Boruch Dayan Hoemes: R’ Yosef Elyovitch, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of R’ Yosef Elyovitch, OBM, a longtime member of the Lubavitch community in Antwerp, Belgium, and one of the founders of the Chabad House in the city.
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Where Will ‘Roving Rabbis’ Observe Tisha B’Av? Just About Everywhere
The summertime travels of “Roving Rabbis”—young Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students and newly minted rabbis who visit isolated Jews and small Jewish communities all over the globe—are filled with exciting, hectic days and nights in which they share the joys of Judaism with others. But on Tisha B’Av, they have a unique opportunity for a relatively quiet day of reflection, in which they can learn more about the local Jewish community and deepen their times with them.
Picture of the Day: ‘And This Is the Torah..’
An NYPD officer from the 77th Precinct stopped inside 770 for a quick visit during Shachris Thursday morning. Upon discovering that he is Jewish, the Mispallelim honored him with Hagbaha – the lifting of the Torah.
Shomrim Help Non-Jewish Contractor Nab Thief
A contractor doing work on a Jewish home in Crown Heights was suddenly shocked to discover that a man was stealing valuable tools and equipment from his work van. He confronted the man and demanded that they be returned, but instead the man attacked him with a screwdriver he had just stolen.
London Yeshiva Marks Completion of Maseches Gittin
It was a full house for the the 33rd annual Siyum at Yeshiva Gedolah Lubavitch-London, which celebrated the completion of Mesechtas Gittin by a number of its Talmidim.
JEM Introduces WhatsApp Series on Parenting
This Monday, JEM will be starting a 10-part series over WhatsApp on the topic of parenting. The videos will be sent to the over 7,000 subscribers of their daily videos broadcasts.
Twin Sisters, Married to Twin Brothers, Give Birth 20 Minutes Apart
In what is being reported as a “first in the world”, two Orthodox-Jewish twin sisters in Israel, who are married to twin brothers, gave birth to girls 20 minutes apart.
Crown Heights Teen’s Uplifting Poem Goes Viral
A Crown Heights teen, 11th grader Chanie Gorkin, is getting credit for writing an uplifting poem that has been getting a lot of attention on social media in the United States and especially the United Kingdom.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe during the distribution of dollars in the large Shul of 770, taken in the early 1990s.
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Yanky and Melissa Laine (Crown Heights)
Letter & Spirit: The Cause of the Churban
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, in honor of Tisha B’av, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he explains the story of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza and how it explains the reason for the churban Bais Hamikdash. From the cause of the problem, says the Rebbe, we can learn the solution. 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.
Photos: CGI-Montreal Enjoys Grand Trip to Theme Park
Campers and staff at Gan Yisroel-Montreal enjoyed the first month’s grand trip to La Ronde, an amusement park in Quebec.
Brooklyn Jews Increasingly Turning to Self-Defense
Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jews are arming themselves with potentially deadly weapons – their own bodies: CBS2 reports that a growing number of religious Jews are taking self-defense classes in martial arts with Sensai Steve Issak who developed and teaches a course he calls Shima Juijitsu.
Brunoy Mesivta Celebrates Completion of Masechta
The Mesivta division of Tomchei Temimim in Brunoy, France, gathered together Monday for a Kinus Torah, celebrating the completion of Maseches Brochos, which the students diligently studied throughout the year.
Sam Jurkowicz and Menachem Light at the Brooklyn headquarters of Buggy.
Op-Ed: Uber’s Victory Against De Blasio a Win For All Entrepreneurs
Writing for Forbes, Crown Heights entrepreneur Zalmi Duchman explains why Uber’s victory over New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is a victory for all entrepreneurs, and brings as an example a new successful startup by two fellow Crown Heightsers – Menachem Light and Sam Jurkovitz – to illustrate his point.
Injured IDF Soldiers Experience Eight Days in Canada
Six IDF soldiers who were injured during last summer’s incursion into Gaza experienced Canada as part of an eight-day trip co-sponsored and organized by the Chabad Terror Victims Project.
Baby Girl!
Mendy and Miriam (nee Andrusier) Rosler (Crown Heights)
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