JEM has released the two videos that were featured at the International Kinus Hashluchim Gala Banquet last night, the first titled ‘Switch – The Rebbe’s perspective on success in Shlichus,’ and the second ‘The Power of Youth – A Holy Rebellion.’
Writing for Forbes, successful startup businessman Zalmi Duchman paints a profile of his greatest entrepreneurial inspiration: the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recorded a greeting to all the Chabad Shluchim who arrived in New York for the annual Kinus, blessing them and encouraging them to continue their vital work on behalf of the Jewish people.
On Sunday, a resource fair and several final sessions were held in the hours leading up to the Kinus Hashluchim gala banquet.
Three men approached three teen boys who were riding motorized hoverboards on Eastern Parkway, between Brooklyn and Kingston avenues, in Crown Heights. The suspects asked the boys — ages 14 and 15 — to see the hoverboards; when they refused, the men punched them and took the three scooter-like devices, worth approximately $1,700 in total.
Channeling the awesome energy from the Banquet, Shluchim and their lay leaders made their way back to Crown Heights and to 770 and sat down for a traditional post-banquet Farbrengen.
From the opening remarks to the Keynote, and concluding with the Roll Call, CrownHeights.info presents a video recap of the inspiring and emotional speeches made at the Kinus Hashluchim Banquet Sunday night.
Moments before the Banquet of the International Kinus Hashluchim gets underway.
Over 5,000 Shluchim and their guests will convene at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, one of the largest shipping terminals in New York City, for the Grand Gala Banquet that will conclude the annual International Conference of Chabad Emissaries. CrownHeights.info will be streaming live video of the event, which will begin at 5:30pm.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 89, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Declining a Handshake like a Chossid; Attending Pro-Israel Events; What Will the Messianic Times Look Like? The Rebbe’s Contribution to Chassidus.
Rabbi Ovadia Isakoff, Chabad emissary to Russia’s Muslim Republic of Dagestan, who in the summer of 2013 was shot in the chest by terrorists who had just returned from fighting in Syria, proudly officiated at the wedding of a young Jewish neighbor of his – a young man who is credited with saving his life in the critical moments following the attack two years ago.
