Baby Girl!
Levi and Dassy (nee Light) Tennenhaus (Hallandale Beach, FL)
Time for a New Chabad Community in New York?
As the cost of living in Crown Heights continues to soar, and making ends meet on a stagnate income becomes more and more difficult, some members of the Crown Heights community have decided that enough is enough – it’s time to start a new Lubavitch community in a more affordable part of the New York City Area.
World’s Largest Seder Under Threat of Cancellation
A strike by the employees of the Israeli Foreign Ministry all over the world may cause the cancellation of the world’s largest Seder, organized by Chabad in conjunction with the Foreign Ministry in Nepal’s capital of Katmandu.
Baby Girl!
Akiva and Esty (nee Loschak) Steinmetz (Crown Heights)
Storm to Dump More Snow on Winter-Weary New York
Despite the long-awaited onset of spring, the tri-state area can expect to get more snow this week as a ‘nor’easter’ is expected to hit the region tomorrow night. However, forecasters say, the area should be spared from the worst of the wintry spring storm.
Video: Handmade Is Always Better
A short video extolling the virtues of Handmade Shmura Matzah, which can be obtained at one’s local Chabad Center almost anywhere in the world.
France’s Deaf Jews Get Together for Purim Celebration
For the first time in France and likely the entire of Europe, a special Purim celebration was held for Jewish people who suffer from deafness.
Massachusetts School Excited About the Future
A roller skating rabbi and hockey playing educational director are not the norm of what students see during a typical school day, unless you attend Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy (LYA) in Longmeadow, MA.
‘Target of Opportunity’: New Film Documents Historic Blood Libel
Earlier this year, Chabad.org announced the launch of a special page dedicated to the Mendel Beilis case, the last major blood-libel trial of the 20th century. After several months of ongoing research, a new video documentary has now been released.
New Engagement!
Ezra Rosen (Lakewood, NJ) and Miri Lazarescu (Irvine, CA)
New Engagement!
Sholom Ber Haller (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Chaya Mushka (bas Elozar) Raichik (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Michoel Groden (Mequon, WI) and Chava Leiba Schulman (Ann Arbor, MI)
Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Peretz Yehuda Sontag, 50, OBM
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the passing of Peretz Yehuda Sontag OBM of Monsey, NY. The tragic news comes after thousands of volunteers dedicated a week of tireless searching for the man who was reported missing last week. He leaves behind a wife and seven children.
2 Sunday Night Lechaims!
Avi Gutlaizer (Crown Heights) and Rochel Greenbaum (Crown Heights/NMB, FL)
Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Moshe Meir Katz (Crown Heights) and Sara Leah Feldman (Crown Heights)
Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
8:00pm: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Jacobson
Following the major success and popularity of the first broadcasts of MyLife: Chassidus Applied, Rabbi Simon Jacobson will air Episode Ten tonight, Sunday, March 23rd (21 Adar II) here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week’s class is titled “Coping with Unspeakable Tragedy.”
Jews in Sports: Cultural Celebration in Our Backyard
While you were likely busy celebrating the holiday of Purim last week, the Village of Bayville, NY transformed one of its parks into an international celebration center last Sunday afternoon when the Israeli and Irish national lacrosse teams faced one another on Purim Day, this year coinciding with the eve of St. Patrick’s Day.
‘Loaves of Love’ Support Disabled Youth
When Zachary Friedberg was born 16 years ago, his parents were told not to have hope that he could achieve much in life or even survive to his teens.
