NYPD Addresses Terror Threat Before Passover
New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, along with his lieutenants and other officials, hosted leaders and activists of Brooklyn’s several Jewish communities for a pre-Passover security briefing.
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Please Say Tehillim for..
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for Menachem Mendel ben Menucha Rochel, a two-year-old boy who recently underwent a serious procedure and still needs our prayers.
Reb Dovid Werdyger, Father of MBD, Passes Away
The Orthodox Jewish community and Jewish music fans in particular are mourning the death of Reb Dovid Werdyger, OBM, talented singer, pioneer in the recording of Jewish music and father of the ‘King of Jewish Music’ Mordechai Ben David.
Did you say the ‘Nasi’ Today? (Beis 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.
Two Pedestrians Struck in Same Spot this Week
In two separate incidents this week, pedestrians were struck and injured at the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Troy Ave. in Crown Heights.
New Engagement!
Choli Rivkin (Crown Heights) and Shevi Rosenberg (Montreal, Canada)
L’chaim will be tonight, Wednesday, at Chovevei Torah
885 Eastern Pkwy. [between Albany and Troy Aves.]
New Engagement!
Tzvi Gudelsky (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Tanya Kramer (Johannesburg, South Africa)
New Stained-Glass Dome Pride and Joy of F.R.E.E.
On Sunday, March 30, Congregation F.R.E.E. of Brighton Beach celebrated the installation of a new stained-glass dome with a lavish reception and dinner for the Russian-speaking Jewish community.
New Engagement!
Levi Ezagui (Daytona Beach, FL) and Tzivie Marazow (Seattle, WA)
L’chaim will be tonight, Wednesday, at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
New Engagement!
Shmuly Tzfasman (Crown Heights) and Dina Perl (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be tonight, Wednesday, at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Video: A Word on the Parsha with Rabbi Minkowicz
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Metzora. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is holiness?
Baby Girl!
Menachem and Faygie (nee Klein) Andrusier (Crown Heights)
From Days Gone By: Merkos Shlichus in the Early ’50s
A group of students of the newly established Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in 770 pose for a group photo prior to their departure on Merkos Shlichus, circa late 1940s. Can you identify anyone in the photo?
Video: The Making of a Matzah
From harvest to packaging, this video takes us through all the steps involved in the making of Shmurah Matzah for the Yomtov of Pesach.
Video: Brooklyn Band’s Logo Stirs Controversy
The logo of a local hip-hop group has been showing up as graffiti around Midwood, a largely Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn. Many residents are up in arms, as they say the logo resembles a swastika.
Baby Boy!
Mendy and Devora (nee Breindel) Wolff (London, UK)
Hanoi, Vietnam.
Radical Relocation: Chabad Couple Moves to Hanoi
They both grew up blending in easily—he in Brooklyn, she in New Haven. Jewish schools, kosher stores, family and like-minded friends aplenty. Now, with a grant from the Rohr Family Foundation, Levi and Mushky Laine, with their 11-month old baby girl Rivkah, have left it all behind for Hanoi, Vietnam.
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