10,000+ Miami Jews Reached by LEC Students
The Elementary School boys of the Lubavitch Educational Center in Miami have made history, and for a very good cause.
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Annual ‘EnerJew’ Seminar Takes Place in Minsk
Last week, one hundred and fifty young activists, coordinators, professional mentors and rabbis, from ten cities in four different countries of the former Soviet Union, attended the five-day annual general seminar of the FJC’s new and innovative youth movement – EnerJew, which took place in the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus.
Legendary Baalas Chesed’s Matzeiva Unveiled
The matzeiva unveiling for Mrs. Miriam Slater, OBM, a longtime member of the Crown Heights community and beloved Baalas Chesed, who passed away last week at the age of 60, took place yesterday, Tuesday.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Shmuel Azimov, 69, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Shmuel ‘Muleh’ Azimov, OBM, the head Shliach to Paris since 1968, who was much beloved by the Jewish community he served and helped revitalize. Rabbi Azimov spearheaded the ‘French Jewish Revolution,’ which saw close to 100,000 French Jews become Baalei Teshuvah over the past five decades. He was 69 years old.
Palestinian Terrorist Kills 1, Injures 13 in Jerusalem
A Palestinian man rammed his car into a crowded train platform in east Jerusalem on Wednesday and then attacked people with an iron bar, killing one person and injuring 13 in what authorities called a terror attack before he was shot dead by the police.
Paris Head Shliach Needs Urgent Tehillim
The condition of Rabbi Shmuel ‘Muleh’ Azimov, Shliach of the Rebbe to Paris since 1968, has taken a sharp turn for the worse, r”l. The community asked to please say urgent Tehillim for Shmuel Ben Risha.
Republicans Win Control of the U.S. Senate
Riding a wave of anger and dissatisfaction with government in Washington, Republicans, for the first time in 8 years, took control of the senate and made gains in the House of Representatives. In New York State Andrew Cuomo was reelected as governor.
Over 1000 Attend Dennis Prager Lecture
More than 1,000 participants attended a landmark lecture on the topic “Why is Israel So Isolated?” delivered by renowned commentator and radio talk show host, Dennis Prager, at the Westlake Plaza Hotel on behalf of Chabad’s Conejo Jewish Academy located in Agoura Hills, California.
Video: Can G-d Be Revealed to Us?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vayeira. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Is it possible that G-d would reveal himself to us?
Photos: Mangel Family Completes New Sefer Torah
The Mangel family completed new Sefer Torah Tuesday evening, with the final letters being written in the home Rabbi Nissen Mangel. Following the completion the gathered crowd broke out in dance in the streets of Crown Heights.
From Days Gone By: Rabin Visits Chabad Yeshiva
In these two photographs, published courtesy of Shturem.net, former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin, who was assassinated on this day in 1995, can be seen visiting Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Kfar Chabad on two separate occasions in the 1980s. Can you identify anyone else in the photos?
Man Assaults, Pulls Gun on Two Jewish Men
Yesterday evening at around 9:30pm, two Jewish men were assaulted and threatened with a gun in the heart of Crown Heights, in what appears to be an unprovoked attack.
With great sadness we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing of a one-year-old toddler, Shneur Zalman Segal, of Nachlas Har Chabad, Israel.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Shneur Zalman Segal, 1, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing of a one-year-old toddler, Shneur Zalman Segal, of Nachlas Har Chabad, Israel.
Video: Beware of Robot Scribe
A new technological development has raised concerns among the Orthodox-Jewish community around the world: A robotic scribe. Created by a German university, the robot can mimic the way a human ‘Sofer’ writes Hebrew letters on parchment, raising the possibility of authentic-looking but non-Kosher Mezuzos and Tefilin being sold on the market by unscrupulous sellers.
Please Say Tehillim for…
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for Avery Sax – Rivka Rochel bas Fruma Tzveybel – a 13-year-old Jewish girl from Moorpark, CA, who is currently undergoing complicated surgery. CrownHeights.info published an article about Avery’s illness and activism here.
Op-Ed: Why I’m voting for Astorino
Crown Heights community member Mendy Hecht makes the case in this op-ed that his fellow voters should throw their support behind Rob Astorino, the Republican challenger to the Democratic Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo, in today’s election.
Video: 10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Jew
After watching a video of a woman experiencing over 100 instances of verbal harassment during a 10 hour period walking the streets of New York City, comedian Scott Rogowsky decided to show what it’s like to walk the streets of NYC as a Jewish man.
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