A Parade of 65 Mitzvah Tanks driving through the streets of New York City is sure to generate quite a bit of conversation, and in the age of social media, much of that conversation will take place online. CrownHeights.info’s editors read through many New Yorkers’ Tweets on the parade – and choose our favorite ten, which we share with our readers.
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Four European Union commissioners – of economy, law, taxes and education, the Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium and representatives of over 20 European countries participated in a ceremony held at the European synagogue to commemorate the Shloshim of 37-year-old Dan Uzan, who was killed by an Islamic terrorist while guarding a synagogue in Copenhagen, Denmark.
540 Bochurim have boarded flights this week from New York headed to 260 cities worldwide to bring matzah, wine and to run sedorim for the local Jewish.
Mrs. Tziporah Edelkopf lives with her family in Kiryat Malachi, Israel. She was interviewed for JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in New York in October of 2013.
This past Tuesday, Yud Aleph Nissan, Melbourne saw its fourth consecutive (in recent years) Mitzvah Tank parade travel throughout its south-eastern suburbs, celebrating the 113th birthday of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, distributing much needed Passover provisions, and bringing the message of the upcoming Passover festival to Jews of all types.
Yossi and Sterna (nee Gabay) Zwiebel (Crown Heights)
In this vintage photograph, several Lubavitcher women pose for a group portrait at a Bar Mitzvah in the 1960s. Can you identify anyone in the photo, where and when it was taken?
Speed cameras, which issue tickets automatically when drivers go more than 10mph over the speed limit, have produced a surge in tickets and generated nearly $17 million in revenue for New York City.
As one of the only rabbis serving the Deaf community, Rabbi Yehoshua Soudakoff is constantly on the go. Right now, he’s in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, bringing Shabbat, matzah and Jewish awareness to contestants and guests at the 18th Winter Deaflympics, which runs from March 28 to April 5.
Last Thursday, in honor of the Rebbe’s birthday, four Mitzvah Tanks paraded through the streets of Montreal after a GoFundMe campaign that raised over $400 plus donations from members of Montreal’s Jewish community.
Yossi Berktin, AKA ‘Rabbi B,’ is a children’s musician and entertainer from Toronto, Canada. He recorded these two fun and educational videos in honor of Pesach, titled ‘Favorite Pesach Things’ and ‘Chad Gadya.’
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Thursday through Saturday, April 2-4. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Students of Lubavitcher Yeshiva-Crown St.’s 7th grade pack Matzos to be distributed at the Yud Aleph Nissan Mitzvah Tank Parade, which took place Tuesday.
Shluchim, Anash, and friends of Lubavitch gathered together in Buffalo, NY, to celebrate Yud Aleph Nissan – the Rebbe’s birthday
Chaim and Mushkee (nee Raksin) Sasonkin (Crown Heights)
Kahan’s Superette, a kosher food grocery store in Crown Heights, found itself in a sticky situation when 10 bags of marijuana — stashed inside vacuum-sealed bags of peanut butter — showed up in the mail. A similar incident occurred at a different Kingston Ave. establishment two years earlier.
This Evening, Yud Alef Nissan, the community of the Besht Shul began the writing a brand new Sefer Torah marking five years to the founding of the Shul. The new Torah is being dedicated in memory of the wives of one of the congregants as well as that of the Shuls Rabbi.
