BC Women Join Together for ‘Mega Challah Bake’
120 women from across the greater Vancouver area gathered on Wednesday evening, September 10th, for a ‘Community Mega Challah Bake’ at the Lubavitch Centre.
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Hallandale Holds Siyum on ‘Hemshech Ayin Beis’
After over three years of daily weekday study of the famous Hemshech 5672 (Ayin Beis) from the Rebbe Rashab, his longest series of discourses (144 Maamorim), a Siyum of the second part of Ayin Beis was held Friday, 10 Elul, in Congregation Levi Yitzchok-Lubavitch in Hallandale Beach, Florida, the Headquarters of Chabad of South Broward.
by Yehudah Obermeyer
New Engagement!
Yisroel Jacobs (Amersfoort, Netherlands) and Nechama Berger (London, UK)
Photos: 9/11 Through the Eyes of Shomrim Volunteers
Amid the chaos and panic following the airliners slamming into the two World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001, many men and woman answered a higher calling – instead of running away, they turned and ran towards the burning buildings in desperate attempts to rescue those trapped in the burning inferno. Among those brave men was a band of Shomrim volunteers from Crown Heights.
Music Video Highlights Plight of the Childless
As the Yomim Norai’m are ever so quickly approaching, this brand new inspiring music video to help us get into the right mind frame to daven on behalf of our brothers and sisters around the world.
Baby Boy!
Sholom Ber and Chaya (nee Edelman) Evers (Paris, France)
Video: How to Outsmart the MTA with Simple Math
Refilling your MTA card is a pretty standard procedure for anyone traveling underground in New York City. But for those who pay attention to the details, you probably noticed that annoying leftover balance that’s either a nickel or dime, or just a few cents shy of a ride. In other words, it’s useless.
Dangerous Intersection Claims Another Victim
An elderly Jewish woman was struck and injured by a construction van at the intersection of Albany Ave. and Empire Blvd. in Crown Heights. The van making a left turn onto Empire Blvd. after coming down Albany Ave.
600 Captivated by Story of Anne Frank’s Stepsister
Almost 600 people gathered for an evening with the noted author, holocaust survivor and childhood friend and step-sister of Anne Frank, Mrs. Eva Schloss, 85, of London, UK. The event was hosted by the Chabad community center of Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin, directed by Rabbi Chesky and Mrs. Miri Rothman.
Rabbi Elie Estrin and his wife Chaya with their children.
Shliach to Be First Bearded Chaplain in U.S. Air Force
Rabbi Elie Estrin is slated to make history this week. The Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi, who co-directs the Rohr Chabad Jewish Student Center at the University of Washington in Seattle with his wife, Chaya, is set to become the first bearded chaplain in the U.S. Air Force.
Child Abuse Survivors confront Past at Miami Event
A large crowd from the Miami Jewish community gathered at the JLC in Miami Beach on Sunday evening for an emotionally charged evening to raise awareness for child abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community and learn what Jewish Community Watch (JCW) is doing to combat it.
Argentinian Students Enjoy Inspiring Shabbaton
Over 270 students attended a Shabbaton and Pegisha hosted by the Chabad Center of Palermo-El Lazo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, directed by Rabbi Shlomo and Rebbetzin Rachel Levy.
Info to Be Menachem Avel Mrs. Edis Fuss
Mrs. Edis Fuss is sitting Shiva after the passing of her father, Mr. Shimon Boruch Wechter, at 1636 President St. [between Schenectady and Utica Aves.] until Friday morning. At the family’s request, please refrain from visiting after 10:00pm. Hamokom Yenachem […]
New Engagement!
Mayer Carlebach (Ocean, NJ) and Sara Leah (bas R’ Zev) Feldman (Crown Heights)
L’chaim Sunday night at Bnos Menachem
739 East New York Ave. [between Albany and Troy Aves.]
Jesse Hamilton
Hamilton Resoundingly Defeats Dorancy
Crown Heights District Leader Jesse Hamilton trounced his challenger Rubain Dorancy in Tuesday’s vote for the Democratic Party nomination to fill the vacated State Senate seat of newly-elected Borough President Eric Adams.
Inspiring Encounters on the Texas Trail
Young rabbinical students Mendel Schmukler and Sholom Ber Charitonow have been spending their summer vacation traveling through the U.S. state of Texas, bringing the light of Judaism to the few isolated Jews in the state’s rural areas. The following two stories were told by them, both of which occurred while visiting the city of Houston.
Baby Girl!
Moshe and Zeesy (nee Klein) Grossbaum (Paramus, NJ)
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