Police Alert Community to IRS-Moneypak Scam
The 71st Precinct has sent out a notice to members of the Crown Heights community to beware of a scam that is being perpetrated by criminals claiming to be agents of the IRS.
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Op-Ed: Who Are You Calling B.T.?
We all look up to and are inspired by Shluchim that we know. We are amazed by their perseverance, dedication, and success. We know that even when we are too tired or lazy to walk three blocks to a farbrengen; our shluchim are out there encouraging others to participate, and inspiring Jews with their words and actions.
by Rabbi Yehoshua Merenfeld
Video: Lighting up Times Square
A video recap of the epic CTeen Shabbaton Havdalah in Times Square last Motzei Shabbos, featuring 1000 Jewish teens from all over the world, singer Alex Clare and a video of the Rebbe on the American Eagle Jumbotron.
EU Teens Celebrate Bar/Bas Mitzvas in the Holy Land
100 Jewish teens from around Europe returned home this week from a coming-of-age trip to Israel in honor of their Bar/Bas Mitzvahs.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Mottel Lifshitz, 97, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Baruch Mordechai Lifshitz, affectionately known as ‘Reb Mottel Der Shochet.’ He was 97 years old. Update: Levaya times added.
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 – Vayikra. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one transform any interaction into a warm and loving experience?
Video: Head Shliach’s Final Address
CrownHeights.info has obtained a video of Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz’s last public address, which he delivered two and a half weeks before he tragically passed away after a minor surgery Tuesday morning.
Drexel students help cook for a recent Shabbat meal at the local Chabad house, despite the compromised facilities.
Burst Pipe Rallies Students Around Chabad Couple
Students of Drexel University in Philadelphia have rallied to help a Chabad couple who provides kosher meals for them after a kitchen pipe recently burst. The Chabad house caters daily dinners for about 25 students as well as home-cooked meals for larger groups on Shabbat and special events.
Jewish Exponent
Music Video: The Reveal
Just in time for Purim 2014 comes “The Reveal,” an all new music video that takes a giant leap forward in Jewish cinematography, turning back the clock to the golden age of cinema – the 1920s. Starring Lipa Schmeltzer and Ari Lesser, along with Zvika Bornstein as none other than Charlie Chaplin, The Reveal takes a look back in time at Purim of the past in order to drive home an important lesson.
Rebbe’s Last Dollar Distribution Shown in 770
In honor of Chof Zayin Adar Aleph, the day the Rebbe suffered a stroke in 1992, Merkos installed a video screen in the Kehot display case near the main entrance of 770 showing footage of the last time the Rebbe handed out dollars – which was the day before, on 26 Adar Aleph.
Rabbi Moscowitz’s Last E-mail: There’s Still Time
As the family of Shluchim and Anash in Chicago first heard of the shocking and tragic passing of Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz, director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Illinois, some found solace in their e-mail inbox, where they saw an unread message from their beloved head Shliach and colleague.
New Engagement!
Sholy Brown (Manchester, UK) and Dena Krafchik (Leeds, UK)
L’chaim will be Thursday night at Eshel
274 Kingston Ave. [between Eastern Pkwy. and Lincoln Pl.]
Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz: A Life of Leadership
Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz, the regional director of Lubavitch-Chabad of Illinois who helped to spur the growth of dozens of Chabad-Lubavitch centers in 21 cities across the state, passed away suddenly in Chicago on March 4. He was 59.
Israel Intercepts Iranian Arms Bound for Hamas
Israeli naval forces raided a ship in the Red Sea early Wednesday and seized dozens of advanced rockets from Iran destined for Palestinian militants in Gaza, the military said.
Monsey Fathers & Sons Gather for Final Avos U’banim
Tzemach Tzedek, the main Bais Medrash for the Monsey Chabad Anash community, was buzzing this past past Motzeai Shabbos, Parshas Pekudei-Chazak, as over 75 fathers and sons spent an hour of quality time learning together.
Vayikra: Love in All the Gross Places
“This is a book about love” Peggy Noonan begins her book on 9/11. It’s a captivating read: raw, unedited. Written at the time and in the aftermath of when jets crushed towers into rubble and white smoke smotered Manhattan and death choked the streets for days. Its reads battlefield, not memorial. And yes, with all the terror and bleeding and gory horror, she’s right – it is a book about love. Across the pages she sifts through her mind, her conscious, her life, her generation, our ethos. And she brings us through with a generous spirit.
by Shimon Posner
Please Say Tehillim for…
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for Menachem Mendel HaKohen ben Devorah Shifra, a young father who is undergoing critical surgery this afternoon.
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