Hundreds of men and women gathered in front of 770 this morning to pay their last respects to Mrs. Miriam Slater, OBM, a longtime member of the Crown Heights community and celebrated Baalas Chesed, who passed away Monday morning at the age of 60.
In an address to hundreds of senior officials at the Education Ministry in Jerusalem, including Education Minister Shai Piron and the Director General of the Ministry, Rabbi Yoseph Gerlitzky, the head Shliach to Tel Aviv-Yaffo and Chief Rabbi of Central Tel Aviv, bemoaned the education system in Israel, saying that “the existence of the State of Israel alone is not the solution to assimilation. Only an authentic Jewish education instilled with Jewish pride can stem the tide of assimilation.”
Together with hundreds of community members and distinguished guests, Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar participated this Sunday in the historical opening ceremony of the new Jewish community center in Krasnodar, Russia.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Yosef Sholom Ladaew, OBM, of Nachlas Har Chabad, Israel.
Yoisef Yitzchuk Posen (London, UK) and Rivka Perl Oberlander (Monsey, NY)
A determined bike thief was apprehended after first attempting, then later successfully stealing a bicycle on Sterling Street. After a long chase the suspected thief was apprehended.
Yitzchak Herzog, chairman of Israel’s Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition, recalls his visit to 770 one Simchas Torah with his father, Chaim Herzog, who was then Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations.
Irina Vagner, 63, was known for spreading Jewish awareness and warmth under adverse conditions in the Soviet Union, in Israel, and then again as a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary in post-Communist Russia, leaving behind a legacy of self-sacrifice and love. She passed away suddenly on Oct. 18.
With great sadness, pain and shock we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Miriam Slater OBM, a long time resident of Crown Heights and baalas chesed. She was 60 years old. UPDATE: Levaya times added.
With mere weeks remaining until the start of the International Kinnus Hashluchim, 5775, CrownHeights.info has learned the identities of those who will be delivering the Keynote and Guest Speaker addresses at the grand banquet this year – the highlight of the four-day event.
Staff Sgt. Oz Mendelovich was 21 years old when he died in Gaza during this past summer’s Operation Protective Edge. He had joined the Israel Defense Forces in 2012, bravely following in the footsteps of his courageous father by serving in the famed but high-risk Golani Brigade.
Mayor Bill de Blasio signed legislation today that will lower the default speed limit in New York City from 30 to 25 miles per hour. Beginning November 7, the speed limit on all streets will be 25 mph, unless otherwise posted.
Chabad emissaries to the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu, Rabbi Chezki and Chana Lifschitz, received a surprise telephone call from Israel on Saturday night after Shabbat, from none other than the Israeli Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi David Lau.
When Kathryn Kushner first walked into Chabad at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, her grandfather Abraham Kushner, a Lieutenant in the New York Police Department, must have been smiling. Lt. Kushner, who served the NYPD for close to four decades, acted for many years as the liaison with Jewish groups and the department.
A 5-year-old boy, who recently returned from West Africa, is being observed in isolation at Bellevue Hospital in New York City for possible Ebola symptoms. If he tests positive, it would mark the second incidence of the deadly virus’ spread to New York City.
Update: Boy tests negative.
This video was created to introduce “How Happiness Thinks,” a new 6-week course from JLI, with instructor Rabbi Yochanan Posner.
With great sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Reb Moshe Zvi Reicher OBM a Bobover Chossid who passed away after an illness, he was 66 years old.
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