Video: A Reform Rabbi’s Journey Back to Yiddishkeit
The Story of Rabbi Burt “Simcha Bunim” Siegel, a Reform rabbi, and his journey back to Torah Judaism with the help of the Rebbe’s army of Shluchim.
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Chabad Reaches Out to Family of Missing Malaysia Passenger
Chabad emissaries in Irkutsk, southeastern Russia, reached out to the family of 43-year-old Russian-Jewish national Nikolai Brodskii Sunday after he was identified as one of 239 passengers and crew members aboard the Boeing 777 jetliner that disappeared off the coast of Malaysia early Saturday morning.
Times of Israel
Brazen Theft Occurs on Kingston Ave. in Broad Daylight
Yesterday, in Crown Heights’ heart of hearts and in broad daylight, a young Jewish woman was robbed of her phone. Shockingly and disappointingly, only one person on the busy street took notice and chased the thief; no one called for help or offered her any kind of assistance.
Students Celebrate Achievements with Exciting Trip
For a full month, the Talmidim of 7th and 8th grades of United Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown St. participating in the Chayolei Beis Dovid program focused on the theme of “Ani Nivreisi L’shamesh Es Koni” (I was only created to serve Hashem). As a celebration of their great success, on Thursday the Talmidim visited the Artistic Stitch Sports Complex in Queens.
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Shimon and Chaya Mushka (nee Begun) Simpson (Crown Heights)
Shabbos of Joy and Inspiration in Brunoy
Shabbos Rosh Chodesh Adar II was one of joy and inspiration for the students of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Brunoy, France.
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Motty and Raizy (nee Liberow) Rivkin (Crown Heights)
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Levi and Fraida (nee Landa) Raskin (Rockville, MD)
Tens of Thousands Protest IDF Draft in Manhattan
Ten of thousands of Jews from all walks of life, gathered in lower Manhattan for prayer rally in protest of the Israeli Governments proposed military draft of all its religious citizens.
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Chezky and Mushkie (nee Miller) Golowinsky (Crown Heights)
8:00pm: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Jacobson
The ninth episode of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson will air tonight, Sunday, March 8th (Rosh Chodesh Adar II) here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week’s class is titled “Recreational Drug Use, Women’s Avoda on Purim and Doubts in G-d and Torah.”
Chabad Rabbi Decries ‘Pesach Vacationing’
Rabbi Eliyahu Yochonon Gurarie, head Shliach and chief rabbi of Hulon, Israel, created a firestorm within the Israeli Chabad community with the release of an open letter decrying the increasingly popular ‘custom’ of spending Pesach at a hotel or resort away from home.
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Avromie and Chana Leah (nee Levin) Margolis (Los Angeles, CA)
New Engagement!
Moshe Frank (Flatbush, NY) and Rikky Wenger (Montreal, Canada)
L’chaim will be tonight, Sunday at Eshel
274 Kingston Ave. [between Eastern Pkwy. and Lincoln Pl.]
Warmth of Shabbos Thaws Russian Winter
Chabad of Ulyanovsk, Russia recently concluded their fourth annual ‘Great Winter Shabbaton.’ Over 70 men, women and children enjoyed three days of learning, lectures, workshops, Farbrengens and ‘Ask the Rabbi’ sessions with local Shliach Rabbi Yossi Marozov.
Photo: Shturem.net
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: R’ Yisroel Boruch Butman, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Rabbi Yisroel Boruch Butman, OBM, head Shliach to Naharia, Israel, board member of Aguch and director of the Oholei Yosef Yitzchok network of schools across the Holy Land. He was 56 years old.
PSA: Daylight Savings Time Begins Motzai Shabbos
Daylight Savings Time begins on Motzai Shabbos and we ‘spring ahead’. At 2:00am it will become 3:00am, taking away an hour of sleep tonight.
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