After TV talk show host Ellen Degenres dared her viewers to post videos of themselves dancing behind unassuming strangers, tens of thousands obliged, resulting in many hilarious – or not so hilarious – videos. In honor of the joyous holiday of Purim, comedian and street-comic Meir Kalmanson filmed his own such video in Jerusalem.
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The 16 lucky winners of Hadar Hatorah’s 16th annual Purim raffle, the proceeds of which benefit the Crown Heights Yeshiva under the auspices of the NCFJE, have been announced.
Purim is here! The joyous holiday brings out the costumes, the gifts and charity! But there are those out there that may try and take advantage of our open and welcoming homes. Shomrim has compiled a list of tips that can help prevent the holiday from turning sad.
Last Wednesday night, the entire ALIYA family joined together and joyously celebrated the wedding of Shlom Rosner (Postville, IA) and Sara Emily-Simone (Crown Heights) at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Michoel Negin, OBM, a veteran and active member of the Lubavitch community in Stamford Hill, London. He was 80 years old.
Pictures from the L’chaim of Levi Welton (Berkeley, CA) and Chavi Kaufman (Los Angeles, CA), which took place Sunday night, March 1st, at the Skyline Hotel in Manhattan.
Yishai and Sarah Chana (nee Lapine) Shields (Crown Heights)
Rafi and Dassi Sebban (Crown Heights)
Old directories indicate that there was once a functioning mikvah in Bucktown, a Chicago neighborhood just northwest of the Loop—the city’s central business district—now known for its older single-family homes, new builds with edgy architecture and converted industrial loft spaces.
In April of 1988, newly-elected Knesset Member Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Rebbe. The Rebbe said to him: “I had much satisfaction from your first speech in the Knesset. Continue along this approach, for it is the best path to avoid war. You will have to struggle with 119 others in the Knesset, but surely you won’t be intimidated, because G-d is on this side.”
Usually a harbinger of spring, this year Purim day will be a harsh reminder of the lingering winter’s record-breaking snow and cold, with 3-5 inches expected to accumulate on the streets of winter-weary New York.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Wednesday, March 3, due to snow operations, and Thursday, March 5, for the observance of Purim. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
We present the full transcript and video of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks before Congress today, March 3rd, on the threat posed by a nuclear-armed Iranian regime.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Ethel Botnick, OBM, of Somers, CT, the mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother of a large family of Chabad Chassidim, most of whom live in Crown Heights. She was 98 years old.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Tamara Eidelkopf, OBM, of Jerusalem, Israel, the matriarch of a large family of Chabad Chassidim and Shluchim all over the world. She was 85 years old.
When 35-year old Jason Grumet was asked to help read the Megillah this year at his 650-member-family synagogue in Southern California, he felt certain that he would be able to master the texts with ease. Like many others, he’s preparing for the task using Chabad.org’s Megillah Reading Trainer.
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