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.
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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
Shabbos at the Besht: Teshuva – Mandatory or Optional?
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Naftaly Silverberg will lead a discussion on the topic: Teshuva – Mandatory or Optional?
Hundreds Attend Levaya of Beloved Bus Driver
Hundreds of Lubavitcher Yeshiva Students lined Albany Avenue and hundreds more stood outside 770, all participating in the Levaya of R’ Mordechai Goldin, OBM, a devoted husband and father, a dear friend, and dedicated bus driver.
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Shua and Hindy (nee Deitsch) Brook (Crown Heights)
Renowned Philanthropist Inspires Crowd in Melboune
Jewish-Australian philanthropist Jack Smorgon, AO, delivered a lunchtime address at Chabad of Melbourne-CBD on Wednesday, May 27, titled “One never knows what the future holds for him.”
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe davening in the spring of 1987.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: R’ Mordechai Goldin, 59, OBM
With great sadness, shock and deep pain we inform you of the untimly passing of Meir Mordechai Halevi ben Tzvi Hirsh Goldin, at the age of 59. Levaya times added.
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Levi and Chayale (nee Tiefenbrun) Levitin (Crown Heights)
Letter & Spirit: The Heavens Belong to G-d
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he addresses the interesting question – how is it that man explores the heavens if it states that “the heavens belong to G-d and the earth he gave to the children of man.” 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.
New ‘Shluchim’ to Crown Heights?
Repair the World, a progressive-reform Jewish outreach group, has announced the opening of a new community center in Crown Heights. According to the group’s leader, they intend to target the “largely underserved” population of non-Orthodox Jewish millennials in the neighborhood.
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