What is inside a can of Old Bay Seasoning? That is what McCormick asks, then goes on to answer “all sorts of people from all walks of life” alongside photos of a doctor, hairdresser, firefighter and ‘orthodox rabbi’ who is actually a Shliach. Can you identify him?
Megaphones served as centerpieces and pom-poms dotted the room, as if imploring a passer-by to pick one up and sound out a cheer, encouraged by pennants from different schools adorning the walls. If this weren’t enough to put attendees in the university spirit, a marching band kicked off the evening’s program with pomp and circumstance—and some very resplendent trumpets.
In a joint effort between Merkos/Kehot Publications and the online children’s website TorahTreasure.com, a variety of some old time favorite children’s books have just been added, and are now available to read online!
Yudi and Chavi (nee Maman) Lewis (Crown Heights)
Students and staff of Yeshiva Torah Ohr in North Miami Beach Florida posed for a year end group photo.
Eli Avtzon (Crown Heights) and Bayla Davidson (Davis, CA)
L’Chaim tonight, Thursday at Empire Shteibel
489 Empire Blvd [between Brooklyn and New York Ave]
Yossi and Rochel (nee Gutnick) Barber (Crown Heights)
Due to the overwhelming response and demand from the community, Reb Yoel Kahn agreed to present a weekly webcast on topics that are timely and relevant. This week’s topic is titled ‘A Luminous Home‘.
Beis Chabad Ohel Devorah hosted the Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Shlomo Amar, who inspired the listeners and gave Brachot to those who asked
Mendy (Ben Yosef Nachum) Friedman (Crown Heights) and Talia Tehilla (Nicole) Abitbol (Daytona Beach, FL)
L’Chaim tonight, Thursday at Bais Rivkah
310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave]
The Kahan family poses for a portrait, circa early 1950s. To the right is a young Reb Yoel Kahan, later to become the Rebbe’s chief Chozer. Standing next to him is his father, Reb Foleh Kahan, a survivor of Stalin’s Gulags, where he spent 10 years for the crime of practicing Yiddishkeit in the Soviet Union, and his sister, Mrs. Gitta Gansburg. Sitting in front is his mother, Mrs. Rivkah Kahan.
The committee and coordinators of The Great Lag BaOmer Parade gathered last night at Chagall Bistro in Park Slope, to acknowledge the people responsible for the hard work and dedication put in to this year’s parade.
In his Psalms, King David refers to 70 years as a lifetime. In that case, Rabbi Dovid Edelman, 89, is currently marking a lifetime as an emissary of two Lubavitcher Rebbes, educating Jewish children since the summer of 1944.
After skyrocketing to the top of both the Amazon and Barnes & Noble best-seller lists and completely selling out its first printing almost before it went on sale on June 10, Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History debuted on The New York Times bestseller list for the week of June 29.
As reported previously on CrownHeights.info, Rinat Dray, a Lubavitcher mother of three, is suing Staten Island University Hospital and two of its doctors for allegedly forcing her to undergo a C-section against her will. CBS’s This Morning show interviewed the mother, her lawyer and others for a segment on the contentious incident.
Chaim and Fraidy (nee Raskin) Litvin (Louisville, KY)
Yesterday, the Jewish community of Borough Park celebrated the wedding of the son of Rabbi Leibish Teitelbaum, HYD – one of the six Kedoshim who were murdered by terrorists at the Chabad Center in Mumbai, India in November, 2008.
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