Baby Boy!
Choni and Gitty Lesches (Crown Heights)

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Under Siege, Mariupol Remembers Nazi Atrocities
The Jewish community of Mariupol, the scene of heavy fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels, commemorated the memory of 16,000 Jews who were murdered there during WWII by the Nazi invaders.

Photos: 20 Shluchim Welcomed to Brunoy
Amid much joyous singing and dancing, 20 Talmidim HaShluchim, graduates of Oholei Torah, were welcomed to Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Brunoy, France.

Picture of the Day: Chabad Leaders Chat
A CrownHeights.info reader captured the moment of a friendly exchange of words between Rabbi Avrohom Shemtov, Chairman of Agudas Chasidei Chabad, and Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba, senior member of the Crown Heights Beis Din, on Eastern Parkway this afternoon.

Seminar to Explore How to Succeed in Real Estate
The rapidly changing landscape in the outer Boroughs of NYC has created amazing opportunities in real estate. On November 6, men and women of the Crown Heights community will gather for a special evening event exploring success in real estate, a project of Crown Heights Young Entrepreneurs.

Jewish Girl Assaulted as Part of Sick New ‘Game’
A sick new ‘game’ making its rounds on social media inspired a group of young teenagers to assault a 13-year-old Jewish girl in Crown Heights. The name of the game is ‘What the he** are they?’

Mishpacha Profiles Crown Heights Puppeteer
Chaim Hershkowitz, a Lubavitcher puppeteer and founder of Torah Treasures – the maker of many popular educational DVDs for Jewish children, was featured in this week’s Mishpacha magazine, to whom he granted an extensive interview about his fascinating, entertaining and educational line of work.

Welfare Minister Visits Chabad Humanitarian Program
Israel’s Minister of Welfare and Social Services, Meir Cohen, accompanied by Yair Revivo, the mayor of the city of Lod, visited the humanitarian organization Yad B’Yad, to learn about the plight of Israel’s impoverished.
New Engagement!
Mendel Levin (Kensington, NY) and Miri Schtroks (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Meyer and Chaya (nee Karp) Rodal (Crown Heights)
Baby Boy!
Tzemach and Devory (nee Saks) Rosenfeld (Los Angeles, CA)

Amazing Mivtzoim Encounter Captured on Video
“Are you Jewish by any chance? Do you want to hear the Shofar?” New York based filmmaker Joshua Wolff laments that he could not walk around this time of year without ‘being accosted’ with those questions. He did not want to stop and hear Shofar, so what did a Lubavitcher Bochur do? It was all captured in an amazing clip!
Twins! Girls!
Shmully and Rosie (nee Levin) Tennenhaus (Seattle, WA)

Video: The Difference Between Holiness And Godliness
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Lech Lecha. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is the difference between holiness and godliness?

From Days Gone By: Early N’shei Chabad Convention
In this vintage photograph of one of the first N’shei Chabad conventions, c. early 1960s, Rebbetzin Chana, the Rebbe’s mother, can be seen seated on the dais to the far right. A second photo, featuring a speaker at the event, can be seen in the extended article. Can you identify anyone else in the photos?

Chabad Opens ‘Lehrhaus’ at Cambridge
Cambridge, England, home to one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious universities, has for centuries provided students with access to some of the best opportunities for learning and growth. With the opening this year of The Lehrhaus (‘House of Learning’) Center, Chabad House of Cambridge’s newest development, Cambridge students will now have the equivalent in the Jewish tradition.