IDF Training Kicks In As Florist Foils Robbery Attempt
A Brooklyn florist turned the tables on a would be robber on Friday, disarming the armed gunman and holding him for police.
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Yossi and Kendel Leah (nee Kolt) Feldman (Los Angeles, CA)
Video: Yeshiva Student Discusses Visit to Dubai
Rabbi Nachman Simon, Shliach to Delmar, a suburb of Albany, interviewed his son, Aharon Simon, a Yeshiva student studying in Crown Heights, on ‘The Jewish View,’ a cable TV talk show. They discussed Aharon’s recent trip to east Asia, where he helped local Jews celebrate Passover, and his 7-hour stopover in Dubai.
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Yossi (ben Mendel) Okunov (Crown Heights) and Blumie Raskin (London, England)
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Avremy Scheinfeld (Crown Heights) and Mushka Hecht (Crown Heights)
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Mendy and Miki (nee Mishulovin) Mochkin (Crown Heights)
8:00pm: Sending Children to Non-Chabad Schools; Boredom in Yeshiva; Adult Children’s Sense of Entitlement
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 69, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week, Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Is the Yeshiva System Failing Our Children? (Pt. 2); Sending Children to Non-Chabad Schools; Boredom in Yeshiva; Adult Children’s Sense of Entitlement.
Parts of Houston are drying out after major flooding earlier this week, with Jewish volunteers helping affected residents move damaged furniture and other belongings outside their houses.
As Toll Mounts in Sodden Houston, Jewish Community Pitches In to Help Neighbors
Days after torrential rains caused massive flooding in Houston, the true toll in terms of lives lost and property destroyed continues to mount. Sadly, that includes an older Jewish couple who perished when the rescue boat they were in capsized.
Moscow Yeshiva Students Ace Smicha Test
The students of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Moscow, Russia, recently completed studying the laws of dairy and meat, which is a necessary course for rabbinic ordination. On Thursday, they breezed through a test on the subject given by Rabbi Y.Y. Yeruslavsky, who flew in from Israel to conduct the exam.
Chidon Finalists Treated to 2 Days of Amazing Trips
Over the past two days, the Chidon Sefer Hamitzvos finalists have been treated to amazing trips, non-stop fun and inspiration.
Info to be Menachem Avel the Goldin Family
The Goldin family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their dear father R’ Mordechai Goldin OBM at 706 Eastern Parkway Apartment #5I [corner of Brooklyn Ave.] until Thursday Morning. Shacharis: Sunday at 9:00 and 10:00AM,Monday – Thursday at 7:30 […]
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Zalmi and Yehudis (nee Kaminetski) Futerfas (Crown Heights)
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Yehuda and Chana Rochel (nee Deitsch) Apfelbaum (Crown Heights)
Chabad Chosid Wins Prestigious Metcalf Award
It is rare for a faculty member younger than 35 to win the prestigious Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching at Boston University, but Dr. Binyomin Abrams is far from an ordinary professor. In fact, he’s one with lots of energy, known for a dynamic delivery of his subject matter.
Op-Ed: A Call to Stop the Shouting
Monsters are terrorizing our community. I have seen them harass otherwise decent and upstanding community members. They are difficult to detect, usually managing to harm and dive back into the shadows without so much as being seen. They remain mostly anonymous, and yet, creep up on you and wreak havoc.
by Meir Yedidya
Cross-Border Shipper: An Unusual Business for a Nice Jewish Boy in Judaica
Standing behind the counter in Rodal’s Judaica on Van Horne Avenue, 34-year old David Silberstein is in his element. Proprietor of Montreal’s oldest Judaica retailer, he dispenses advice on bar-mitzvah gift ideas, the latest Jewish children’s book releases, and more.
by Menachem Posner
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