Baby Girl!
Benny and Mor (nee Binder) Greenberg (Pittsburgh, PA)
London Neighborhood to Mark Site of Historic Shul
Thanks to an online voting contest open to the general public, and the efforts of a local Chabad rabbi, the site of the historic North London Synagogue, which was built in 1868 and demolished in 1958, will now have a plaque marking its site.
Picture of the Day: Chabad Rabbis Join Football Rivalry
Colorado State University’s Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelick and Colorado University’s Rabbi Yisroel Wilhelm dressed up in full football attire in honor of Thursday night’s match between the two rival schools’ teams.
Miami Cops Pursue New Lead in Murder of Rabbi Raksin
Miami-Dade police say progress is being made in the case of Rabbi Yosef Raksin, HYD, a Crown Heights father-of-six who was shot and killed earlier this month in North Miami Beach while walking to Shul Shabbos morning, but that they are still seeking the public’s help in capturing the two suspected killers.
New Engagement!
Mendy (ben Yisroel) Greenberg (Crown Heights) and Ita (bas Heschel) Greenberg (Buffalo, NY)
L’Chaim tonight, Sunday at Chovevei Torah
885 Eastern Pkwy [between Albany and Troy Ave]
2 Israeli Bochurim Arrested for Alleged Assault
Shortly before Shabbos ended, at around 7:00pm, two 20-year-old Israeli bochurim were walking down Montgomery Street towards Albany Avenue, heavily intoxicated and making quite a ruckus. They were confronted by an African-American man, who told them to quiet down, and an altercation between them ensued.
Baby Boy!
Ram and Chaya Rivkah (nee Diaz) Rabins (Mexico/Toronto)
Chabad at the Shore Hosts Evening of Tribute
Chabad at the Shore held its second annual “Evening of Tribute and Inspiration” on Sunday, August 24th, at the Katz JCC in Margate, NJ.
Weekly Living Torah Video: Ceasefire – Good or Bad?
With all recent events happening in Eretz Yisroel, JEM’s Living Torah team decided to put aside their regular programming and release a series of programs presenting some of the Rebbe’s views on key issues confronting the residents and leaders in Eretz Yisroel today, as well as his encouragement to the Jews living there.
Sweden’s Jewish Leadership: We Will Stand Strong
Among the elderly at an old-age home in Gothenburg are survivors of Nazism, concentration camp inmates who were transported to Sweden on the White Buses in the spring of 1945 by the Swedish Red Cross. They were from Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia and other German occupied countries, where they remember their childhoods in once lively Jewish communities that had been decimated.
Twins! Boy and Girl!
Shmuli and Aidy (nee Katzman) Bendet (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor at 680 Montgomery St. [between Kingston and Albany Aves.]
‘Shalom Aleichem’ in Memory of Slain 4-Year-Old
This Shabbos, our hearts and thoughts will turn to remembering Daniel Tregerman, OBM. This innocent four-year-old boy was killed by a mortar shell fired by Hamas at Nahal Oz, near the Gaza strip. At his funeral, his grandfather tearfully spoke of how much his little grandson loved “Shalom Aleichem” and then, in a voice cracked with pain, the grandfather slowly sang the lovely melody.
Baby Boy!
Naftoli and Chani (nee Wolosow) Minkowitz (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor at 444 Crown St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves.]
Young Professionals Affix Mezuzahs in Support of Israel
Nic and Cat Trammell of Los Angeles just installed their very first mezuzah, as have hundreds of other young couples and singles due to an initiative of the Young Jewish Professionals of Los Angeles—a Chabad center for young adults—and has spread to more than a dozen other Chabad centers catering to young Jewish professionals from Miami to Montreal.
Shabbos at the Besht: The King Is in the Field
This Shabbos at the Besht, noted author and educator Rabbi Sholom DovBer Avtzon will lead a discussion on the topic – Chodesh Elul: The King Is in the Field.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe in the 1950’s leaving his office in 770 to officiate at a wedding. Like Lubavitch Archives and enjoy daily historical pictures: www.facebook.com/LubavitchArchives.
Perception or Deception? The Pious Animal Inclination
When Kaiser Wilhelm sought to invade Belgium, he was reminded of the signed treaty agreements, of which his actions would be in blatant violation. Dourly brushing the matter aside the Kaiser declared: “We shall take Belgium! As for the treaties? We can trust the philosophers to supply the necessary explanations.”
