Vietnam. Late morning at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi. Hundreds of passengers waiting by their gates for flights to various Far East destinations. All, without exception, turn towards the center of the terminal and stare at a group of young Jews wearing Tefillin.
Captive diners know that a good meal is hard to find. Airplane passengers, for instance, have been known to order kosher meals, even if they are not Jewish, in the hope of getting a fresher, tastier, more tolerable tray of food. It turns out that prison inmates are no different.
Amid the incessant stream of dinners, meetings and receptions during his first official visit to Israel, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper joined his Israeli counterpart, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for some private time with the delegation of Canadian Chabad rabbis who accompanied him on his trip.
A Jewish home on Maple Street near Schenectady Avenue was robbed today. The robbery occurred in the span of a couple of hours during which the house was left unoccupied.
With great sadness and deep pain we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Benda Shlomo Lakein, OBM, a longtime member of the Crown Heights community, at the age of 67. Levaya times added.
Representing the Rabbinical College of America and Chabad of New Jersey at Governor Chris Christie’s second inauguration and swearing-in ceremony, which took place this afternoon at the War Memorial in Trenton, were several Chabad Shluchim.
Yoel (ben R’ Chaim Yonah) Edelman (Brunoy, France) and Tsvia Cabessa (Strasbourg, France)
L’chaim will be tonight, Tuesday, at 1461 President St.
[between Kingston and Albany Aves.]
Haaretz, a popular Israeli news outlet, profiled today a website parodying the presence of a Chabad center on Mars. While the website itself seems to be in good nature and clearly states that it has no affiliation with the Chabad movement, some images on the website would likely be deemed offensive to most Chabad Chasidim, such as one of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s face superimposed on an astronaut suit.
Authorities have announced that human remains found at a Queens beach last week belong to Avonte Oquendo, a 14-year-old autistic boy who had gone missing nearly four months ago. The search for Avonte came to Crown Heights in early October, shortly after he had gone missing, but was called off after the reported sighting of him turned out to be unsubstantiated.
After a month-long hiatus, the Crown Heights wheel thieves are back in business. A black Lexus parked on Union St. near Albany Ave. was their latest victim.
Alternate Side Parking Regulations remain suspended citywide tomorrow, Wednesday, January 22, to facilitate snow removal. Payment at parking meters remains in effect.
This coming Sunday, January 26, 2014, thousands of children and their families will be coming together for the 10th anniversary of Family Adventure Day at Jungle Island in Miami, Florida. The event features a live concert with the world’s most famous children’s singer and entertainer, Uncle Moishy.
Shlomie (ben R’ Sholom Ber) Stock (Trumbull, CT) and Mushky (bas R’ Yossi) Korf (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be Motzei Shabbos at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Levi (ben R’ Aron) Sputz (Crown Heights) and Leah Werner (Detroit, MI)
L’chaim will be Wednesday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
They had deplaned just hours before, yet the first item on the agenda for the delegation accompanying Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada on his first official visit to the Middle East was charity.
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima for Chaim Benda Shlomo ben Pesa.
Supporters of the Friendship Circle of Brooklyn’s new Sensory Play Room in Crown Heights met this week to view the completed facility. Children of the some of the donors had a chance to play in the renovated space which is well equipped with brand new, state of the art equipment and toys. The room is designed to stimulate the senses of children, offering them a relaxed and calming environment to play, learn, create and let their imaginations run wild.
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