First Run of Matzos Baked in Crown Heights
Five months before Pesach, preparations began at the world-renowned Crown Heights Matzah Bakery for this year’s production of Matzos, under the leadership of Rabbi Yitzchok Tenenbaum.
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A Single Father, A Tireless Fellow Shliach, An Unimaginable Struggle
‘Invisible’ Song Shows Effects of Bullying
A young singer’s powerful song in her new album tells of the bullying she suffered when moving to a new neighborhood at a young age. In her song, titled “invisible,” Shaindel Antellis shows the effects of bullying.
Organizers Meet to Plan Shluchim Group Photo
Posing a group picture with thousands of Rabbis is no small feat, and organizers of the Kinus Hashluchim are hard at work making sure it happens. This year they have once again partnered with Chaim Perl, a talented local photographer who has taken the reins in organizing this amazing photo.
Mob Attacks and Robs Commuters on Subway Platform
On Thursday, November 6, at around 7:15pm, two teenagers standing on the 2/3 subway platform at the Franklin Avenue station in Crown Heights were approached by a group of nine suspects who demanded they hand over their property.
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Avremy and Chanie (nee Katz) Lerner (Crown Heights)
Picture of the Day: New Congressman Celebrates With His Rabbi
Shliach to Gloucester County, NJ, Rabbi Avi Richler poses with his good friend Donald Norcross (D) at a celebration following the latter’s swearing-in ceremony not long after he was elected to represent New Jersey’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Academy Educates Jewish Public School Kids for Free
Behind the walls of an unassuming single-story building on Robertson Blvd. in Los Angeles, you will find dozens of smiling faces and hear the sounds of young children engrossed in learning. Listen a little closer and you will uncover a world filled with Hebrew alphabet, davening and Torah study. It is the new Nagel Jewish Academy, a unique Jewish educational program based on the philosophy “Jewish education for every Jewish child.”
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Rabbi Yankel Katz, 83, OBM
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Yaakov Dov Hakohen Katz OBM, eldest of the Roshei Yeshivos, and longtime Rosh Yeshiva of the Central Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch in Kfar Chabad. He was 85 years old.
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Levi and Mushka (nee Weiser) Pinson (Crown Heights) )
Photos: Kumzitz with Karduner in Crown Heights
Marking its 4th successful year, a Kumzitz style concert featuring Yosef Karduner and Yishai Lapidot brought out hundreds this past Motzai Shabbos.
Left: Judge Richard Posner. Right: Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein.
Op-Ed: Judge Posner Overstepped Bounds in Chabad Drinking Case
In an op-ed published originally by the Jewish Daily Forward, Crown Heights attorney and community activist Eli Federman lays out why he believes Federal Appeals Court Judge Richard Posner overstepped his bounds in his Halacha-quoting decision striking down Chabad Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein’s lawsuit against Northwestern University.
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Zalmy and Chaya (nee Sarfati) Rabkin (Crown Heights)
Wall Street Journal Profiles Mendy Pellin
In a feature article published yesterday, the Wall Street Journal profiled Lubavitcher comedian Mendy Pellin and his rise in the world of entertainment.
Philanthropist to Renovate Oholei Torah Gym
Yesterday, Thursday, Mr. Yosef Yitzchok Popack and Reb Mendel Levin met with a delegation of Oholei Torah principals, lead by Rabbis Yosef and Sholom Rosenfeld, at the Eastern Parkway Campus. A group of Talmidim also welcomed Mr. Popack and shared with him a Dver Torah.
Monsey Mesivta Marks Rebbe Rashab’s Birthday
Rabbi Yossi Jacobson joined the Bochurim of Mesivta Lubavitch of Monsey for a Farbrengen Thursday night, in honor of Chof Cheshvan, the Rebbe Rashab’s birthday.
Photos: Yeshivas Erev Kicks Off in Crown Heights
This past week, hundreds of Crown Heights boys from grades 5 through 8 voluntarily got together from 7:00 to 8:00 PM for an extra hour of Torah Study.
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