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Shmuli Biston (Parkland, FL) and Sari Lurie (Montreal, Canada)
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Picture of the Day: Conservative Voters Do a Mitzvah
Members of Canada’s Conservative Party went to the polls Sunday to elect its leadership; the party currently led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Chabad Chassidim in Montreal utilized the occasion to help Jewish voters put on Tefilin and say a prayer.
Missing Crown Heights Hikers Located
Dani Cole and Mendy Losh have made contact with family members and friends early this morning after being out of touch since Friday afternoon. Saturday a massive earthquake struck near the capital of Nepal and claimed the lives of over 2,000 people including three Americans.
New Engagement!
Dov Rivkin (Crown Heights) and Chani Habosha (Crown Heights)
ULY Ocean Parkway Holds 12th Annual Auction
Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Ocean Parkway’s 12th Annual Chinese Auction took place Sunday in the Beis Rivkah Ballroom in Crown Heights. Hundreds of friends and supporters turned out throughout the day, enjoying a sumptuous hot buffet and Viennese table, all while supporting the Yeshiva. Update: Winners Added!
8:00pm: Divorce, Uninspired Community, Women in Public Roles
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 65, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: divorce, an uninspired community and women in public roles.
First Round of Chidon Competition Begins
972 students worldwide took the first qualifying test in the International Chidon HaMitzvos.
$100k Campaign to Mark Shliach’s 10th Yohrtzeit
A 24 hour matching funds building campaign is being held by Portland, Oregon Shliach Rabbi Dov Bialo in honor of the Yahrtzeit of his brother and fellow Shliach Rabbi Levi Bialo OBM, who tragically passed away at age 25 exactly 10 years ago.
Chabad Center Becomes Crisis Hub After Earthquake
Hundreds of Israeli backpackers and tourists took refuge at the Chabad center in Kathmandu, Nepal, after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake devastated the capital city shortly before noon on Saturday. Some were given emergency medical treatment there as emissaries and volunteers worked frantically to help locate the missing, and to provide food and shelter to the stranded. Nearly 1,800 people have been confirmed killed, with thousands more inured and missing.
Picture of the Day: France Regional Kinus Hashluchim
The Shluchim to France are currently gathered for their annual Regional Kinus Hashluchim and posed this morning for a group photo.
Oholei Torah to Honor Its Founders and Volunteers
As Oholei Torah enters its 60th year, the Board of Directors have been saluting and honoring the core of the mossad, – its teachers, faculty, morahs and administration. This theme continues and sets the stage for the upcoming Annual Gala Dinner, which will be held on Sunday, May 3rd, Pesach Sheini.
Lego ‘FreedoMan’ Tours the World
Lego superhero FreedoMan traveled the globe to forty different cities, from Ghana, Africa to Anchorage, Alaska, and many other places in between, to encourage children to complete the KIDS Magazine Pesach Mitzvah Missions and meet the Freedom Challenge.
New Engagement!
Yaisef (ben Shimon Aron) Rosenfeld (Crown Heights) and Shari (bas Shamshi) Junik (Crown Heights)
Baby Boy!
Yehoshua and Chaya (nee Karnowsky) Einbinder (Crown Heights)
Two Lubavitchers Feared Missing in Nepal Earthquake
In the wake of the devastating earthquake that shook Kathmandu, Nepal, over 1,800 have been reported dead, tens of thousands injured and countless more missing due to breakdowns in communications or worse. Among those missing are two Lubavitchers from Crown Heights. This post is being updated with information as it is made available.
Vehicular Terror Attack Injures 3 in Jerusalem
Three Israeli Border Police officers were hospitalized after being struck by a car in northeast Jerusalem’s a-Tur neighborhood Saturday night in what police are calling a terrorist attack.
Weekly Living Torah Video: Nothing to Fear
In the days preceding May 5, 1990, Russian anti-Semitic groups threatened violence reminiscent of the pogroms at the turn of the century, causing panic among Russian Jews.
