Friendship Circle to Raffle Off $10,000
Seeking happiness can be a lifelong task, but for the staff and over 300 volunteers of the Friendship Circle of Brooklyn, happiness is what they provide 365 days a year.
2 Chabad Events in Top 15 Things to Do in NYC
In NewYork.com’s list of the top 15 events you won’t want to miss in New York City this December, Chabad events take up two spots: The large Menorah lighting in Grand Army Plaza at #10, and Chanukah on Ice in Central Park at #13.
New Engagement!
Levi Chitrik (Crown Heights) and Mookie Deitsch (Fairfax, VA)
Video: 7 Abuse Survivors Break the Silence
Jewish Community Watch, an organization dedicated to combating child abuse, has released a new short film titled ‘Speak Up,’ telling the stories of seven young adults from the Orthodox Jewish community who suffered the horrors of CSA and have journeyed from being victims to survivors.
File photo: A protest by members of MTOPP (Movement to Protect the People) in Crown Heights.
Vote on Crown Heights Rezoning Incorrectly Recorded
Community Board 9’s district manager incorrectly recorded the results of a controversial vote on rezoning in the neighborhood, altering the board’s decision on the issue.
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Thursday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) and parking meter regulations will be suspended on Thursday, November 27, for Thanksgiving.
Sefer Torah Joyously Welcomed to Mayanot Shul
On Monday, 2 Kislev, the Crown Heights Jewish community celebrated the completion of a Sefer Torah in memory of Reb Noach Bogatin, OBM.
Crown Heights Tenants Protest Rent Hikes
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo joined dozens of concerned residents in front of their Schenectady Avenue and Union Street apartment building Saturday morning to protest feared rent hikes by the building’s new owners.
Video: Rivka Holtzberg’s Miracle Baby
In honor of the 6th Yahrtzeit of Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, HYD, we present the following video in which an Indian Jew recalls his relationship with the young couple, and how Rivka’s advice helped his sister have a baby after fifteen years.
Giving Inspires Giving: Free Gloves for CH Children
A businessman’s initiative to give free coats to Crown Heights children inspired a fellow Lubavitcher to take similar action, donating 1,000 pairs of knit children’s gloves to be distributed free of charge.
Video: Why Must We Have Challenges?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vayeitzei. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Why must we have challenges?
From Days Gone By: Yuli’s Chupah Behind the Iron Curtain
During his moving and inspirational speech at the International Kinus Hashluchim Sunday evening, speaker of the Israeli Knesset Yuli Edelstein spoke briefly about his marriage to his wife Tanya, OBM, whilst they were still ‘refusniks’ trapped in the USSR.
Photos by Bentzi Sasson
NCFJE Marks 74th Year with Awards Dinner
Over 350 supporters, friends and government dignitaries gathered on Sunday evening, November 16, at The Edison Ballroom in mid-town Manhattan to celebrate the 74th Annual Awards Dinner of the National Committee for Furtherance of Jewish Education (NCFJE). The evening hosts were Jerry, Allan and Jay Wartski.
Chabad of Berlin
Jew Attacked Outside Berlin Chabad House
A 22-year-old Israeli man was the victim of the second anti-Semitic attack to occur outside a Chabad House this week, this time in Berlin. The Islamic attackers saw him leave the Chabad house and they then attacked him, reports Yeshiva World News.
Bulgarian Vice Prime Minister Honored by Merkos
Over 250 leading Chabad supporters joined together at the Brooklyn Marriott for this year’s “Chabad Partners Conference” held on Sunday as a prelude to the Gala Banquet of the Kinus Hashluchim.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Luba Zarchi, 94, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Luba Michla bas Basya Chaya Yenta Zarchi, OBM, a survivor of the holocaust who was moiser nefesh for yiddishkeit and a longtime resident of Crown Heights. She was 94 years old.
Wednesday: Shloshim for Mrs. Miriam Slater, OBM
On Wednesday night, November 26, a Shloshim gathering will be held to honor the memory of Mrs. Miriam Slater, OBM, one of the unsung heroes of Crown Heights, where she affected so many lives in the more than 36 years she lived here together with her husband R’ Michoel sheyichye and her family.
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