Baby Boy!
Shmuel and Shterny Teichman (Crown Heights)
Community Attends Shloshim for Reb Yosef Raksin HYD
Family, Friends and community members gathered to mark the Shloshim – thirty days since the passing of Reb Yosef Raksin who was gunned down Shabbos morning as he was walking to Shul in N. Miami Beach, FL.
“Murder the Jew Tenant” Scrawled in Apartment Building
A white tenant recently moved into a mostly black apartment building on President Street in Crown Heights, not long after threatening hate graffiti was found scrawled on a hallway wall.
Miracle of Jewish Education Continues in Former USSR
Thousands of Jewish children from across the former Soviet Union rejoiced this week as the new school year opened successfully on the 1st of September at the FJC’s ‘Or Avner’ network of Jewish kindergartens and day schools in countries such as: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Azerbaijan.
Mendel Minkowicz Campaigns for Rashi’s Campus
Young Mendel Minkowicz, whose mother Rashi passed away tragically and suddenly last winter, talks about the 18/18 campaign he initiated for a new Chabad Center in Alpheretta, Georgia, to be named Rashi’s Campus in his mother’s memory.
New Classrooms, New Students, New Year at LYA
Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy (LYA) in Longmeadow, MA opened its doors to more than just a school year. “As we continue to see an increase in enrollment in all departments, LYA staff mobilized over the summer to find space for new students and new classes in time for the opening of school”, commented Rabbi Noach Kosofsky, the school’s principal.
Conflicting Endorsements from Crown Heights Groups
In what has been a hotly contested race, candidates Rubain Dorancy and Jesse Hamilton will face-off at the polls tomorrow, September 9th, for the Democratic Party nomination to represent district 20, which includes Crown Heights, in the New York state Senate.
Video: Deaf Jewish Boys Enjoy Summer of a Lifetime
A special summer camp for Jewish boys who are deaf, the only one of its kind in the world, recently concluded, with campers returning home inspired and exhilarated. The camp was conceived and directed by Rabbi Yehoshua Soudakoff, who is himself deaf, and did not have the opportunity to attend such a camp when he was a child.
Tonight: Shloshim of Reb Yosef Raksin, HYD
A gathering will be held tonight to commemorate the Shloshim of Rabbi Yosef Raksin, HYD, a Crown Heights resident who was brutally murdered on the streets of North Miami Beach while walking to Shul Shabbos morning.
JNet Launches Live Class Learning Campaign
In honor of Chai Elul, all are invited to participate in a learning campaign, with the chance to win big prizes. A project of JNet, the Chavrusa match-making organization, the campaign provides a Sicha of the Rebbe said on Chai Elul to be learned b’chavrusa, followed by a three-question online review.
Wednesday: Rally at the Ohel
This Wednesday, the 15th of Elul (September 10), there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5 to 12 featuring arts and crafts, games and an amazing program. Buses will leave 770 at 5:00pm and return at 7:45pm. Transportation will cost $3.
Chabad HQ Clarifies: No Political Endorsements
Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters today released a statement that, in contrast to a banner for Rubain Dorancy with a backdrop of the Kinus Hashluchim group portrait, they do not endorse political candidates and have not authorized use of the photo for his campaign.
Update: Dorancy Apologizes.
Shabbos Paraglide Returns to Tel Aviv Beaches
In recent years, beachgoers in Tel Aviv had been accustomed to an aerial campaign promoting Shabbos. A paraglider would soar up and down the Mediterranean coast on Friday afternoons announcing that week’s candle lighting time.
Baby Girl!
Berel and Rikal Pewzner (Grand Cayman, Cayman islands)
A Special Sefer Torah to Call Their Own
Hundreds turned out for a very special and unique occasion, the completion of new Sefer Torah for the Friendship Circle of Crown Heights. The new Torah was dedicated by the Chein family in honor of their son Boruch Shneur.
Chabad Hosts Special Appreciation Event for IDF Soldiers
Dozens of combat soldiers of the IDF’s recent Operation Protective Edge in Gaza participated in a Gala Party hosted by Chabad of Ashkelon.
Students, Community Attend Rebbetzin Teitelbaum’s Levaya
Oholei Torah students lined the street in front of 667 Eastern Parkway, the home of the school founded by the husband of Rebbetzin Esther Teitelbaum, OBM, for her Levaya. From there the Levaya proceeded to 770, where hundreds partook.
