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Chaim and Batsheva (nee Scott) Feldman (Hollywood, FL)

Video: The Great Parade, 30 Years Back
CrownHeights.info has obtained unique footage, filmed by a member of the Crown Heights community, of the Rebbe making his entrance to the Lag Ba’omer parade exactly three decades ago, in the year 1984.
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Yonah and Devorah (nee Reboh) Heidings (Monsey, NY)

Rowdy Teen Arrested for Kingston Ave. Vandalism
A 16-year-old public high school student was arrested this morning after he destroyed several gumball machines belonging to a Kingston Ave. merchant.
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Hershel and Chaya Rosenbluh (Monsey, NY)
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Levi and Sara (nee Piekarski) Hurwitz (Crown Heights)

Shluchos Conference Opens in Europe
This week, more than 100 Chabad shluchos in Europe are attending a rich seminar program of fascinating lectures, special shiurim, packed programs, panels, and gourmet meals. The seminar has been arranged by the “Chana” women’s organization and produced by Fleishmann Productions.

Kharkov Rabbi Visits Recovering Mayor
Rabbi Moshe Moscowitz, chief rabbi and Chabad Shliach to Kharkov, Ukraine, visited Mayor Gennady Kernes at the Rambam hospital in Haifa, Israel, where he is being treated after he was shot in an attempted assassination amid Ukraine’s ongoing volatility.

Video: The Drive-by Bar Mitzvah
While appearing on Conan O’Brien‘s late night show, actress Lisa Kudro – who is Jewish – explains why Conan shouldn’t be offended that he wasn’t invited to her son’s Bar Mitzvah. “He was just having a nice time at the mall when suddenly, out of nowhere, he became a man,” thanks to a Lubavitcher Bochur doing Mivtzoim.

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 – Bechukosai. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How do we receive G-d’s blessings?

Jewish Revival Gains Ground With Russia’s Students
Mikhail Runkin, a 26 year old university student from Yekaterinburg Russia, was nervous. He hadn’t imagined that he’d share one of life’s intimate milestones in a public setting. But on a recent Friday night, as he celebrated Shabbat dinner with 300 students, rabbis and lecturers, including the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar, Mikhail was focused on one individual, a girl he’d met only a few months earlier. Unannounced, he stood up on his chair in the middle of the meal and proposed to Shaina Katzinova. Shaina accepted, and the entire room erupted into jubilant cheering and shouts of “Mazal Tov!”

PSA: Everything you need to Know about Lag Ba’omer in Crown Heights
When Lag Ba’omer falls out on a Sunday, as it does this year, special and extravagant events are planned and organized. CrownHeights.info has complied information pertaining to these events, beginning with the Motzei Shabbos community Bonfire, through the Eastern Parkway Parade, and concluding with the East New York Ave. carnival and fair.

Israeli Prime Minister Begins New Torah in Japan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concluded a state visit to Japan yesterday with a meeting with the Chabad Shluchim in the country and the writing of a new Sefer Torah.

Thursday: Rally at the Ohel
This Thursday, the 15th of Iyar (May 15), there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5 to 12. There will be a fun and exciting program, including games, refreshments and a raffle.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes: R. Yisroel Tzvi Blau, 59, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the tragic passing of Rabbi Yisroel Tzvi (Fishke) Blau, OBM, a veteran member of the Lubavitch community in Tzfas, Israel. He was 59 years old.

Partnership Brings In New Business Resources
In an effort to bring new business resources to the community, Crown Heights Young Entrepreneurs (CHYE) has teamed up with the Business Outreach Center (BOC) Network, a business development organization with over a decade-long record of delivering customized business services to entrepreneurs in New York City and more recently, in Newark, New Jersey; offering capacity-building services to organizations establishing and operating community and micro-enterprise development programs.