CrownHeights.info has obtained a copy of an article which appeared in a now-defunct magazine called The Jewish Forum back in 1953. The article, printed in honor of Yud Tes Kislev, covers the outreach work of Chabad in France in its early years, and profiles Rabbi Binyomin Gorodetzky, the personal representative of the Frierdiker Rebbe and the Rebbe to France and North Africa.
In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he provides insight on educating mentally handicapped Jewish children and individuals, which reflects an innovative approach – revolutionary in vision and scope. The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
In tonight’s Maariv prayers we begin saying Vesein Tal Umotor Livrocho in Shmoneh Esrei.
On Motzei Shabbos, the 14th of Kislev (December 6), there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5 to 12 featuring a Pareve hot-served Melave Malka, an entertaining storyteller and an amazing program. Buses will leave 770 at 6:15pm and return at 8:30pm. Transportation will cost $3.
Menachem Mendel (ben Moshe Nachman) Borenstein (Crown Heights) and Goldie (bas Mendel) Hershkop (Crown Heights)
New York City police launched a pilot program to equip officers with body cameras on Wednesday, hours before media reports that a grand jury decided against bringing charges against a white policeman in the choke hold death of a black Staten Island man.
The Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia, Russia, is celebrating 80 years to its establishment, and has decided to take the opportunity and honor 80 individuals who have devoted themselves to the benefit of the region. One of them is Rabbi Benny Wagner, a Chabad Shliach who heads the local Jewish community.
With profound sadness and deep pain we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Lauren Elkin (affectionately known as Morah Elkin), OBM, of S. Paul, MN. She was 59 years old.
Tzivos Hashem: Jewish Children’s International has announced the four winning entries in the annual ‘Power of Jewish Children’ contest, which recognizes children under the age of 14 who have devoted themselves to a worthy cause and who have made a difference in their communities.
Lemrick Nelson Jr., infamous for stabbing Yankel Rosenbaum to death amid the 1991 Crown Heights riots, was arrested for drunken driving after being found passed out with an open bottle of Scotch in a parked car near Newark Airport, The New York Post reports.
At a recent Melave Malka, held in honour of the first Yahrtzeit of Reb Sholom Ber Raskin, OBM, a new Beis Medrash which will serve as a Kollel was dedicated and showcased to the public.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vayishlach. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one merit to have the blessings of Good Family, Great Health and Financial Success in abundance?
On Thursday, December 4th, Chevra Ahavas Yisroel will proudly host a delegation of IDF officers and veterans. These defenders of our Holy Land will conduct a panel discussion on the latest conflicts, including their personal accounts of this summer’s Operation Protective Edge and the most recent terrorist attacks.
Neighborhood schools ended early and cancelled after school programs, NYPD added many additional patrols as did the local neighborhood volunteer patrol Shomrim, all following a decision by a Grand Jury not to indict a police officer in the death of Staten Island resident Eric Garner.
Chabad’s Terror Victims Project representatives recently visited the home of Zidan Saif, of blessed memory. He was the Druze police officer who was killed in the horrific terror attack in Har Nof a short while ago.
A New York grand jury has just decided against an indictment Wednesday in the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, who died after police officer Daniel Pantaleo put him in a chokehold in Staten Island in mid July. The arresting officer had accused Garner of selling loose, un-taxed cigarettes.
While temperatures are dropping outside, inside the world of the Friendship Circle things are toasty and warm.
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