (nee Grossbaum) Treitel (Montreal, Canada)
From Days Gone By: R’ Aron Leizer Ceitlin in Tzfat
In honor of the Shloshim of Rabbi Aron Leizer Ceitlin OBM we present a set of photos from May 1977 in where he is seen studying with children in the Meginim Square in Tzfat, Israel. The photos are from the archives of Shmuel Zalmanov.
8:00pm: Having Standards without Being Judgmental
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 90, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Chassidic Dress Code; High Standards without Being Judgmental; Validity of Conversion; Are Other Religious Practices Legitimate? Colors of the Sefiros.
