New Engagement!
Nachman Rivkin (Tampa, FL) and Mussi Vogel (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be Tuesday, at Beis Levi Yitzchok
556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany Ave.] at 8:30pm
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Tanya Printed at Massive Protest Against IDF Draft
A portable Tanya printing press was on hand at the ‘Million Man Atzeres’ against the planned IDF draft of Yeshiva students that took place in Jerusalem yesterday.
Arabs Savagely Beat Young Lubavitcher in Paris
Four unidentified Arab men savagely beat a French Jew in a Paris Metro train, a watchdog organization reported.
Hundreds Celebrate with Chabad of West Hempstead
On Thursday, February 13, Chabad of West Hempstead hosted their 5th annual dinner at The Garden City Hotel in Long Island.
Who Was Ari Halberstam? 20 Years Since Terror Strikes on the Brooklyn Bridge
Most of the millions of people who cross the Brooklyn Bridge every year have seen the Ari Halberstam Memorial Ramp signs, but many may not know who Ari Halberstam was, or why Mayor Rudolph Guiliani installed those signs in 1995.
Op-Ed: It’s Not About the Draft!
It was early 1948 and Jewish united forces in the British Mandate of Palestine mobilized against enemy armies trying to wash them from the region. The Jewish community worldwide took note. Among them was a young Rabbinical Student in Brooklyn, NY, Tzvi Hirsh Gansbourg. He had arrived in the States less than a year earlier – from the British Mandate of Palestine — to study alongside his Rabbi, the then leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, Rabbi Yosef Y. Schneerson.
Torah a Tribute to Stricken Rabbi
Almost all of the new Torah at Chabad Jewish Center in Temecula, California was handwritten with a quill by a specially trained scribe in Jerusalem. But the inspiration for the text is the synagogue’s director, Rabbi Yitzchok Hurwitz.
Chabad of Boulder Breaks Ground on New Center
Frigid outside temperatures didn’t deter more than 100 people from celebrating with Chabad Lubavitch of Boulder as they broke ground on their new Jewish Learning Center Sunday afternoon.
Picture of the Day: Another Generation in the Covenant
Continuing the tradition of his late grandfather Rabbi Sholom Dov Ber Raskin, OBM, Rabbi Dovid Nissan Jacobs of Crown Heights performs a bris on his newborn son Sholom Dov Ber this past Friday at Beis Levi Yitzchok.
Video: Camp Emunah Split the Pot Winner Drawn
Thanks to hundreds of contributions, a total of $10,119 was went into the Camp Emunah Scholarship Fund’s split the pot raffle. The lucky winner was drawn in front of the camera and was posted on YouTube late Sunday night. Winner in the Extended Article.
New Engagement!
Shmuel Levine (Crown Heights) and Esther Lelenthal (Flatbush, NY)
Benny and 8th Day Rock Crown Heights
Sunday night was an evening to remember for the hundreds who gathered for a special concert at the Brooklyn School of Music in Crown Heights.
New Engagement!
Meir New (Atlanta, GA) and Sara Chazanow (Manalapan, NJ)
1000 Cteen’ers, Alex Clare and a Massive Display of Jewish Pride
Following a spiritually uplifting Shabbos, 1000 Cteen’ers hopped on the subway and traveled to Times Square for a Havdalah ceremony and concert with superstar Alex Clare, all broadcasted on the American Eagle jumbotron and capped off with a video of the Rebbe. The result was a Kiddush Hashem of immense proportions.
Incoming Storm Forces Hunterdon Auction Rescheduling
A winter storm forecast led Chabad of Hunterdon County today to postpone its annual scholarships auction fundraiser from Sunday, March 2 to Sunday, March 9.
Baby Girl!
Chaim and Chanie (nee Einbinder) Abenaim (Tarzana, CA)
8:00pm: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Jacobson
Following the major success and popularity of the first broadcasts of MyLife: Chassidus Applied, Rabbi Simon Jacobson will air Episode eight tonight, Sunday, March 2nd (30 Adar I) here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week’s class is titled “How to Deal with Bullying, Baal Tshuvas, Forgiveness and More.”
