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Netanyahu Greets Kolel Chabad Delegation
Today the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, welcomed to his office a delegation of youngsters who will celebrate their Bar Mitzvahs with the help of Kolel Chabad.
Pesach in the Former Soviet Union: Largest Humanitarian Project Ever
In honor of the upcoming festival of Passover – the holiday that for generations has symbolized the Jewish longing for freedom and redemption – the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS (FJC), under the leadership of Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar, sponsored by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ), headed by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, has launched one of the most astonishing and complex humanitarian aid projects ever.
Baby Girl!
Dani and Nechamie (nee Silberberg) Chitrik (Crown Heights)
Gan Yisroel-Parksville Announces Head Staff
The Head Staff of Camp Gan Yisroel in Parksville, NY, are working vigorously to ensure that the campers, counselors, and all staff members experience the most exciting and thrilling summer. As this year marks the beginning of the 60th anniversary of the camp, the staff is determined to improve and enhance all the activities and day to day affairs of the camp.
Raskin’s Fish Voted Top Neighborhood Institution
When it came down to it, Brooklynites chose fresh fish over famous cheesecake. In DNAinfo New York’s Brooklyn Brackets series, fans of a Crown Heights kosher fish market— Raskin’s — beat out cheesecake powerhouse Junior’s for the title of best neighborhood institution in the borough.
Montreal Parade Marks The Rebbe’s 113th Birthday
Four Mitzvah Tanks paraded through the streets of Montreal this past Thursday, in honor of Yud Alef Nissan, marking the Rebbe’s 113th birthday.
Avos U’Bonim in Manchester Comes to a Close
Over the past 15 weeks, the Avos U’Bonim of Anash in Manchester (UK) have been sitting down to learn together every Motzoei Shabbos. With the winter session coming to a close, prizes were given out to celebrate attendance.
Video: Shliach Interviews OU Lobbyist
Rabbi Nachman Simon, Shliach to Delmar, a suburb of Albany, interviewed Jake Adler, a New York State lobbyist for the Orthodox Union, on ‘The Jewish View,’ a cable TV talk show. They discussed the Education Investment Tax Credit, and the negotiations that surrounded the measure, which ultimately failed to be included in the state’s annual budget.
Yeshivas Kayitz-Costa Rica Returns
After a brief hiatus, Yeshivas Kayitz-Costa Rica (YKCR) has announced that it will be opening this year for its fourth summer.
8:00pm: Rebbe, Faith, Making the Seder Meaningful and Seudas Moshiach
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 62, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week, in a MyLife Yud Alef Nissan and Passover Special, Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Rebbe, Faith, Making the Seder Meaningful, Seudas Moshiach and More. Plus: New Segment – Essay Analysis and a Surprise Announcement.
Ukraine Matzah Bakery Continues Its Unique Legacy
At the state-of-the-art Tiferes Hamatzos bakery in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, matzahs are hand-rolled and baked under strict rabbinical supervision. In this eastern Ukrainian city—the country’s fourth-largest, and historically one of its most Jewish—the crisp, round matzahs are carefully packaged and then shipped throughout Ukraine. But Dnepropetrovsk’s matzah output goes far beyond Ukraine’s redrawn borders; the bakery annually produces more than 70 tons of the crunchy unleavened bread, much of which is sent abroad and made available to consumers in Europe, the Americas and even Israel.
Video: Passover Rube Goldberg Machine
Students of Technion University in Israel got ready for Passover, the festival of freedom, this year by letting their imagination run wild. Watch closely as this ‘Rube Goldberg Machine,’ created by students from the Faculties of Mechanical Engineering, Architecture and Town Planning, relates highlights of the Passover story.
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Getzy Raskin (Crown Heights) and Mushka Pruss (Crown Heights)
Large Swath of Northern Crown Heights Landmarked
More than 600 Crown Heights homes, in an area stretching from Albany to Brooklyn Aves. and from Pacific St. to Lincoln Pl., have joined the neighborhood’s protected historic district. It’s the third section of Crown Heights North to receive landmark status in the past eight years.
Boruch Dayan Homes: R’ Tzvi Menachem Greenbaum, 86, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of R’ Tzvi Menachem Greenbaum OBM, a resident of North Miami Beach and active in the Jewish community who was nicknamed by the Rebbe ‘Mendel der Soldat’. He was 86 years old. Levaya and Shiva times added
