Rabbi Mendel Jacobs is Scotland’s only Scottish-born Rabbi and spiritual leader of the Synagogue in the Park in Glasgow. While most members of the synagogue are older, Rabbi Jacobs had a dream of building a Minyan of young men over Bar Mitzvah who would regularly attend and take an active role in the Shul’s affairs.
Mendy and Mimi (nee Simpson) Tzfasman (Crown Heights)
Upon concluding a most successful year of dedication, love and caring for children with special needs, forty young men were treated to a barbecue and bonfire in appreciation of a job well done.
The newly inked Palestinian unity deal between former rivals Fatah and terror group Hamas will create an opportunity for Hamas to seize more power, Algemeiner Editor Dovid Efune said in a recent interview on Real News TV.
Just what does it take to set a Guinness World Record for the “Largest Shabbat Dinner?” How about 2,226 people all being seated and served their first course within five minutes of each other? Not to mention, 2,000 loaves of challah, 1,800 pieces of chicken, 1,000 pieces of beef, 800 bottles of wine, 80 tables and a visit by an official adjudicator from the Guinness World Records to verify the results.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Chaya Luba Geisinsky, OBM, of Nachlas Har Chabad, Israel, the matriarch of a large family of devoted Chasidim and Shluchim across the globe.
On Thursday, Lubavicher Yeshiva-Crown Street held an award ceremony to recognize the Talmidim who learned Tanya Bal Peh during the year.
As the worldwide Lubavitch community prepares for Gimmel Tammuz, Melbourne conducted the first of a series of live international webcasts featuring internationally acclaimed speakers and noted Mashpi’im.
Yudi and Chani (nee Bronstein) Kanelsky (Elizabeth, NJ)
Yisroel and Rochel (nee Samuels) Gurion (Crown Heights)
Mordey and Shaina (nee Simons) Richler (Lake Tahoe, CA)
Beis Rivka High school students enjoyed a year-end party following their graduation, complete with a kumzitz, bonfire, barbecue, music, dancing and a knife and fire show.
Yeshiva students from around the world took part in an exciting competition, which has not taken place in seven years.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 21, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week’s class is titled What Role Does the Rebbe Play in Your Life?
During Pesach of this year, Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman sat down for a conversation that has shook and confused the Chareidi world.
With great sadness and deep pain we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Nachman Sudak OBM, head Shliach of the United Kingdom. He was 78 years old.
Efraim Duchman (Crown Heights) and Shaina Barber (Melbourne, Australia)
L’chaim will be Tonight, Sunday at 595 Lefferts Ave.
[between Kingston and Albany Ave.]
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