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Letter & Spirit: True Justice
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, as we approach Rosh Hashanah – the day of judgment, we present a letter from the Rebbe to a judge, in which the Rebbe touches upon the idea of true justice. 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.
Baby Girl!
Yoni and Chanie (nee Bialestock) Rappaport (Crown Heights)
Vancouver Island Breaks Ground on New Chabad Center
Vancouver Island, in Canada’s Pacific northwest, was named the No. 1 Island in U.S and Canada by the Travel + Leisure magazine 2014. Locals and travelers come for the fishing, wineries, art, whale watching, and breathtaking scenery. And now, some will be coming for its blossoming Jewish community, a stunning development given the island’s relative isolation from the mainland.
Descendant of Alter Rebbe Has Bar Mitzvah at Age 50
The Shaarei Tzedek Chessed Center in Moscow, Russia, takes care of the physical needs of local elderly and needy Jews day in and day out, by providing them with food, clothing, medicine and more.
Man Chokes Crown Heights Woman Who Rebuffed Him
Police are searching for a suspect they say choked a Crown Heights woman after she rebuffed his advances.
Atlanta Teens Get a Way to ‘Make a Difference’
Rabbi Yale and Rickelle New began Friendship Circle of Atlanta in December 2011, soon after the couple married. From their home in the Toco Hills neighborhood near the heart of Georgia’s capital city, they have worked tirelessly to grow the program from its infancy to a thriving resource, matching teenage volunteers with children who have special needs.
NYC Distributes Anti-MBP Brochure to New Mothers
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has created a new brochure on the supposed dangers of the practice of Metzitzah B’peh (MBP), which it will distribute to new Jewish mothers in hospitals throughout the city, in a bid to discourage them from having the ritual performed on their newborn sons.
Video: Glider Raises Tel Aviv Shabbos Observance
Rabbi Yosef Gerlitzky, Director of Chabad in Tel Aviv, told Arutz Sheva about Shabbat observance in the traditionally secular coastal city and how his organization is working to improve it from the air.
Here’s My Story: The Maccabees
Mrs. Rose Schrage was the businesses manager of the Crown Heights Board of Education for 30 years. She was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in her home in Brooklyn in October of 2010.
Community Unites in Protest of Iran Deal
A rally and press conference took place this evening, August 26, in Crown Heights, drawing hundreds of area residents in protest of the ‘Iran deal,’ which will allow the Islamist regime to procure nuclear weapons and restore billions of dollars to their terror-financing coffers. A small group of Neturei Karta protesters – but with very large signs – attended as well and counter-protested.
Tefilin Stolen from Chabad Booth Found in Trash
Last week Moti Edri was engaged in ‘Mivtzoim’, getting people in the Azrieli Mall in Tel Aviv to put on tefilin. His mehudar tefilin disappeared at some point, and they were found the following day in a trash can.
Activists Ask Manhattan Judge to Ban Kapparos
Lawyers for a group opposing the Jewish ritual of Kaporos were in a Manhattan court today, asking that a Superior Court judge put an end to the annual event not only because of they find it offensive, but due to the fact that it violates some 15 laws.
Arrest Made in UI-Chabad Menorah Vandalism
University of Illinois police have arrested a Champaign man in connection with the Aug. 19 vandalizing of the menorah outside the Chabad Jewish Center on the University of Illinois campus in Champaign.
Music Video: Givald! (Feat. Pres. Obama)
Chasidic singing sensation Shimmy Engel teamed up with Chabad comedian Mendy Pellin to produce a music video for his latest hit song – Givald!
Another Smashing Summer at CGI-Edgware
This year, Gan Israel Day Camp of Edgware, UK, attracted over 310 children ages 4-12 from Edgware and Northwest London for two weeks of fun and excitement.
Community to Protest Iran Deal; Code Pink and Neturei Karta Plan Counter-Protest
A rally and press conference scheduled for later this evening in Crown Heights is expected to draw hundreds of residents opposing the nuclear deal with Iran. CrownHeights.info has learned that radical anti-Israel groups who support the Iran deal, including Code Pink and Neturei Karta, are planning to attend as well in a bid to disrupt the community’s unified voice.
