Picture of the Day: CGI-Parksville Group Portrait
As the first session of the summer comes to a close, the campers and staff of Gan Yisroel in Parksville, NY gathered together this morning to pose for a group portrait.
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New Engagement!
Velvel Tiefenbrun (London, England) and Mussie Greenfeld (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Chaim and Nechama (nee Estrin) Hershkowitz (Crown Heights)
Info to Be Menachem Avel Newfield Family
Dr. Shlomo and Dr. Philippa Newfield are sitting Shiva after the passing of their mother, Ruth, OBM, at 670 Crown St. [between Troy and Schenectady Aves.] until Monday morning. Shacharis: 8:00am. Mincha: 8:00pm. Maariv: 8:50pm. At the family’s request, please refrain […]
Photo: VIN News/Flash90.
30,000 Attend 2nd Funeral of Lone Soldier
Tens of thousands of mourners paid their final respects to Sgt. Max Steinberg, a slain IDF ‘lone soldier’ who was laid to rest on Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem this morning, Wednesday.
Baby Girl!
Chaim and Nechama (nee Estrin) Hershkowitz (Crown Heights)
Twin Boys!
Mendy and Chaya Mushka (nee Moscowitz) Hecht (Prospect Heights, NY)
Ukrainian Jews Flee War Zones
Anna Kroll sighs with relief. She’s grateful for the opportunity to care for her month-old daughter in the comfort and quiet of the Chabad-run old age home in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, where she has found refuge. The Lugansk native watched her hometown erupt in violence over the past few months. Recently, as the situation grew more dangerous, she escaped with her extended family and newborn to Eastern Ukraine’s largest Jewish community, where she was welcomed with open arms.
Baby Boy!
Shloimy and Mirele (nee Kugel) Greenwald (Crown Heights)
Video: Making the World G-d’s Home
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Masei. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one make this world into G-d’s home?
Yaldei Barbecue in Prospect Park Draws Hundreds
Yaldei Shluchei HaRebbe hosted its first summertime fundraiser this past week at the Prospect Park Picnic House. The event, a men’s barbecue, honored Rabbi Yisroel Wilhelm, Shliach to the university of Colorado, Yaldei board member and the father of a child with special needs.
A Determined Resolve as Israel Buries Its Fallen Soldiers
As funerals for soldiers killed in battle over the weekend were held throughout Israel, the Israel Defense Forces announced that seven more ground troops and officers had died on Monday. As family, friends and fellow soldiers gathered to mourn the fallen, there was a determined resolve that was palpable everywhere.
Video: The Week in Review at YSP
The fourth week of camp was filled with excitement, learning, fun and inspiration at Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ.
File Photo: The annual Crown Heights-Flatbush RCCS barbecue.
Story: Another Year, Another Miracle
Yoel Brill, former director of the Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society (RCCS) and founder of A Hope to Heal, related the following story he experienced last night while visiting the Rebbe’s Ohel in anticipation of tonight’s RCCS barbecue in Flatbush
On Rosh Chodesh Elul, August 26, 2014, a grand dedication ceremony will be held for the newly-restored Nariman House, the Chabad Center in Mumbai, India that was destroyed during a four-day terrorist siege which claimed the lives of Rabbi Gavriel and Rivkah Holtzberg, HYD, and four other Jews.
Mumbai Chabad House Restored; Nears Completion
On Rosh Chodesh Elul, August 26, 2014, a grand dedication ceremony will be held for the newly-restored Nariman House, the Chabad Center in Mumbai, India that was destroyed during a four-day terrorist siege which claimed the lives of Rabbi Gavriel and Rivkah Holtzberg, HYD, and four other Jews.
File photo: Cheder at the Ohel's 8th grade class.
Cheder at the Ohel to Open ‘Mechina’ Class
Cheder at the Ohel has announced that a ‘Mechina’ class will be opening this fall for boys ages 13-14. The location for this class will be near the Ohel, with transportation provided to and from Crown Heights.
Op-Ed: Loose Lips Sink Ships
A mutual acquaintance of mine who was once employed at the Pentagon cafeteria, overheard very high ranking military men conversing over lunch and mockingly refer to the active troops as “fodder”. They were high and mighty luxury-office-suite- commanders and the little poor men who were under their command were merely their fodder.
by Boruch Wolf
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