New Engagement!
Shmuely Goldman (South Africa) and Frumi Goldman (Crown Heights)
L’chaim tonight, Monday, at Chovevi Torah
885 Eastern Pkwy. [between Albany and Troy Aves.]
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A Welcome Addition to Jewish Student Life in Paris
When Michael S. of Strasbourg, France, was considering pursuing his graduate studies at the HEC business school outside of Paris (called HEC Paris), he had some hard choices to make.
Vaad Expands Tishrei Programming to Female Guests
Following its success introducing responsible Tishrei programming for male Tishrei guests, the recently-formed Vaad Hachnosas Orchim will be doing the same this Tishrei for girls.
Shliach Publishes Personal Diaries of Tishrei ’92
Just in time for the upcoming month of Tishrei, a magnificent album and diary has just been released, it is entitled Yemai Bracha. It includes the personal diaries of Chabad Historian Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky, Shliach in Monroe, NJ, of Tishrei 5752.
Mikvah Reopening Draws Crowd in Liberal Bastion
One by one, some 200 women walked through the redwood doors of the Berkeley, California, Mikvah on Sept. 7, craning necks and raising camera phones for peeks at the shimmering turquoise surface of the newly updated ritual pool.
Ukraine Shliach: Ceasefire of Little Relief
Chabad emissary to Luhansk, Ukraine, Rabbi Sholom Gopin, who barely escaped the war raging between pro-Russian separatists and the military, says the recently struck cease-fire has done little to alleviate the suffering of the local Jewish community.
Baby Boy!
Yonason and Chaya (nee Zaetz) Reinitz (New Haven, CT)
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Rabbi Moshe Chaim Sapochkinsky, 90, OBM
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the passing of Harav Hachosid Reb Moshe Chaim Sapochkinsky, OBM, a senior and well respected member of the Montreal Lubavitch community, who served as the Rov of the Nusach Hoari Shul for over 60 years. He was 90 years old.
Two Teenaged Thugs Attempt Mugging at Gunpoint
Returning home late one night last week, a young Lubavitcher father was accosted by two teenage thugs, one of whom pulled a gun on him as he was walking into his president street apartment building.
Baby Boy!
Monday Event to Highlight Relaunch of JCW
An event Monday evening will mark the official relaunch of Jewish Community Watch, an organization whose mission is to combat child abuse.
Baby Girl!
Yossi and Shaindy (nee Lawrance) Hayward (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Baruch and iris Borodkin (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Binyomin Adelman (Amherst, MA) and Chavie (bas Mordechai) Eckhaus (Crown Heights)
Lechaim Tuesday at 481 Albany Ave. [between Empire Blvd. and Lefferts Ave.]
Photos: ‘Kosher Fair’ on Kingston Avenue
Hundreds of families turned out for a Kosher Fair on Kingston Avenue. The fair included many kosher food vendors as well as a petting zoo, also a show featuring Uncle Moishe and the Small Wonders Puppet Theater entertained the kids.
Views of Jerusalem Art Exhibit Opens Today
An exhibition of paintings of Jerusalem by Chasidic artist Joel Gluck will open at The Betzalel Gallery in Crown Heights beginning today, Sunday.
8:00pm: Mechanical Judaism, Making Elul Count, Lip Service, Green with Envy
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 34, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week, Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics of: Mechanical Judaism, making Elul count, lip service, green with envy and intrusive smart phones (pt. 2).
