New Engagement!
Asher Kaplan (Jerusalem, Israel) and Ruthie Bergman (Overland Park, KS)
New Chabad House in Remote Himalayan Mountains
A donkey, motorcycle and helicopter were used to aid the opening Chabad of Manang, a new Chabad House in one of Nepal’s most remote ranges called Annapurna, which contains a very remote trail in the Himalayan Mountains.
New Shluchim to Connecticut
CrownHeights.info has learned that Rabbi Yehuda and Chaya Matusof will be joining the team of Shluchim in the city of West Hartford, Connecticut, where they will serve as youth directors for the thriving local Jewish community.
170-Year-Old Cottage Now a Chabad House
Chabad Student Centre of Kingston, Ontario has relocated to a new home. After outgrowing their previous location Rabbi Yisroel and Esti Simon purchased the 6,200-square-foot 170-year-old mansion to serve as the new Chabad House.
Picture of the Day: 770 Tree Blossoms
Just in time for passers-by to recite the customary blessing for trees before the month of Nissan ends, the iconic tree in the front yard of 770 Eastern Parkway – Chabad World Headquarters – has bloomed with beautiful white flowers, signalling an end to a particularly harsh winter for the residents of the city.
Convert to Islam Who Threatened 770 Sentenced
A former Orthodox Jewish man from New Jersey was sentenced to two and a half years in prison Friday for posting violent and threatening posts on his Islamic group’s Web site intended to incite violence against those who he believed were offensive to his Islamic beliefs.
Man Wanted for Attempted Carjacking Apprehended
39-year-old Nissan Ben Shitrit was arrested Erev Shabbos in connection with an attempted carjacking, with children in the car, Erev Pesach. A witness to the carjacking attempt spotted the man and immediately called Shomrim.
Mayor Reaches Out to Crown Heightsers in Yiddish
Yesterday a video was posted online of an NYPD van informing Crown Heights residents of Mayor Bill De Blasio’s new “Vision Zero” plan, which seeks to reduce traffic fatalities. The loudspeaker blares the message first in English, then in Yiddish, in what is no doubt part of the mayor’s efforts to reach wider communities.
New Engagement!
Menachem Woonteiler (Crown Heights) and Rachel Genzino (Monsey, NY)
New Engagement!
Menachem Light (Crown Heights) and Devorah Lea Dunin (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim Monday at Chovevei Torah
885 Eastern Pkwy [between Albany and Troy Ave]
Weekly Living Torah: Singing Niggun Yifrach Beyomov
At a Farbrengen Chassidim sing niggun Yifrach Beyomov, which was complied for the Rebbes 71st birthday.
Baby Girl!
Benyamin and Chanie (nee Newman) Kosofsky (Crown Heights)
Reb Yoel Kahn: When We Understand
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 ‘When We Understand‘.
Rabbi Earns Award for ‘Injecting Spirituality’ into Manhattan Neighborhood
Rabbi Ben Tzion Krasnianski, co-director of Chabad of the Upper East Side, said he got a call out of the blue, notifying him that he had won an OTTY award. Given out by the weekly paper Our Town, with sister publications throughout Manhattan, the awards are presented to community leaders and vital contributors—in other words, people who stand out from the rest.
6 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Levi and Chanie (nee Gurevitz) Shechtman
465 Empire Blvd. [between Brooklyn and New York Aves.]
Mendy and Vivi (nee Kendal) Levertov
645 Lefferts Ave. [corner Albany Ave.] Apt. #1E
Menachem and Devorah Leah Amitay
1365 Carroll St. [corner Kingston Ave.] Apt. #1C
Benny and Chanale (nee Gopin) Friedman
883 Montgomery St. [between Troy and Schenectady Aves.]
Baruch Shalom and Batsheva (nee Chaikin) Davidson
1245 President St. [between New York and Nostrand Aves.]
Nochum and Alti (nee Shur) Greenberg
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Shabbos at the Besht: The Month of Healing
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Boruch Jacobson will lead a discussion on the topic – blessing the new month of Iyar: The month of healing.
Baby Girl!
Immanuel and Rochie (nee Blau) Storfer (N. Miami Beach, FL)
