Chabad Students in Italy Receive Israeli Diplomas
On Thursday, June 26, Merkos l’Inyonei Chinuch of Italy, the educational branch of Chabad in the southern European country, celebrated its first bagrut graduation ceremony in Milan.
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Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Friday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations and parking meter regulations will be suspended on Friday, July 4, for Independence Day.
The Satmar Rebbe of Kiryas Yoel, Rabbi Aharon Teitelbaum.
Satmar Rebbe Blames Parents for Israeli Teens’ Death
Just one day after the burial of the three murdered teenage boys, the parents of three boys became the subject of criticism from an unexpected source: the Satmar Rebbe.
Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, who represents New York’s 9th district – which includes Crown Heights –, is among few members of Brooklyn’s congressional delegation that has not signed a bipartisan letter to President Obama demanding that he consult with congress and obtain its approval before striking any potential deal with Iran.
Update: CrownHeights.info has been notified that Rep. Clarke has signed the letter.
Will Yvette Clarke Sign House Petition on Iran?
Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, who represents New York’s 9th district – which includes Crown Heights –, is among few members of Brooklyn’s congressional delegation that has not signed a bipartisan letter to President Obama demanding that he consult with congress and obtain its approval before striking any potential deal with Iran.
Update: CrownHeights.info has been notified that Rep. Clarke has signed the letter.
Bnos Chomesh Girls Celebrate Graduation
Despite a fire less than 48 hours earlier, Bnos Chomesh Girls’ High School celebrated its 5th graduation on Sunday, 24 Sivan (June 22) with great joy.
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Dovid Katz (Borough Park) and Briendy Silver (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be tonight, Thursday, at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
South Florida Camps Unite for 3 Tammuz
Eight summer camps from across south Florida joined together for the annual ‘camp unity day’ event in honor of Gimmel Tammuz, which was held in the Dezer Car Museum. Rabbi Shmuly Gutnick of Chabad Youth Network of Florida organized two incredible programs, one for the girls’ and one for the boys’ camps.
Photos: Shas Leader Aryeh Deri Visits the Ohel and 770
Following a visit to the Ohel, R’ Aryeh Deri, leader of the Israeli political party Shas, made a special trip Crown Heights. During the visit he stopped at 770, the Rebbe’s Library and the offices of Kolel Chabad.
Video: Transforming Your Ego
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Balak. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Can one’s ego be transformed?
Old Jewish cemetery in Berlin.
Berlin Jews Struggle Against Burial Law
The Jewish community of Berlin, Germany’s capital, is fighting against an ordinance requiring that the burial of the all city’s dead be delayed for 48 hours in case an autopsy is required. Rabbi Yehudah Teichtel, Chabad Shliach to the city, is leading the charge against the law, on the grounds that it requires Berlin’s Jews to violate Halacha.
Educators Share and Learn at Chinuch Conference
Surrounded during a meal in the dining room for an impromptu discussion, Rabbi Avrohom M. Segal, the educational consultant who came specially form Israel to present at the Kinus HaMechanchim, expressed his delighted surprise at the level of the discourse.
Video: Innocent Blood
Chassidic rapper Ari Lesser reacts to the devastating news that the three missing Israeli teenagers were found dead, having benn brutally murdered by Palestinian terrorists soon after they were kidnapped.
Hundreds Unite in Tzfas for Evening of Inspiration
Hundreds of Jewish residents of the holy city of Tzfas, Israel, from all backgrounds and affiliations, gathered last night at a local Simcha hall for a grand Farbrengen marking 20 years since Gimmel Tammuz.
Video: Rare Footage of the Rebbe at Shachris
CrownHeights.info has obtained Never-before-seen footage of the Rebbe davening Shachris, which was filmed by the family of an Israeli boy who came to celebrate his Bar-Mitzvah in 770 in the winter of 1991.
Darchei Menachem Students’ Achievement Celebrated
On the last day of school, the students of Yeshivas Darchei Menachem’s Shiur Beis celebrated with two of their fellow classmates on the occasion of their completion of an entire Masechta of Gemara over the course of the year.
Three murdered Israeli teenagers are laid to rest.
Op-Ed: How to End Terror Once and for All
Israel doesn’t have a partner in peace. It doesn’t take 41 years to negotiate an understanding that we have a right not to be slaughtered. If we would have a peace partner, it should take no longer than 41 minutes to negotiate an eternal ceasefire.
by Boruch Wolf
Video: A Chasid in Camouflage
When Rabbi Benjamin Blech was asked by the Lubavitcher Rebbe to go on a speaking tour in the Far East, he balked. The counsel the Rebbe gave Rabbi Blech changed his outlook on Jewish identity forever, and inspired his philosophy of a Jewish solidarity that disregards our individual differences.
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