Election Day 2014: U.S. Senate Up for Grabs
Public campaigning gave way to the privacy of the voting booth Tuesday with control of the Senate, the makeup of the House and three dozen governorships at stake.
40 New Friendship Circle Volunteers Welcomed
40 Bochurim studying in Crown Heights Yeshivas who have chosen to give up their supper breaks – the one hour a day for they have for themselves – to volunteer for children with special needs, were welcomed to the Friendship Circle family at a special event Sunday evening.
Third Suspect Arrested in Brutal Crown Heights Mugging
Police made a third arrest over the weekend of a man they say robbed and assaulted a 21-year-old Crown Heights woman in a violent mugging caught on surveillance video on Franklin Avenue last month.
Left: Rabbi Berel Levin. Right: Rabbi Eli Landa.
‘Great Talis Debate’ Rages in Lubavitch
“There’s a great debate raging in Lubavitch these days, and Boruch Hashem, it’s not about shidduchim, tuition costs, Meshichism, or shluchim’s territorial claims,” writes blogger Hirshel Tzig. Rather, the debate in question is over the proper way to put on one’s Talis according to Chabad custom.
New Mikvah Dedicated in Southern France
In the French city of Pau, located near the border with Spain at the foothills of the Pyrenees, a brand-new state-of-the-art Mikvah was dedicated yesterday, Sunday, November 2nd.
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Story: The Scholar Who Shamed the Water Carrier
In conjunction with the siyum Sefer Torah that the Mangel family is making this Tuesday, the 11th of Cheshvan, in honor of Rabbi Nissan Mangel’s birthday, l’arichas yomim v’shonim tovim for him and the entire family, Rabbi Sholom Dovber Avtzon relates the following story about a siyum Sefer Torah:
‘America’s Torah’ to Be Written for R’ Yosef Raksin
About three months ago, Rabbi Yosef Raksin of Crown Heights left his daughter’s home in North Miami Beach, FL, on his way to Shul Shabbos morning. He never arrived.
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Tuesday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Tuesday, November 4, for Election Day. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
The Clouds Parted Just in Time
Every year, following Sukkos, Chabad of Rechavia in Jerusalem organizes a community-wide Kiddush Levana celebration, in compliance with the Rebbe’s directives on Parashat Noach, 1992.
Murdered by the Soviets in 1938, Reb Chonye Marozov’s Gravesite Found
After years of digging through the files of the KGB—the communist state security agency formerly known as the NKVD—a mass grave with over a dozen Chabad-Lubavitch followers murdered at the hands of the Soviets in 1928, was located and marked with tombstone last week.
Minister Grants $350,000 to Melbourne Kindergarten
On Friday, the Australian Minister for Children and Early Childhood Development, Wendy Lovell, and Member Parliament for Bentleigh Elizabeth Miller joined families and Jewish community leaders at Bentleigh East’s Beis Menachem Community Centre to announce a $515,000 upgrade to the co-located Gan Gabi and Rivki Early Learning Centre.
New Engagement!
Shmuel Cohen (Lakewood, NJ) and Basha Rochel Bongart (Crown Heights)
L’chaim Tuesday night at Bais Levi Yitzchok
556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany Ave.]
Video: Israeli PM Invokes The Rebbe in Speech to Volunteers
During his speech before the volunteers participating in the annual Masa Israel internship program, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invoked the Lubavitcher Rebbe in his plea that upon returning to their countries of origin that they defend the state of Israel.
Baby Girl!
Sholom Dov Ber (Berry) and Gitty (nee Losh) Blachman (Monsey, NY)
8:00pm: Stinginess, Parents’ Obligation, Favoritism, Children Hurt by the System
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 41, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the following topics: Stinginess, Parents’ Obligation, Favoritism, Children Hurt by the System, The Politics of Kashrus, Peer Pressure, The Rebbe’s Igros (Pt. 2) and More.
Construction In Belarus Reveals Recycled Jewish Headstones As Building Materials
New construction of a supermarket in the Polish-border town of Brest, formerly known as Brisk, today a part of Belarus, has left residents horrified, as the project has unearthed that many of the town’s homes and structures were built using recycled Jewish headstones left over from WWII.
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