Baby Girl!
Nosson and Nechama Dina (nee Levine) Shusterman (Crown Heights)
Hundreds Attend the Levaya of Beloved Musician
Hundreds gathered in front of 770 late Sunday night to attend the Levaya of Reb Yossi Piamenta OBM, a beloved musician who spread joy to thousands.
8:00pm: Personality Disorders; Criticizing Others; Understanding the Animal Soul
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 81, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Anatomy of Mental Illness; Personality Disorders; Criticizing Others; Understanding the Animal Soul.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: R’ Yossi Piamenta, 64, OBM
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the untimely passing of R’ Yossi Piamenta, OBM, a well-known and talented musician who merited to bring joy to hundreds of thousands of Jews with his music. He was 64 years old. Update: Levaya times added. Passing by 770.
Baby Boy!
Eli and Batsheva (nee Perlow) Kaminetzky (Taos, New Mexico)
Photos: Tefillin with a View
CGI-West – Camp Gan Israel on the West Coast – went on a grand trip to the magnificent Yosemite National Park. In addition to enjoying the spellbinding views and refreshing hikes, the campers made a point to put Tefilin on any willing Jew they encountered – and there were quite a few.
Faced With Sea of Palestinian Flags at Spanish Festival, Matisyahu Belts Out ‘Jerusalem’
After failing in an attempt to have Jewish-American singer Matisyahu banned from a Spanish music festival, the BDS bigots had yet another trick to unveil as he ascended to the stage on Saturday night.
Picture of the Day: BMD Souvenirs
Camper Mordy Shapiro poses for a photo with all the keepsakes he received from Camp Gan Israel-NY’s BMD (Beis Medrash Division). Before they departed home, every camper received: A yarlmulka, sweater, tzitzis bendel, mug, backpack, tefilin mirror, perek mem aleph card, flag and towel – all emblazoned with BMD’s logo.
New Chabad Books Sells out at Debut (ad)
The newest Chabad best seller, “The Secret of Chabad, inside the world’s most successful movement” was a sell out at it’s debut at the National Jewish Retreat in Washington, DC last week. Community members and Shluchim stood in line to grab the new book that readers and reviewers are raving about.
Video: Summer 5775 at LDC Monsey
Another successful summer at Lubavitch Day Camp of Monsey has come to an end. Watch the highlights of the 7-week program in this 5-minute video compilation.
Weekly Living Torah Video: A Lesson from Kosher Slaughter
The month of Elul is a time for repentance and introspection before the coming of Rosh Hashanah. Like Reb Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev, the renowned “defender of the Jewish people,” the Rebbe stands up to those who would misuse the month of mercy to chastise and rebuke their brethren.
Nanotech Engineers Decode Talmudic Texts
Behind the walls of the guarded nano technology industry, a group of great minds meet five times a week in a breakout room in Albany, New York. They discuss, debate, and spar with each other as they parse a dense-looking text. No, it is not code for the latest nano invention. In this 6 by 8 foot room, the group of nano engineers are poring over pages of the Talmud.
New Shluchim to Hungary
A new young couple has joined the ranks of Shluchim in Hungary. Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok and Chaya Mushka (nee Oberlander) Feldman arrived today, Friday, in Budapest.
Attack Leaves Montreal Chasidic Man in Critical Condition
A Montreal resident is in a medically induced coma in a local hospital after being subjected to a vicious unprovoked beating Thursday night outside an Outremont Bank.
Police Investigate Attack on Jewish Man as Hate Crime
A Jewish man was attacked and verbally assaulted by a group of Black men on Eastern Parkway. The group, who were riding bicycles, ran over the man’s leg and shouted “heil hitler” at him.
Illinois U. Chabad Menorah Vandalized for 2nd Time
The menorah outside the Chabad Jewish Center at the University of Illinois has been vandalized for the second time this year, Rabbi Dovid Tiechtel said Wednesday.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe during a Farbrengen in the mid-1980s.
