Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Ocean Parkway’s annual chinese auction took place Sunday in the Beis Rivkah Ballroom in Crown Heights. Hundreds of friends and supporters turned out throughout the day, enjoying a sumptuous hot buffet and Viennese table, all while supporting the Yeshiva.
Sholom Cohen (Manchester, England) and Mushky Kesselman (Crown Heights)
Zalman and Liba (nee Kessler) Tevel (Crown Heights)
Avraham Moshe Swartz (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Rivka Elisheva Huberman (Montreal, Canada)
Following the major success and popularity of the first broadcasts of MyLife: Chassidus Applied, Rabbi Simon Jacobson will air Episode 15 tonight, Sunday, May 4th (4 Iyar) here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week’s class is titled “Jewish Life: Unprofessionalism in the Workplace, Gender Roles, Birth Control, Critique of Our Community Leaders.”
President Barack Obama had a special wish for the (presumably) Jewish person who greeted him on Friday.
A former New York City police officer has been arrested after surveillance video identified him as the culprit behind a spate of anti-Semitic graffiti that shocked the Jewish community of Borough Park over Shabbos.
Winter has begun in Australia, and therefore so has the Motzei Shabbos Fathers and Sons learning program at the Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Sydney.
Veteran marriage counselor Rabbi Shea Hecht will host a new weekly call-in radio show that will deal with the subject of relationships. The show airs on Arutz 7 and online, Sundays beginning at 10:00am.
After two successful summers, Camp Gan Israel Bat Mitzvah Experience has undergone a transformation and a name change. Meet Camp Gan Israel in the Poconos, a full-fledged overnight camp for girls not currently participating in an immersive daily Jewish experience.
In this week’s Living Torah, we have a fascinating clip where we get to see the sacrifice of Chasidim in Russia, and the Rebbe’s hands on involvement and direction, with first person testimony and footage smuggled out under the noses of the soviets.
Professor Reuven Feuerstein, a world-renowned clinical and developmental cognitive psychologist who received the Israel Prize in 1992, passed away on April 29 in Jerusalem. He was 93 years old.
The oldest Chabad House in northern California, Chabad of Berkeley, has moved into a new home after three years in a leased building. It is sharing its new temporary home with the local chapter of the Friendship Circle.
The Jewish Ukrainian mayor of Kharkov, who was shot Monday in an assassination attempt, is conscious and recovering.
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