Baby Girl!
Akiva and Rivky (nee Feldman) Nussbaum (Crown Heights)
Video: Divinely Inspired Living
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Beshalach. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one live a divinely inspired life?
NYC Sees 2.5% Increase in Anti-Semitic Incidents
New York City, home to the world’s largest Jewish population, has seen an increase of 2.5% in hate crimes and anti-Semitic incidents in 2015 according to police commissioner William Bratton.
Chandler, Arizona: A Desert Community in Bloom
“Do you want your child to love being Jewish?” The postcard arrived at the right moment for the Mazers. Recently settled in Chandler, Arizona (Jewish pop. 4,000), the couple was looking for a Jewish education for their five-year-old. Rabbi Mendy and Shternie Deitsch, also new arrivals, sent the mailing in search of students for their new hebrew school. It was 1997.
Op-Ed: There Is No Shame in Seeking Help
A former addict who now counsels members of the Orthodox-Jewish community who struggle with substance addiction wrote the following op-ed, in which he decries the fear of stigma that prevents many addicts and their families from seeking help when it is most needed.
Video: The Little Giant Man
With a few simple and sincere kind words you can leave an indelible impression on someone else. Watch how little it takes to make a big difference in someone’s life.
New Engagement!
Chanoch Bistritzky (Agoura Hills, CA) and Cherrie Sputz (Crown Heights)
Op-Ed: Martin Luther King’s Dream Wasn’t His
Writing for media platform Medium, Crown Heights comedian Moshe Kravitsky shares his thoughts on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Yosef Tzvi Greene, 77, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing Friday night of Mr. Yosef Tzvi (Joel) Greene, OBM, of Boca Raton, Florida, a beloved askan and businessman. He was 77 years old.
Slain Mother of Six Laid to Rest in Jerusalem
Amid overcast skies and the cold biting winds of a winter sandstorm, 1,500 mourners joined Natan Meir and his six children at the Har Hamenuchot cemetery, as Dafna Meir, 39, was laid to rest a day after being murdered by a terrorist at her home in the town of Otniel.
Picture of the Day: Newly Elected Vaad of Kfar Chabad
Five of the seven winners of yesterday’s elections for the Vaad of Kfar Chabad, a committee created at the behest of the Frierdiker Rebbe and tasked with overseeing all mundane issues of the village, pose for a photo following the ballot counting.
30-Year-Old Pregnant Woman Stabbed by Terrorist
In the second horrific attack in the past 24 hours, an expecting 30-year-old mother is fighting for her life after she was stabbed by a Palestinian terrorist who infiltrated the settlement of Tekoa in the West Bank.
New Engagement!
Mother of 6 Murdered in Front of Children
A Palestinian terrorist murdered a Jewish mother of six children in her home, located in the hills of Chevron.
8:00pm: Advice to Single Women
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 99, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Yud Shvat; Advice to Single Women; Women & Micromanagement; Is There a Limit to Kindness? Boundaries with Friends; Bittul Torah; Ayin Hora.
New Engagement!
Oholei Torah Mesivta Welcomes the Month of Shvat
In preparation for Yud Shvat, the Oholei Torah Mesivta, together with their hanhola, came to the main Eastern Parkway campus for a special program on Rosh Chodesh Shvat. The 8th Grade talmidim joined the event as well.
