Heartwarming: Facebook Post Draws Minyan for Elderly Man
A Facebook post brought an elderly man to tears today when over 100 people showed up to help fill a Minyan so that he can say Kaddish at his wife’s graveside on the day of her Yohrtzeit.
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First Day of Spring to Bring Snow and Sleet
The Tri State Area’s first day of spring will feel much more like the last few months of winter. The NYC Office of Emergency Management has issued a travel advisory, warning of an incoming low pressure system that will bring snow and rain Friday morning, with accumulations as high as 6 inches.
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Nochum (ben Reb Yisroel) Labkowski (Crown Heights) and Chaya Mushka Slonim (Dijon, France)
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Mendy and Faigy (nee Goldstein) Stone (Crown Heights)
Baby Boy!
Binyomin and Blumshi Dubroff (Crown Heights)
Rabbi Avrohom Chanoch Glitzenshtein speaking at the annual Kinus Hashluchim in New York. The noted scholar and longtime administrator of Chabad institutions in Israel passed away March 11 in Jerusalem at the age of 86.
‘Literary Pioneer’ Expanded Chabad’s Profile in Post-War Israel
Rabbi Avrohom Chanoch Glitzenshtein, a noted scholar and longtime administrator of Chabad institutions in Israel who passed away March 11 in Jerusalem at the age of 86 was remembered as Chabad’s “literary pioneer,” who over the course of many years compiled, translated and edited some 60 volumes on Chassidic thought, history and lore, and was lauded as a key figure in the institutional growth of Chabad in Israel.
Rabbi Ruvi New, director of Chabad of East Boca Raton, FL.
15 Years ‘Is Long Enough’ for Chabad without Permanent Home
Chabad of East Boca Raton has been without a permanent home for over 15 years, now the center’s director Rabbi Ruvi New has submitted plans to build a 15,000 square foot, $8 million center and is having its first public community hearing today.
159 Year Old Synagogue Meticulously Restored to its Former Glory
Last Shabbos marked a triumphant return to glory for Singers Hill, as the 159-year-old Synagogue re-opened its doors following a stunning renovation in the honored presence of UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, together with his wife, Valerie.
Here’s My Story: Deeply Involved in all the Details
Mrs. Sarah Esther Feigelstock has been a Shlucha in Montreal since 1945 and is a teacher of chasidic thought in Montreal for over 40 years. She was interviewed in her home for JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in July of 2010.
‘Welcome to Chelem’, a Bnos Chomesh Production
Students in Bnos Chomesh are hard at work practicing for their upcoming production, titled “Welcome to Chelm: A Musical Production” which tells some of the stories of the famous city in Poland.
New Engagement!
Yanky Bell (Leeds, England) and Shternie Bell (Montreal, Canada)
New Engagement!
Levi Golomb (Crown Heights) and Toba Leah Namdar (Crown Heights)
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Shmully and Esta (nee Koncepolski) Levitin (Crown Heights)
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Shimon and Rivkie (nee Gourarie) Shur (Crown Heights)
Photo: DNAinfo/Rachel Holliday Smith.
Police Remove Protester from Rezoning Meeting Again
Police once again removed a local activist from a Crown Heights community board meeting after she repeatedly interrupted the gathering organized to discuss rezoning in the neighborhood.
Video: What Is Unconditional Love?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vayikra. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How does one practice unconditional love?
Picture of the Day: Invocation at Baltimore City Hall
Last week, Baltimore Shliach Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum was invited to give the invocation at Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s state of the city address at Baltimore City Hall.
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