Hundreds of guest, students of Chabad high schools and seminaries in Isreal, gathered for a festive event in the hall of the Jewish Children’s Museum, during which they heard fascinating speakers and inspiring speeches.
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On October 1st, the Jewish Educational Center-Chabad of Berlin welcomed dignitaries and guests for a New Year’s reception.
Zalman and Nechama Dina (nee Goldsztajn) Tzfasman (S. Paulo, Brazil)
Yosef and Sorale Eichenblatt (Jerusalem, Israel)
Mendel and Devorah Leah (nee Weingarten) Stein (Southfield, MI)
Mrs. Maryasha Garelik, OBM, known affectionately by her hundreds of descendents as ‘Bubbe Maryasha’ until her passing at age 106 in 2007, assists Jewish women with performing the Mitzvah of Lulav on Chol Hamoed Sukkos. Can you identify anyone else in the photo, when or where it was taken?
For the small Jewish population at California State University in Northridge, the Rohr Chabad House offers students a chance to connect with their peers and experience their faith. Despite having monthly evening barbecues on the first Monday of every month, the Chabad’s event on the Monday night before Sukkos proved to be of special significance.
Every autumn, the corner of Whipple Street and Devon Avenue in the multi-ethnic Chicago neighborhood of West Rogers Park comes alive as hundreds of Jewish people of all ages join together in whirling circles—and dance, dance, dance.
Chabad of Melbourne’s Central Business District, under the leadership of Rabbi Chaim Herzog, hosted its annual gala luncheon in a beautiful Sukkah under the shade of some of Melbourne’s most famous landmarks at Federation Square on Monday afternoon.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Rivkah Renee Kopel, mother of Rabbi Nosson Kopel of Crown Heights. She was 98 years old.
On Sunday, hundreds of Jewish children enjoyed a ‘Pizza in the Sukkah’ event in Sydney, Australia, featuring rides, a petting zoo, a fire show, a grand Sukkah and of course – delicious Pizza for all.
A man was shot and killed while riding a bike on Union Street. Police are calling the homicide a ‘well planned execution’.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 38, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week, in a special pre-Simchas Torah Edition, Rabbi Jacobson will address the topic: What relevance does Simchas Torah have to my personal life?
A large group of teenagers went on a vandalism spree in Crown Heights, trespassing into parked school buses and vandalizing parked cars, as well as trashing a grocery store and assaulting one of the store employees.
Despite a double-digit drop in rental prices last month, Crown Heights rents are still up more than 10 percent over last year — the highest increase in the borough, according to a recently released real estate report.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Monday, October 13, for Columbus Day. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Repurposed shipping containers have become hip homes for everything from hotels to coffee houses. Now, downtown Detroit is set to be the home of what is possibly the word’s first shipping-container sukkah.
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