From Days Gone By: Tzach Convention
This vintage photograph depicts one of the first conventions of Tze’irei Agudas Chabad (Tzach), circa late 1950s. Can you identify those in the photo?
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New Engagement!
Dovi Abraham (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Anna Marks (Venice, FL)
New Engagement!
Sholom Gelernter (Crown Heights) and Orit Wax (Los Angeles, CA)
Foli Paris, left, a student at Yeshiva Gedola Rabbinical College of Sydney, recently spent a week in Tasmania, where he met resident Dirk Evenhuis on the far northwest coast, otherwise known as “The Edge of the World.”
At ‘The Edge of the World,’ a Man Discovers a Hidden Identity
Dirk Evenhuis had come to northwestern Tasmania as a 5-year-old in 1951. His family was among 35 Dutch families who had emigrated together. It wasnt until a pair of Bochurim on Merkos Shlichus ‘found’ him that he redicovered his Jewish roots, literally at ‘the edge of the world’.
Rabbi Mazuz Clarifies: I Was referring only to ‘Elokistim’
Following shock and public outcry over comments made by Rabbi Meir Mazuz, he issued a clarification letter saying that his comments were taken out of context and that he was only referring to the extremist Mishchistim known as Elokistim.
Info to be Menachem Avel the Simpson Family
The Simpson family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their dear mother, Rebbetzin Rochel Simpson OBM. They are sitting at 655 Montgomery Street Davening Times are; Shacharis: 7:00am, 8:00am, 8:30am, 9:00am. Mincha and Maariv Bizmana. Memories and condolences can […]
8:00pm: Healthy Intimacy; Racism and Prejudice
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 59, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Healthy Intimacy; Racism and Prejudice; Discussing Finances with Children.
New Engagement!
Avrohom Perl (Long Beach, NY) and Sara Leah Rockford (Coral Springs, FL)
Please Say Tehillim for…
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for Nadiv Dovber ben Rivkah Amitzah, a 30-year-old member of the Crown Heights community who collapsed suddenly and needs a refuah shlaima.
Zlatie Sharfstein, OBM
7:30pm: Evening of Awareness in Memory of Zlatie Sharfstein
Chana Sharfstein is a fighter. Throughout much of her life she endured tragedy, struggles and many obstacles. This never deterred her, always fighting for what was right and in her eyes just. When her autistic daughter Zlatie passed away last year at the age of 53, it propelled her to continue to fight on behalf of people with special needs.
Purim Lifts the Spirits of Kharkov Jewry
With Ukraine still reeling from war in the east and economic collapse, Purim came to Kharkov to bring smiles on the faces of the Jewish Community with thousands of people filling the Kharkov circus to hear the Megilla and enjoy a full program in true Jewish Purim spirit.
New Engagement!
Chaim Shaul Rivkin (Kfar Chabad, Israel) and Sarale Farkash (Bellevue, WA)
Baby Girl!
Shloimy and Mushka (nee Oster) Kagan (Crown Heights)
Photos: Purim Celebrated in Moscow
Over 100 Purim events were organized by the team of Chabad Shluchim in Russia’s capital, under the leadership of Rabbi Berel Lazar, with the participation of thousands of local Jews.
Sunday: Live Broadcast of Rashi’s 1st Yahrtzeit
Tomorrow, Sunday, 17 Adar, marks one year since the tragic passing of Mrs. Rashi Minkowitz, a beloved Shlucha, wife and mother of eight. Over the past year, a Sefer Torah was written in her memory; it will be completed and dedicated Sunday afternoon, along with the groundbreaking of ‘Rashi’s Campus,’ at a ceremony marking her first yahrtzeit, which will be streamed live here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 11:00am.
Info to Be Menachem Avel Gurary Family
The Gurary family will be sitting Shiva after the passing of their son and brother, Uri, OBM, at 544 Crown Street [between Kingston and Albany Aves.] until Monday morning, after which they will continue the Shiva in Antwerp, Belgium. Shachris – 9:30am, […]
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