Video: ‘Beer Pong’ Gets Anti-Semitic Twist
An anti-Semitic drinking game appears to be sweeping through the high schools of Southwest Florida. Local Shliach Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowitz tells Fox 4 News that “this is a wake up call.”
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Shluchim Share Secrets to Happy Marriage
Rabbi Chaim and Sora Jacobs, senior Chabad Shluchim to Scotland for over 45 years, were interviewed yesterday on the popular daily BBC Radio Program ‘Macaulay & Co’. The producers were looking to speak to a married couple who work together every day of their lives, and the Shluchim fit the bill perfectly.
Students, alumni and friends at Chabad on the Bowery's main event.
At Chabad on the Bowery, NYU Students Lead
I almost missed the entrance to 353 Bowery. A narrow door sandwiched between a large 7/11 and another storefront gives pedestrians no clue about what’s happening on the inside.
Rabbi Pinny Marozov visiting the oldest man in America—Alexander Imich, age 111, who lives on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Photo: Chabad.org.
Holocaust Survivor, Age 111, Now World’s Oldest Man
About a month and a half ago, CrownHeights.info published an article about Alexander Imich, a 111-year-old holocaust survivor and his rediscovery of his Jewish heritage thanks to Coney Island Shliach Rabbi Pinny Marozov. As of yesterday, Alexander has been confirmed to be the oldest man in the world.
Members of the previous board of directors being honored at an Oholei Torah dinner in 2007. Archive Photo.
Oholei Torah Appoints New Board of Directors
Oholei Torah, the largest Jewish boys’ school in Crown Heights, has for the first time in years appointed a Board of Directors that will be tasked with overseeing the school’s finances and important decision making.
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Scholarships Help Florida Kids Attend Jewish Schools
A bill aimed at expanding Florida’s tax scholarship program, which provides funds for low-income families to attend the school of their choice, including sectarian schools, passed that state’s legislature on Friday and is awaiting the signature of Gov. Rick Scott.
The damaged Chabad House. Inset: Bram Bregman presents a cheque to Rabbi Chaim Boyarsky.
Community Comes to Shliach’s Aid After Fire
When fire destroyed the home of Rabbi Chaim and Yocheved Boyarsky on April 2, 2014, leaving them and their five children homeless, one of their first concerns – once they knew everyone was safe – was for the students who would be counting on them for Passover meals.
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Boruch Akiva and Rochel Hayman (Monsey, NY)
Video: Child Narrowly Avoids Being Run Over by Bus
CrownHeights.info has obtained hair-raising footage from the driver of a Crown Heights school bus, which depicts the moment a 2-year-old child ran across the street as the massive bus was barreling towards him.
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Eli and Rochi (nee Friedman) Lipskar (Miami Beach, FL)
Picture of the Day: Remembering the Fallen Heroes
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman stands with the chief rabbi and Shliach of Kiryat Gat and Sderot, Rabbi Moshe Havlin, at a ceremony on Israel’s Remembrance Day. Sderot is located near the Gaza border and is constantly under rocket fire from the Hamas controlled territory.
Crown Heights Women Train to Become Doulas
The fifth annual Maternal Wisdom Jewish Doula Training, a unique opportunity for women who aspire to help others during childbirth, takes place this month in Crown Heights.
The lead story of the May 6 edition of the New York Times began by saying "In a major decision on the role of religion in government, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Constitution allows town boards to start their sessions with sectarian prayers." In writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy said that the prayers did not violate the Constitution because they were ceremonial and served to signal the solemnity of the occasion.
Op-Ed: A Ruling that Lubavitchers Should Celebrate
The lead story of the May 6 edition of the New York Times began by saying “In a major decision on the role of religion in government, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Constitution allows town boards to start their sessions with sectarian prayers.” In writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy said that the prayers did not violate the Constitution because they were ceremonial and served to signal the solemnity of the occasion.
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Zalmi and Zisy (nee Lapidus) Plotka (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
The Shidduch that Terry the UPS Driver Made
This Shadchan wasn’t your typical matchmaker, but thanks to his persistence and some divine providence, a young Jewish couple was brought together. Meet Terry, your friendly neighborhood UPS delivery guy.
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Shloime (ben Levi) Hecht (Crown Heights) and Chana Greenberg (Crown Heights)
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