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Hersh and Fraidy (nee Kagan) Loschak (Glassboro, NJ)
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From Days Gone By: Breaking Ground to Expand 770
A group of Bochurim dig with shovels to prepare for the groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of 770 in 1988. Can you identify anyone in the picture?
New Children’s Boutique Makes Fashion Affordable (ad)
Leah is the stereotypical young entrepreneur: ambitious, smart, and hard working. Realizing that Crown Heights had room for a nice place for parents to buy fashionable clothes for their children at competitive prices, Leah founded Emma’s Children’s Boutique in the heart of the neighborhood to fill the niche.
3,500 Children Receive New Clothing for Pesach
In honor of the coming holiday of Passover, 3,500 of the neediest Jewish children across the Former Soviet Union are now receiving special clothing packages in the mail.
Attacks on Jews in New York City Tripled in 2013
According to a report by the Anti Defamation League, attacks on Jewish residents in New York City tripled in 2013 over the previous year.
New Engagement!
Yisrael Yanover (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Chaviva Korenblit (New York, NY)
L’chaim tonight, Tuesday at Lubavitch Yeshiva Ocean Parkway Shul
841-853 Ocean Parkway
YU Chabad Club Hosts Chassidus Expert
Rabbi Leibel Altein, Chief Editor of Chassidus Mevueres, Director of Heichel Menachem in Borough Park and one of the world’s most renowned and sought after experts in Chassidus, made his way to Yeshiva University on Monday night, April 7th (7 Nissan) for a “Special Chassidus Shiur” put together by YU’s popular Chabad Club.
Gun Violence Rocks Crown Heights Shabbos Morning
Early Shabbos morning, April 5th, a shooting took place at the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Utica Ave. in Crown Heights.
The Intricate Past of Modern-Day Portuguese Jewry
Like many in the small Jewish population of Portugal, Selwyn Berg regularly reads the weekly Torah inspiration—called “Letter From Lisbon”—emailed by Rabbi Eli Rosenfeld.
Music Video: YI-HA-LI-LU
The Yeshiva Boys Choir, led by Eli Gerstner and Yossi Newman, returns with their latest hit – titled “YI-HA-LI-LU” – just in time for Pesach. The song is accompanied by a captivating music video, filmed in Crown Heights’ very own Jewish Children’s Museum and Grand Army Plaza by CJ Studios.
Chabad of Orange County’s Chocolate Model Seder
Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston led a fun, interactive Chocolate Model Seder to teach about the Passover Seder – with chocolaty goodness.
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Getzy and Shaina (nee Gopin) Markowitz (Crown Heights)
JNet Launches ‘A Gift of Learning for the Rebbe’
Following the success of previous learning campaigns, JNet has launched a Mivtza for people all over the world to learn a sicha in honor of Yud Alef Nissan and “give the gift of learning to the Rebbe.”
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Eli and Mushka (nee Samuels) Simon (Manchester, England)
7-Year-Olds Work to Get Macaroons to U.S. Troops
Freida Rochel Atkins—all of 7 years old—has been especially busy these past few weeks. She was recently in and out of the hospital due to severe anaphylaxis, a condition that happens sometimes; her body can produce too much histamine. But that didn’t stop her from arranging to send more than 100 cans of macaroons to U.S. military troops in anticipation of Passover, which begins at sundown on Monday, April 14.
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Eli and Rivky (nee Rosenfeld) Hurwitz (Crown Heights)
