Twins! Boy and Girl!
Moishy and Chaya (nee Ives) Strasburg (Crown Heights)
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Cambodia’s First Jewish Cemetery Inaugurated
The Chabad Jewish Center in Phnom Penh on Friday held a ceremony in Kandal province to inaugurate Cambodia’s first Jewish cemetery there.
Rabbi Teams Up with Student for Martial-Arts Match
If it is unusual for a nice Jewish boy to become a professional martial-arts practitioner, it is even rarer for a Chabad rabbi to become one of his most avid supporters.
Baby Girl!
Zalmi and Chanie (nee Levin) Spitezki (Crown Heights)
Crown Heights Students Compete at Tournament
50 seventh graders from Crown Heights’ Yeshivos competed against each other in the grand Halichos Olam Chidon, testing their knowledge of the laws of Tefilin in front of an audience of parents, teachers, community members and fellow students.
New Engagement!
Mendy Katzman (Staten Island, NY) and Malka (bas Shimon A.) Rosenfeld (Crown Heights)
Did you say the ‘Nasi’ Today? (Yud Nissan)
From the Safer Haminhagim: Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, one reads the passage that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. Yehi Ratzon in the Extended Article.
New Sefer Torah Welcomed in Siberia
Hundreds of community members and guests participated this Sunday in the festive inauguration of a new Torah scroll, the first ever to be donated to the new grand Synagogue of Novosibirsk, Russia that had opened only half a year ago.
Reb Yoel Kahn: Restraining the Love
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 ‘Restraining the Love‘. Update: Video fixed
Cheder at the Ohel Students Tested on Laws of Tefilin
Rabbi Dovber Grunblatt‘s 7th grade class at Cheder at the Ohel was honored to have Rabbi Shmuel Horowitz farher them on his own sefer, Shevach Yekor, on the laws of Tefilin and other things related to the age of Bar-Mitzvah.
Video: The Tiniest Victim
Chances are you are a tiny breadcrumb trying to make a life in New York – the most expensive city in the world. You did all the right things but you failed: You snuck in to the house of a nice Jewish family, you got a free ride for a couple of months but suddenly there’s bad news, really bad news: Passover is coming.
Mayor De Blasio: Al Sharpton “the Real Thing”
Today at the National Action Network’s annual convention, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio praised notorious anti-Semite and race baiter Al Sharpton by saying this: ”I just want everyone to know: I am proud to stand with Rev. Sharpton, To borrow a phrase from our youth, — he’s the real thing.”
My Pure Daughter: A Poem
Mrs. Chana Sharfstein of Crown Heights wrote the following poem, which she titled ‘My Pure Daughter,’ as a eulogy for her dear daughter Zlata Esther (“Zlati”), OBM, who passed away this past Friday at the age of 53.
Video: An Evening of Tribute to Rashi Minkowicz
Last Thursday evening, close to a thousands members of the Jewish community of greater Atlanta gathered at the Chabad Center of North Fulton to mark the Shloshim of beloved Shlucha Mrs. Rashi Minkowicz, OBM, who tragically passed away one month ago.
Nepal Seder Is Pieced Together Suitcase by Suitcase
It’s past 11 o’clock at night at the Chabad House in Kathmandu, Nepal, and a calm breeze passes through the Jewish center’s courtyard. Rabbi Chezky Lifshitz is wrapping up a Torah class he has been giving to 30 Israelis, and a few more sit about chatting. Although a serene quietness envelopes this Himalayan Chabad House, it is less than a week before Passover and Lifshitz still does not have all the supplies necessary to ensure that Kathmandu’s iconic Seder – along with three others held in other parts of the country – can take place.
California Town Joyously Welcomes New Torah
Close to 200 members of the Folsom, CA Jewish community gathered Sunday afternoon to celebrate the completion of a brand new Sefer Torah, which will make its home at the local Chabad House, led by Rabbi Yossi and Goldie Grossbaum.
Over 120 Attend First Ever BizTalk Event
Last Thursday some 120 people gathered in the hall of Chovevei Torah for a special event: BizTalk 14. The latest installment of Crown Heights Young Entrepreneur’s series of networking events, BizTalk gave community members the chance to learn from fourteen different successful business-men and women as well as to network with each other.
