New Engagement!
Sholom Lieberman (Crown Heights) and Rishi Volvovsky (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be tonight, Wednesday, at Beis Rivkah
310 Crown St. [between New York and Nostrand Aves.]
Crown Heightsers Demand: ‘Bring Back Our Boys’
Over 100 members of the Crown Heights community gathered last night, Tuesday, in front of the Jewish Children’s Museum to take a stand on behalf of the three Israeli teenagers kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists last week.
CGI in the Poconos Announces Head Staff
Camp Gan Israel in the Poconos has released the names of the four capable and experienced young women who will be leading the new and popular girls’ camp this summer.
Baby Boy!
Yehoshua and Chani (nee Orenstein) Berkowicz (Montreal, Canada)
Video: How Should One Treat His Enemy?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Korach. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How should one treat his enemy?
Feds Join Hynes Investigation
Federal investigators are now part of the inquiry into former Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes’ financial dealings while in office.
Friendship Circle to Build $2M Facility in Michigan
The Friendship Circle of West Bloomfield, Michigan, a support center for children and young adults with special needs, will expand soon, thanks to a $2.1 million donation for a new cafe and art studio.
Crown Heights Man Shot Dead Inside His Apartment
An African-American man was found shot to death inside his Crown Heights apartment yesterday (Monday) morning.
Video: Say “Modeh Ani”
A fascinating video of a unique encounter with the Rebbe during dollar distribution has just recently been obtained by CrownHeights.info, courtesy of JEM. The video, filmed on Sunday, December 22nd, 1991, shows a father approach the Rebbe with his son in tow. The father says to the Rebbe in Yiddish “He needs a blessing for speech; he cannot speak well.”
Crown Heights Gets a New Dentist
Seeing the demand for more dentists in Crown Heights after living in the neighborhood for a few years, Dr. Efraim Fuzailov decided to pack up his Borough Park office and set up shop right here in our community.
Letter: The True Dedication of a Veteran Shliach
Rabbi Zalman Lewis, a Shliach in the southern UK, sent this open letter to CrownHeights.info describing a childhood experience that demonstrates the unique dedication with which Rabbi Nachman Sudak, OBM, fulfilled his Shlichus.
Long Island Friendship Circle Volunteers Honored
In a show of gratitude to the people who are the very lifeblood of the organization, the West Hempstead Friendship Circle honored more than 200 volunteers for their dedicated and committed service to children with special needs.
Visitors Soak Up Jewish Life at Vacation Spots
About 8 million people a year visit Ocean City, Md., according to Rabbi Noam Shimon Cohen of Chabad Lubavitch Center of Eastern Shore. Many of them come during the summer, returning to vacation homes and condos, or just getting a good dose of the East Coast beaches, which stretch on for miles there.
Bochur Completes Entire Shas at Age 20
Yeshivas Chovevei Torah celebrated a Siyum Hashas this past Sunday, with a full program and Seudas Mitzvah. One of the graduating students made a Siyum following his completion of the entire Shas.
From Days Gone By: Rabbi Nachman Sudak, OBM
A collection of vintage photographs of Rabbi Nachman Sudak in his youth, later to become head Shliach to the UK. Rabbi Sudak passed away yesterday, Sunday, 17 Sivan. In the last photograph he is seen standing next to his father-in-law, Rabbi Bentzion Shemtov, OBM.
Audio: First Tanya Shiur on the Radio, 1960
Rabbi Yosef Wineberg, OBM, began delivering Shiurim in Tanya on the radio in 1960. These broadcasts would later be transcribed and published as the popular Lessons in Tanya series, which was translated into several languages.
Scotland Rabbi Reverses the Trend, Engages Youth
Rabbi Mendel Jacobs is Scotland’s only Scottish-born Rabbi and spiritual leader of the Synagogue in the Park in Glasgow. While most members of the synagogue are older, Rabbi Jacobs had a dream of building a Minyan of young men over Bar Mitzvah who would regularly attend and take an active role in the Shul’s affairs.
