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Zalman and Rivkah (nee Vogel) Levy (Crown Heights)
EnerJew Continues to Expand; Counselor Seminar Opens in Moscow
Thirty talented new youth counselors, from the 15 branches of the rapidly growing ‘EnerJew’ Jewish youth movement in the former USSR, attended a special five day professional seminar in Moscow, the capital of Russia, which was also attended by mentors and leading lecturers.
Merkos Vice-Chairman Visits Earthquake-Ravaged Nepal
Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, executive vice-chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, along with his son Rabbi Mendy Kotlarsky, director of Merkos’ Suite 302, arrived this morning in Kathmandu, Nepal, to assist the local Chabad Center with their humanitarian efforts in the aftermath of an earthquake that devastated the impoverished nation.
Vintage Album of Bedford and Dean in 1940s Found
A Crown Heights family recently uncovered a vintage collection of photographs taken in and around the original building of Lubavitcher Yeshiva in the U.S., located on the corner of Bedford and Dean in Brooklyn, during the mid 1940s. The album was shared with us by Lubavitch Archives. Can you identify anyone in the photos?
Shliach Borrows a Chopper and Rescues Stranded Israelis
When Chabad of Nepal got word that about 50 Israelis were stuck in several remote villages with no food, electricity or water, they sprang into action, organizing an effort to try and reach them. But a rescue mission to deliver food and a satellite phone to them by motorcycle yesterday ended after a 10-hour journey that met with blocked roads and no way to get through to them.
New Engagement!
Shloimy Freedman (Argentina) and Chanky (bas Avremel) Friedman (Crown Heights)
Video: 10 Hours of Walking in Montevideo as a Jew
As a spoof of the viral video published last fall of a woman experiencing over 100 instances of verbal harassment during a 10 hour period walking the streets of New York City, Shliach to Uruguay Rabbi Mendy Shemtov made this video to show what it’s like to walk the streets of Montevideo as an Orthodox Jew.
Video: Why Do They Riot?
Many people are shaking their heads at the destruction in Baltimore and wondering how anyone could burn and loot their own community. PIX11 News spoke to Richard Green, an activist in the Crown Heights African-American community, about what he believes leads protesters to stage violent riots.
Video: How Matzos Foiled a Hamas Terror Tunnel Attack
IDF Captain (Res.) Dan Gordon, a screenplay writer and author, relates a story from the recent war between the IDF and the Hamas terror group, how a group of Orthodox Jews looking for wheat to be used for Matzos during a Shmitah (sabbatical) year foiled a terror attack that Hamas sought to launch through one of its terror tunnels.
Here’s My Story: America Needs Jewish Educators
Rabbi Shalom Rephun was the principal of Manhattan Day School and currently resides in Manhattan. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in his home in June of 2009.
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Shmuel and Rivky (nee Kleinman) Kazen (Crown Heights)
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Shmuly and Dina (nee Perl) Tzfasman (Crown Heights)
Farbrengens, Seminars Highlight Asian Kinus
It seems the sun did not set in Thailand last night, with a Farbrengen at the Asian Regional Kinus HaShluchim having lasted through the night. Rabbi Yosef Chaim Kantor, head shliach to Thailand and Kinus host, introduced the theme of the evening, “Brengen Yidden Tzum Rebb’n,” stressing the importance of following the Rebbe’s directives while working to connect Yidden with the Rebbe.
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Levi and Mushky (nee Pewzner) Kotlarsky (Crown Heights)
From Days Gone By: First Shluchim to Nepal, 1990
Two Lubavitcher Bochurim, the first ever sent to Nepal on Merkos Shlichus, speak to Jewish tourists on the streets of Kathmandu. Behind them are dozens soldiers, as the country was in the midst of a democratic revolution known as The 1990 People’s Movement. Can you identify those in the photo?
Students Take First Prize At Connecticut State Science Fair
Students at the Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy were well represented at the 67th Annual Connecticut State Science Fair held March 10th-14th at Quinnipiac University.
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Choli and Shevi (nee Rosenberg) Rivkin (Crown Heights)
