Jewish Children’s Museum Faces Foreclosure
After borrowers defaulted on a $9,400,000 mortgage, a U.S. bank has been seeking offers for the ‘note’ on 792 Eastern Parkway, the building which houses the Jewish Children’s Museum.
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Bais Rivkah Day Camp Announces Head Staff
Bais Rivkah of Crown Heights is gearing up for their upcoming summer day camp, directed by Mrs. Sara Blau, and has released the names of the three talented and dedicated young women who will serve as head counselors.
New Engagement!
Gilad Mordekovich (Israel/Hawaii) and Rivka Pearlstein (Coral Springs, FL)
New Engagement!
Meir Rapoport (Atlantic City, NJ) and Shaina Matusof (Madison, WI)
News Sites Take a Break for Mivtzoim on Israeli Independence Day
For the first time since they were founded, the two flagship Chabad news websites in Israel – Shturem.net and Chabad Online (COL) – have gone offline for the day. The cause of the outage is not any sort of technical difficulty – but Mivtzoim!
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Aron Hersh (Richie) and Chanie (nee Levitin) Richter (Queens, NY)
Video: Aggressive Panhandler Steals Bicycle
Following our news report on a belligerent and aggressive Crown Heights beggar who assaulted a man on Kingston Ave. earlier this week, the administration of 1414 President St., the dormitory of the Central United Lubavitcher Yeshiva, sent us a video of the same man stealing a bicycle from the front of the building.
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Meir and Chanie (nee Tarlow) Perelstein (Crown Heights)
Picture of the Day: Rainbow Over Crown Heights
After a brief but forceful downpour yesterday afternoon, a vivid and easily identifiable rainbow formed over the neighborhood.
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Mendel and Shani (nee Thaler) Bennish (Crown Heights)
Here’s My Story: The Tefillin Campaign
Rabbi Chaim Jacobs and his wife Sora have been the co-directors of Lubavitch of Scotland for the past 45 years. Rabbi Jacobs was interviewed for JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in May of 2014.
Video: New York City Rises Through History
The newly constructed One World Trade Center’s elevators will feature a stunning visual display of New York’s skyline as it developed over the last 500 years. As the elevator rises, the Big Apple’s skyline rises with it through history.
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Zalman and Bluma Gitel (nee Sufrin) Whitt (Oak Park, MI)
Rabbi Elio (Eliyahu) Toaff, left, in 2007, five years after his retirement from more than 50 years as chief rabbi of Rome, with former Italian President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro,
Rabbi Elio (Eliyahu) Toaff, Chief Rabbi of Rome for Half a Century, Passes at 99
Rabbi Elio (Eliyahu) Toaff, chief rabbi of Rome and a leader of Italian Jewry for more than 50 years, passed away on Sunday at the age of 99.
A group of advocates is asking New York state lawmakers to eliminate the statute of limitations on instances of abuse committed against minors.
NY Bill Would Eliminate Statute of Limitations for Child Abuse
A group of advocates is asking New York state lawmakers to eliminate the statute of limitations on instances of abuse committed against minors.
Left: Rabbi Yonah Pruss. Right: Gennady Bogolyubov.
Rabbi Settles Lawsuit with Oligarch
A London-based Russian oligarch who was sued by his own rabbi over two major London property deals has settled the case out of court.
Op-Ed: Why Did Airplane Passengers Ignore Chabad Woman’s Warning?
Rachel Delia Benaim wrote the following op-ed, which was published in The Forward, explaining why she believes an airplane full of passengers ignored a Chabad woman’s warning that something was wrong with the aircraft.
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