Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef and former Chief Rabbi Yisroel Meir Lau met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar in Moscow today, Wednesday. The Rabbis attended a special ceremony marking the anniversary of the release of the Frierdiker Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, from Soviet prison.
Dov Yedidya and Chaya Mushka (nee Edelman) Zuntz (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor at 358 Crown St. [between Brooklyn and New York Aves.]
Twins Mottel and Zalman Kozliner (8) dressed up today for ‘hat day’ in Oholei Torah Day Camp. One’s hat represents the song ‘the little bird is calling,’ describing the yearning of the Jewish people to be free and back in Jerusalem. The second depicts a wolf dwelling with a lamb, as described in the Posuk regarding the times of Moshiach.
On Tuesday night, CGI-Parksville’s BMD and older division traveled to the Neversink Campsite for a grand overnight trip.
Shmulik and Nechama (nee Itkin) Shur (Crown Heights)
With a week already in the rear-view mirror, CGI-Florida’s summer is once again turning into yet another classic.
Yudell and Leeba (nee Leider) Reiz (San Diego, CA)
The sprawling grounds dotted with palm trees, a soccer field, tennis court, gym park and animal farm make it look like any well-appointed boarding school. Situated in the center of Kfar Chabad near Tel Aviv on 25 acres, Ohr Simcha is home to 270 boys, 5- 15 years old, at least a third of whom were removed from their parents by court order. The youngest and most vulnerable live with foster families in private, spacious residences designed to facilitate a functional, healthy family dynamic.
The three Kalmanson brothers, Rabbi Yechiel Menachem Mendel (Brunoy, France), Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok (New Haven, CT) and Rabbi Yisroel Shimon (Crown Heights), sit Shiva in Crown Heights after the passing of their mother, Batsheva, OBM.
Today, the 11th of Tzmmuz, marks the Yahrtzeit of Leiby Kletzky, an 8-year-old boy who was brutally murdered by Levi Aron in Borough Park three years ago.
Despite the non-stop barrage of rockets from the neighboring Gaza Strip, a joyous Pidyon Haben ceremony was held tonight at the Chabad Center of Sderot, Israel.
Early Thursday morning, July 8th, 2007 at 2:30am, Officers Herman Yan and Russel Timoshenko came under a hail of gunfire as the two stopped a stolen SUV on the streets of Crown Heights. Both officers where hit and injured, one of them gravely. Two days later, Officer Russel Timoshenko succumbed to his wounds.
The students of Yeshivas YNS of New Jersey celebrated their graduation with a commencement ceremony in front of family, friends and community leaders.
Noach and Alti (nee Pevzner) Majesky (Crown Heights)
Multiple rockets launched from Gaza interrupt a wedding in Holon, Israel, as the terrified guests – and the Chosson and Kallah – run inside to try and find shelter.
Since Sunday, Shluchim and Anash in and around Miami have taken to the streets to have fellow Jews put on Tefilin for the sake of Israel’s security, as part of the ‘Tefilin 4 Israel’ campaign. The campaign has since spread to other parts of the country and the globe.
