New Engagement!
Shmulik (ben R’ Moshe) Moscowitz (Chicago, IL) and Yael Michaan (S. Paulo, Brazil)
L’chaim will be tonight at the Jewish Children’s Museum
792 Eastern Pkwy. [corner Kingston Ave.]
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Op-Ed: The Cantonist Decree in 21st Century Canada
When I read the news this morning that two teenage girls of the Lev Tahor sect are undergoing a hunger strike after being separated from their parents by Canadian authorities, I came to the conclusion that I could no longer remain silent in the face of such a grave injustice. After all, if we don’t speak out for them, who will speak out when they come for our children?
Educators Lecture on How to Raise Chasidim
On Monday evening in the Oholei Torah ballroom, 100 member of the Crown Heights community, mother and fathers, gathered to receive guidance from a panel of veteran educators on the topic ‘Raising Chasidim in America Today.’
Chabad of Hunterdon Holds 5th Annual Auction
Chabad of Hunterdon County hosted its fifth Annual auction at the Beaver Brook Country Club in Annandale, NJ on Sunday, March 9th with over 200 in attendance. Auction winners in the Extended Article!
Video: Reporter Asks the Rebbe for an Interview
Just in time for Purim, the Rebbe’s entire Farbrengen of Purim, 5732 (1972) has been restored and released on DVD by JEM.
Video: Rabbi Moscowitz Speaks in 1989
At a Rosh Chodesh Kislev Farbrengen in 770 in 5750 (1989), Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz, OBM describes how the Cheder Lubavitch Hebrew Day School in Chicago was bought with a miracle from the Rebbe.
Binghamton Chabad Fights Cancer in Style
400 female students packed into the Chabad Center of Binghamton University Thursday evening for the sixth annual Fashion for a Cure event, raising money and awareness for cancer. The fashion show raised $5,173 for Sharsheret, a nonprofit organization that promotes awareness and offers support to women battling the disease.
Decision Not to Fly on Shabbos Saves Man’s Life
“More than the Jews have kept the Shabbos, Shabbos has kept the Jews,” our sages declared. Rarely was this more apparent than this past Shabbos, when a Malaysia Airline flight mysteriously disappeared without a trace.
Seven Torahs to Six Continents
While in New York City at the beginning of the year, Rabbi Levy Wineberg made a purposeful stop to pick up a very important item: a brand-new Sefer Torah.
Baby Girl!
Avraham Chaim (AC) and Chana (nee Porter) Bronstein (Crown Heights)
A Very Special Florida Retreat
After an intense two days, 13 Shluchim couples are heading back to their communities and families, invigorated, energized, rested and armed with new insight and inspiration. These 13 couples were participants in Yaldei Shluchei HaRebbe’s 6th Regional Parent Respite Retreat in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Tuesday: Annual KSCVK Purim Sale
Members of the Crown Heights community are invited to the annual Purim sale, the proceeds of which will benefit Keren Simchas Chosson V’Kallah.
New Engagement!
Moishe Kramer (Montreal, Canada) and Shaina Brocha Epstein (Columbia, SC)
L’Chaim will be tonight, Monday, at Beis Levi Yitzchok
556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany Ave.] at 8:30pm.
Mayanot Alumni Reunite
The cars rolled in and excited chatter filled the air, hugs were exchanged and the 2nd Mayanot Alumni retreat Shabbaton was underway. Over 200 adults and almost 100 children took over the Berkeley Hotel on the New Jersey Shore for a Shabbos of inspiration, learning and farbrengens.
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.
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.
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.
