Lechaim: Haller – Raichik
Pictures from the L’chaim of Sholom Ber Haller (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Chaya Mushka (bas Elozar) Raichik (Crown Heights), which took place Monday night at Beis Levi Yitzchok in Crown Heights.
Left: Simon Gronowski. Right: Rabbi Shmuel Metzger.
Jew Meets Jew at a Williamsburg Café
Simon Gronowski was 11 years old when his mother pushed him off a train transport to Auschwitz, saving his life. His mother and sister were gassed upon arriving in Auschwitz, and his father, he says, died of a broken heart in 1945.
More than 613 students and faculty attended 'Shabbat 613 at UCF.
Chabad at UCF Shines with ‘Shabbat 613’
What would happen if more than 600 Jewish college students came together for an enormous gathering? A couple of weeks ago, Chabad at the University of Central Florida reached this accomplishment when their premier event, “Shabbat 613,” took place in the Pegasus Grand Ballroom of the Student Union.
Heritage - Florida Jewish News
The first "Torah and Tea" held in Flanders, N.J., sponsored by Fraida Shusterman, co-director of Chabad of Northwest New Jersey-Western Region. Inset: Mrs. Rashi Minkowicz, OBM.
‘Torah and Tea’ Taken Up All Over in Honor of Rashi
“Ten minutes before 8 p.m. [on March 11], my wife Rashi sat at the head of the beautifully set dining-room table waiting for women to arrive for her weekly [Tuesday-night] class in our home called ‘Torah and Tea,’ ” writes Rabbi Hirshy Minkowicz, director of Chabad of North Fulton, near Atlanta.
20 Years Since the Murder of Ari Halberstam, HYD
On the 23rd of Adar, 1994, a Lebanese terrorist named Rashid Baz opened fire on a van full of Lubavitcher Bochurim on the Brooklyn Bridge. In the attack, Ari Halberstam, HYD, was killed. 20 years after the murder, which shocked the world, we present a collection of photos and news broadcasts which gave broad coverage to the incident.
Fathers and Sons Unite for Day of Learning and Fun
From all over Brooklyn, fathers and sons eagerly made their way to United Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Ocean Parkway early Sunday morning, 6:30am.
Shliach: Strike or No Strike, Nepal Seders Will Go On
An overcast sky hung above the honking and noisy mess that is Kathmandu, Nepal. It was not even a week before Passover, and Rabbi Chezky Lifshitz, the Chabad emissary to Nepal, was worried whether the supply shipment sent from Israel would arrive in time to prepare and feed the Kathmandu Passover Seder, the largest of its kind in the world.
After Visit to R’ Elimelech, a Triple Seudas Mitzvah
A group of Chassidim from Eretz Yisroel spent this past Shabbos in Lizensk, Poland, to spend the Yahrtzeit of the Tzadik Reb Elimelech near his gravesite.
Picture of the Day: Crown Heights Parking
In a neighborhood with more cars than parking spots, the difficulty of finding a place to leave one’s vehicle can be really frustrating to many Crown Heights motorists.
Please Say Tehillim for..
Please take a moment a say a Kapital Tehillim for Chaya Mushka bas Soro Leah, a young Lubavitch woman who was in a serious car accident.
Rabbis Commemorate Holocaust in Hungary
More than three hundred rabbis from across Europe, a large number of them Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries, convened in Budapest, Hungary on Monday for the annual conference of the Rabbinical Congress of Europe (RCE).
City to Pay $100,000 for Beating of Ehud Halevi
The city has agreed to pay a $100,000 settlement to Ehud Halevi, a Bochur who was brutally beaten by two NYPD officers at the ALIYA youth center in Crown Heights. News of the beating and accompanying footage were first published here on CrownHeights.info and quickly went viral, shocking the nation.
Long Island Jewish Teens Cook to Ease Suffering
A new series of culinary classes is teaching Bellmore-Merrick, NY teenagers how to prepare kosher treats and assist local families in need at the same time.
Long Island Herald
A New Home for Judaism in Southern New Jersey
It’s a handsome, light tan columned building on Medford’s Main Street, the sort that echoes the past. It has a certain innate grace and dignity. The former private residence, a Dutch Colonial, is the new home of the Chabad of Medford, New Jersey, a place where all Jews, no matter their level of observance, are welcome.
Burlington County Times
File photo: The offices of the CHJCC.
Needy Crown Heightsers Decry Public Humiliation
Yesterday, a busy Sunday afternoon on bustling Kingston Ave., hundreds of financially struggling members of the Crown Heights community lined up outside the offices of the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council to receive assistance for the coming Yomtov of Pesach.
New Engagement!
Yigal Menachem Dovid Rosenberg (Florida) and Elana Malka Lackner (Los Angeles, CA)
L’chaim will be tonight, Monday, at Eshel
274 Kingston Ave. [between Eastern Pkwy. and Lincoln Pl.] at 8:30pm
Baby Girl!
Levi and Dassy (nee Light) Tennenhaus (Hallandale Beach, FL)
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