Baby Girl!
Chesky and Rochel (nee Gould) Wasserman (Crown Heights)
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Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Rabbi Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi, 71, OBM
With great shock and sadness we inform you of the sudden passing of Harav HaChossid Harav HoGaon Rabbi Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi, OBM, the Moro D’Asro and Rov of Kfar Chabad. He was 71 years old.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: R’ Meir Roness, 74, OBM
With sadness and pain we inform you of the passing of Reb Meir Roness, OBM, a longtime resident of Crown Heights. He was 74 years old. Levaya times updated.
Video: Why So Many Challenges?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Va’eira. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Why are there so many challenges?
Tickets, Arrests Up As NYPD Ends Slowdown
There are signs that disgruntled officers have started making more low-level arrests, New York Police Department officials said Monday. Ticketing for traffic and parking violations also increased after virtually coming to a halt.
Photos: ULY Students Tour Hatzalah Ambulance
In honor of Chof Teves, the Yahrtzeit of the Rambam – who, in addition to being a leading Torah scholar, was a renowned physician – the younger grades of United Lubavitcher Yeshiva-Crown Street were given a tour of a Hatzalah ambulance by their principal, Rabbi Y. Y. Simpson, who also volunteers as an EMT for the organization.
Lechaim: Kastel – Tennenhaus
Pictures from the L’chaim of Shui Kastel (Sydney, Australia) and Sheva Tennenhaus (Hallandale Beach, FL), which took place Monday night at Chovevei Torah in Crown Heights.
Video: Head Shliach Greets Chief Rabbi
Amid his visit to California, the Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Dovid Lau, was warmly greeted by the Head Shliach to the state, Rabbi Boruch Sholomo Cunin, at his office in Los Angeles.
Little Hungarian Girl’s Promise During WWII Fulfilled
When Robert Rubinstein, a Toronto businessman, had to fulfill the dying wish of a Hungarian Christian woman, he reached out to the Chabad rabbi in Budapest. He was holding the proceeds of the sale of two properties intended for Hungary’s Jews.
New Engagement!
Eliyahu Sasson (Princeton, NJ) and Leah Hazdan (Johannesburg, South Africa)
L’chaim today, Tuesday, at 1428 President St.
[between Kingston and Albany Aves.] at 5:00pm
Thousands Mourn Paris Terror Victims at Funeral
The four Jewish men who were killed on Friday, victims of the terrorist attack on the Hyper Cacher grocery store in Paris before the start of Shabbat, were laid to rest today in Israel.
$1 Million Donated to Chabad to Promote Inclusion
The Ruderman Family Foundation (RFF) has put $1 million that will go towards the establishment of a partnership with Chabad-Lubavitch in order to create a culture of inclusion for people with disabilities within some 4,200 Jewish communities worldwide.
Photos & Videos: HASC’s 28th ‘A Time for Music’
On Sunday evening, thousands gathered at the world-famous Avery Fischer-Lincoln Center in Manhattan for an evening of Jewish music, the proceeds of which benefited HASC, an organization dedicated to helping children with special needs and their families.
Paris Siyum Draws Thousands Amid Heavy Security
Under heavy security, the Lubavitch community of Paris and many others gathered yesterday, the Yahrtzeit of the Rambam, to celebrate the annual completion of his magnum opus – the Mishneh Torah.
Montreal Remembers ‘The Rebbe’s Mekubal’
In honor of the 4th Yahrtzeit of Reb Zev Volf Greenglass, OBM, beloved Mashpia for many decades in the Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Montreal, a Melave Malka and Farbrengen was held this past Motzei Shabbos in the Yeshiva’s main study hall.
New Engagement!
Levi Partouche (Montpelier, France) and Sarah Ross (Matawan, NJ)
New Engagement!
Mendy Markowitz (Monsey, NY) and Esther Eidelman (Brunoy, France)
