New Engagement!
Abi (ben Shloime) Naparstek (Crown Heights) and Chana (bas Yosef) Deitsch (New Haven, CT)
Teen Stabbed to Death in Utica Ave. Shoe Store
An 18-year-old African-American boy was stabbed to death Wednesday evening while shopping inside a sneaker store on the corner of Utica Ave. and Lincoln Place.
Baby Boy!
Pesach and Bracha (nee Sitrin) Zirkind (Crown Heights)
Here’s My Story: “Sing a Niggun!”
Rabbi Ben Zion Shenker is a world-renowned composer of Jewish music with more than 400 melodies to his credit. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in his home in Brooklyn in April of 2010.
Mitzvah Walk-a-Thon to Benefit Ailing 4-Year-Old
Right after Purim of this year, Menucha Rochel Andrusier, a 4-year-old Shlucha from Irvine, California, was diagnosed with a yenah machla. The road ahead is extremely difficult and challenging, but with the help of Hashem and all the Mitzvos being done for Rochel, she will G-d willing merit a complete and speedy recovery.
Picture of the Day: A Gift for the Governor
Rabbi Yossi Lipsker presents Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and First Lady Lauren Baker with a Menorah and the Lamplighter Award at Chabad of the North Shore of Boston’s 23rd anniversary gala dinner.
Former Atlantic City Church to Become Chabad House
Chabad at the Shore in Atlantic City, NJ, directed by Rabbi Avrohom Rapoport, and head Shliach of Atlantic & Cape May Counties, Rabbi Shmuel Rapoport, announced the purchase of a former Episcopal Church, which – after thorough renovations – will become a center of Jewish outreach.
Residents Want S. Johns Place to Become 1-Way Street
Residents in northern Crown Heights are asking transportation officials to make safety changes on St. Johns Place in the wake of two deadly accidents.
Dating Tips Given in Great Neck
Singles and couples from as far as Brooklyn traveled to Great Neck, Long Island, to hear Rabbi Manis Friedman’s words of wisdom on the topic of dating.
Another Successful Year of ‘Baby Café’ at Markham Chabad
Baby Café, the highly innovative and trendy baby feeder to Torah Tots Preschool of Chabad Markham, Ontario, has concluded another highly successful year. Over 20 babies and their parents attended this exciting and stimulating program.
For Jewish Families, the ‘Oasis’ of Roosevelt Island Is Seeing New Developments
Roosevelt lsland—the unobtrusive strip of land that sits in the East River between Queens and Manhattan—is a place many New Yorkers might have trouble pointing out on a map.
New Engagement!
Mendy Hildeshaim (Crown Heights) and Mushky Fellig (Montreal, Canada)
New Engagement!
Moshe Chayim Silverstein (Crown Heights) and Sarah Nessah Isaac (Los Angeles, CA)
Gett-Refuser Awarded 100,000 Shekels
A rabbinical court in Israel granted 100,000 shekels to Haifa resident who refused a Gett for 14 years.
Video: Should One Rely 100% on G-d?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Shelach. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Are we supposed to rely 100% on G-d?
From Days Gone By: Beis Rivka, Mid 1980s
A classroom-full of girls study diligently in this 30-year-old photo from Beis Rivka, taken in the mid 1980s. Can you identify anyone in the photo?
Twin Boys!
Shmaya and Rivkah (nee Stosgofsky) Krinsky (Crown Heights)
