Senior members of Agudas Harabonim met yesterday with newly-appointed chief Ashkenazic Rabbi of Israel Rabbi David Lau in the New York office of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, OBM. Among those present were Crown Heights Rabbis Moshe Bogomilsky and Noach Fox, both members of the Agudah.
At around 12:30 EST today, we received the devastating news that the bodies of the three kidnapped Israeli teens – Eyal Yifrach, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Frankel, 16 – were found by soldiers of the IDF in Chalchul, a Palestinian town about 1km north of Chevron. All three were killed by their captors, r”l.
On Thursday, 28 Sivan, Rabbi Levi Feldman and his team of dedicated staff, with the onset of staff training, took the first step of embarking on a summer-long mission to give the talmidim of Yeshivas Kayitz Tannersville the most safe, fantastic, and exuberant summer experience.
A crowd of over 500 people from across the Greater Boston area turned out for an Evening of Inspiration marking the 20th anniversary of Gimmel Tammuz. Over 20 Shluchim gathered with their communities at the Taj Boston overlooking the Public Garden.
On Sunday, hundreds of Crown Heights residents spent their day off work on Governor’s Island, a recently-opened recreation area on the East River. One of our readers captured this photo of a Chabad family learning Chitas together on one of the island’s benches.
Shmuly and Itta (nee Denburg) Wolvovsky (Crown Heights)
Motti Kessler (Montreal, Canada) and Chaya Mushka Bendet (S. Paul, MN)
Ben and Melodie (nee Balarsky) Diamond (Camp Stanly/Uijeongbu, South Korea)
Avrohom Menachem and Sorale (nee Cohen) Nelken (Crown Heights)
The Betzalel Gallery will be featuring a special exhibit of photos of the Rebbe from Jewish Educational Media’s The Living Archive in honor of Gimmel Tammuz.
Binyomin Freundlich (London, England) and Minka Reinitz (Boro Park)
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 23, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week’s class is titled Connecting to the Rebbe, and Keeping Up Inspiration When Feeling “Burned Out”.
Shmulie and Musi (nee Lustig) Naparstek (Crown Heights)
Just a few short days before the conclusion of this learning year, a select group of Bochurim in the Mesivta of Yeshivas Lubavitch Toronto went on a fun filled full day trip to Niagara Falls, New York.
Choli Feinblum (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Natania Tanenbaum (Houston, TX)
Lechaim today, Sunday at 2:00pm at 575 East New York Ave.
[between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Several buses filled with eager campers left Crown Heights last Tuesday and headed to familiar campgrounds in New York’s Catskill Mountains. With anticipation and excitement in the air, the campers were introduced to their counselors and new friends, and settled down for what promises to be the summer of a lifetime.
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