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Shaya Bernstein (Toronto, Canada) and Brochy Marasow (Montreal, Canada)
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Monday: Siyum Sefer Torah for Reb Noach Bogatin
On Monday, the 2nd of Kislev, 5775 (November 24th), the completion of a Sefer Torah will take place in memory of Reb Noach Bogatin, OBM.
Police Step Up Security in Crown Heights
In light of the recent terror attacks in Israel and the Kinus Hashluchim, which is taking place in Crown Heights, the NYPD has stepped up security around the convention and neighborhood Shuls.
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Nathan Hoffman (Phoenix, AZ) and Yehudis Silverman (Pittsburgh, PA)
100s Participate in Crown Heights’ 1st Ever Challah Bake
A sweeping trend taking place in Jewish communities around the world has come to Crown Heights, and in a grand style. Hundreds of local women took part in the ‘Grand Challah Bake’ in the large ballroom of Oholei Torah on Wedensday night.
Photos: Day 1 at the Kinus Hashluchim
Kinus Hashluchim 5775 opened Wednesday afternoon with registration, sessions, meals and a visit to the Rebbes Room. Official Kinus photographer Itzik Roytman presents his first gallery.
Mother and Baby Struck by an SUV on Kingston
A woman pushing a stroller with her infant child was struck by an SUV on Kingston Avenue. Despite being knocked to the ground, the mother and child miraculously did not suffer any serious injuries, boruch hashem.
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Yitzchok Shmuel Shubov (Toronto, Canada) and Shayna Rosenberg (Toronto, Canada)
Baby Boy!
Schneur Zalmen and Faige Raskin (Canberra, Australia)
Photos: Kinus Hashluchim 5775 Gets Underway
Registration for Kinus Hashluchim 5775 opened today, Wednesday at 1:00pm. Shluchim arriving in Crown Heights stopped by the JCM to register and pickup their Kinus ID badges.
Utah Rehab Center Gets Kosher Kitchen
Shouts of “Mazel Tov” followed the ribbon cutting on a new, fully functioning kosher kitchen Wednesday at the Heritage School, a residential treatment center for teens just off University Avenue near the mouth of Provo Canyon in Utah.
In Wake of Synagogue Attack, Rebbe Video Goes Viral
In the hours following the barbaric murder of four Jews and a Druz police officer in Jerusalem on Tuesday morning, Mendel Gourarie and Levi Treitel were shaken, like so many others around the world. Working at JEM, they discussed the most appropriate response. “On a day like today,” they decided, “everyone’s crying. Let’s hold the strong message for a day or two.”
Shluchims First Stop: The Ohel
Hundreds of Shluchim from around the world have already arrived in New York for the annual Kinus Hashluchim, and many made their first stop at the Ohel.
Baby Girl!
Nochum and Leah Kurinsky (Ponte Vedra Beach, FL)
Op-Ed: “They Heard Such Amazing Things, But They Don’t Think It’s Shayech”
CrownHeights.info received the following op-ed form a Shidduch-aged girl who is frustrated that parents of eligible boys keep turning her down for reasons that have nothing to do with her – nor with what should matter to the prospective Bochur.
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Moshe Angyalfi (Leeds, England) and Toby Wilansky (Montreal, Canada)
