New Engagement!
Michoel Procaccia (Crown Heights) and Rebeca Serur (S. Paulo, Brazil)
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Motzei Shabbos: G’mach to Host Melave Malka
The committee of Keren Yisroel Aryeh Leib, a G’mach that benefits many Crown Heights families, is inviting the community to participate in its annual Melave Malka, which will take place this Motzei Shabbos at Beis Rivkah-Crown St.
Town Asks Supreme Court to Dismiss Chabad Lawsuit
The Historic District of Litchfield Connecticut is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out a lawsuit regarding the rejection of plans for a synagogue in 2007. Chabad Lubavitch of Northwest Connecticut cited the Litchfield Historic District Commission for religious discrimination over the denial of modifications to their building.
Chabad Rabbi and His Young Team Aid Fire Department with Shovels
Rabbi Mendy Kivman, director of Chabad of Milford, MA, took to the streets with his four sons Monday afternoon on a mission to free some fire hydrants.
Chabad of Short Hills, NJ, Seeks to Build New Home
Ahavath Torah-Chabad of Short Hills, NJ, under the leadership of Rabbi Mendel and Chana D. Solomon, has applied for a zoning variance to build a 7,000-square-foot synagogue and Jewish programming center. The new building will replace Chabad’s current 2,800-square-foot ranch-style structure, which has been in use since 2000.
Twin Girls!
Mendy and Chani (nee Demercur) Brennan (Crown Heights)
French City Names Street for Chabad Educator It Once Fought
When Rabbi Shalom Mendel Kalmanson approached the city of Aubervilliers in 1963, seeking permits to open a new Jewish day school, Jack Ralite, then the city’s minister of education and a member of the French Communist Party, foreswore any such development: “In Aubervilliers there will be no private Jewish day school.”
New Torah Written for Healing Gaza War Veterans
In the lobby of the Rehabilitation Department at Tel Hashomer Hospital in Ramat Gan, Israel, a moving event has taken just place: Chabad’s Terror Victims Project organized the writing of a special Torah Scroll in the merit of the healing of all the soldiers wounded in Operation Protective Edge, also known as the Gaza War, which took place in the summer of 2014.
400 Gather in Miami to Combat Child Abuse
Four hundred members of Miami’s Orthodox-Jewish community filled the main sanctuary of Chabad of Aventura Sunday evening for a night of awareness and education about child abuse (CSA).
New Shluchim to Maryland
Rabbi Shneur Zalman and Mushka Minkowitz will be moving on Shlichus to the Chevy Chase area of Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C.
Police Eject Rabble-Rouser from CB-9 Meeting
Police removed two members of Movement to Protect the People – a controversial local activist group – from a community board meeting this past Wednesday night and issued them summonses for disorderly conduct, after the latest in a long line of heated protests over zoning rules in the neighborhood.
Proposed Baltimore Chabad House Faces Opposition
A Pikesville neighborhood in Baltimore County, MD, is up in arms over a proposed Chabad synagogue that would be built on a three-acre property.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Adele Biton, 5, HYD
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the passing of 5-year-old Adele Biton, HYD, who was critically injured two years ago in a vehicular accident that occurred as a result of a rock-throwing attack by Palestinians in the West Bank.
Friendship Circle Empowers Special Needs Children in Jerusalem
Jerusalem, the “city united together” according to King David’s Psalms, is truly replete with daily and hourly acts and displays of kindness, brotherhood, and unity. Certainly very high up on this list was the Friendship Circle of Central Jerusalem’s annual “Day of Enrichment and Empowerment” for its 89 dedicated volunteers this past Sunday.
New Engagement!
Efi Manshari (Melbourne, Australia) and Sima Piperno (Los Angeles, CA)
Montreal Women Gather for Chof Beis Shvat
On the evening of Chof Beis Shvat, over 120 Lubavitch women gathered at Beth Rivkah in Montreal to remember Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka. Everyone was seated in designated seating in order to facilitate getting to know new people.
Letter Calls on Beth Din to Keep out of Israeli Politics
With the fast approaching deadline to submit a party list for the upcoming Knesset elections, and a record high voter base needed to be elected. Pressure has been mounting on two small right wing parties to join forces.
