6 Sholom Zochors Friday Night!
Benyamin and Naomi (nee Kohan) Amrami
534 Crown St. [between Albany and Kingston Aves.]
Sholom and Esther Laine
1354 Carroll St. [between Brooklyn and Kingston Aves.]
Peretz and Mussie (nee Weingarten) Wolowik
440 Brooklyn Ave. Apt. #5G. [between Empire Blvd. and Sterling St.]
Shneur and Devorah Leah (nee Gitlin) Hirsch
439 Sterling St. [between Brooklyn and New York Aves.]
Levi and Rochel Leah (nee Hurwitz) Stein
460 Crown St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves.]
Mendy and Simi (nee Gutnick) Cohen
829 Montgomery St. [between Albany and Troy Aves.]
Journalist Discusses the Rebbe with Sarah Palin
After an interview he conducted with Sarah Palin, Breitbart.com editor Joel B. Pollak was asked on Twitter whether the book sitting on the table next to the former U.S. Vice Presidential candidate was indeed Joseph Telushkin’s best-selling biography on the Lubavitcher Rebbe. He responded that it was.
Tishrei Guests Farbreng with 770 Mashpia
Last night a Farbrengen was held in the ‘small zal’ of 770 for the Tishrei guests, led by the Mashpia Rabbi Shlomo Zarchi.
Baby Boy!
Mendy and Simi (nee Gutnick) Cohen (Crown Heights)
The Top News Stories of 5774
As we prepare to enter the new year, let us take a journey through the top headlines published on CrownHeights.info over the year of 5774.
New Engagement!
Hillel Dovid Barber (Crown Heights) and Esther Leah Klyne (Manchester, UK)
Baby Boy!
Benyamin and Naomi (nee Kohan) Amrami (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Mendy Alexander (Crown Heights) and Chaya (bas Eli) Cohen (Crown Heights)
‘Our Big Kitchen’ Inducted Into Hall of Fame
At a packed function of about 800 people at Sydney’s Dalton House, Our Big Kitchen has been inducted into the Hall of Fame in recognition of its Community Service by Restaurant and Catering Australia.
Alternate Side Parking Suspended Thursday-Friday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Thursday and Friday, September 25-26, for Rosh Hashanah. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe saying the after-blessing after distributing Kos Shel Bracha.
Volunteers to Spend Their High Holidays in Prison
Anna Koozmin, a 20-year-old sophomore at the University of Maryland, loves the popular Netflix series about a woman’s prison for the way it delves into the back stories and lives of inmates at a federal women’s prison. Now she is about to find out for herself what the place is like—at least for a day.
Chabad Delegation Meets with IDF Chief of Staff
A delegation of Chabad Chassidim met with the chief of staff of the Israeli Defense Forces, Lt. General Benny Gantz ahead of the upcoming holiday of Rosh Hashana. A new Sefer Torah, being written in merit of the soldiers serving in the IDF, had its first letters filled in by the Lt. General.
Baby Boy!
Peretz and Mussie (nee Weingarten) Wolowik (Crown Heights)
Video: Joy in Challenging Times
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Ha’azinu. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one be joyous in challenging times? A bonus video on what one should meditate on when hearing the Shofar on Rosh Hashanah is presented in the extended article.
New Engagement!
Ariel Stern (Beit Shemesh, Israel) and Mushky Shanowitz (Montreal, Canada)
