Baby Girl!
Yoni and Moussia (nee Krinsky) Raskin (Crown Heights)
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Baby Boy!
Levi and Draizy (nee Raskin) Goldstein (Crown Heights)
Baby Boy!
Boruch Sholom and Faigy (nee Roitblat) Schwei (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 796 Montgomery St. [between Albany and Troy Aves.]
Chicago’s Head Shliach Inspires Moscow Community
The head Shliach to Chicago and the state of Illinois, Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz, arrived in Moscow last weekend for a brief but impactful visit.
Jewish Community Watch Ceases Operations
After two-and-half years in operation, Jewish Community Watch (formerly Crown Heights Watch), a controversial website exposing suspected child abusers in the Jewish community and advocating on behalf of victims of child abuse, has been suddenly taken offline.
Water Main Break Forces Montreal Lubavitchers Out of Homes
It was 3:30 AM. Rabbi Yechiel Yosef Ceitlin was working in the basement of his Montreal home under the quiet hum of a heater in the window when suddenly the machine fell out the window and water started pouring into the house. “It was like someone opened up a four inch hose, and water came shooting into the basement like a waterfall,” said Mrs. Chanie Ceitlin. “It came in through my front windows, and went into my dryer. It wasn’t fun.”
Congressman: Gentrification ‘a Malignant Tumor’
As a recent wave of gentrification is causing rent in Crown Heights to skyrocket, a problem compounded by members of our own community who buy houses merely to flip them for much higher prices, many newlywed Lubavitch couples discover to their dismay that living in the community of their youth is just not within their means.
Brothers Poisoned by Pesticides Out of Intensive Care
Boruch Hashem, the two Jerusalem brothers poisoned by pesticides, who have spent the past two weeks fighting for their lives after their two younger sisters succumbed to the poison r”l, have been moved out of intensive care and are seeing steady improvements to their conditions.
NYC Braces for Yet Another Snowstorm
Residents of NYC will only get a short break from winter as more snow is expected Tuesday night. The city could see up to 9 inches of snow fall through Wednesday before another round of chilly winter weather hits the area this weekend.
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Wednesday
Alternate Side Parking regulations will be suspended citywide tomorrow, Wednesday, February 5, to facilitate winter weather preparation and snow removal. Payment at parking meters will remain in effect throughout the city.
Two Decades of Learning Continues in Agoura Hills
What started out as a series of Bible studies in people’s homes has evolved into a wide-ranging program of lectures, workshops and study courses hosted by Chabad of the Conejo Valley in California.
Nesenoff Farbrengen Inspires Crown Heights Girls
Amid his travels to all corners of the globe, noted lecturer Dr. David Nesenoff stopped off in Crown Heights for a special farbrengen with the students of Beis Rivkah High School and Seminary.
Chabad School Celebrates Students’ Achievements
The students at Chabad Hebrew School of Orange County, NY, directed by Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston, recently received awards and recognition for their achievements in the innovative “Aleph Champ” Hebrew program.
Smoke at Utah Chabad House Prompts Evacuation of Children, Torahs
Monday afternoon, at about 12:45pm, the headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch of Utah in Salt Lake City began to inexplicably fill with smoke. Children attending a daycare center in the building were quickly evacuated, along with the Shul’s Sifrei Torah.
‘Derher’ Magazine Revisits the Gulf War
23 years after the United States Military drove Saddam Hussein’s troops out of Kuwait while Scud Missiles rained down on Israel’s cities, A Chassidisher Derher Magazine revisits those fateful days and the open miracles that were witnessed throughout the six-week ordeal.
New Engagement!
Bentzi Brook (Crown Heights) and Chaya Silberstein (Montreal, Canada)
SC Mikvah, Community Built from Ground Up
Susan Cohen recalls the cement-pouring ceremony last year for Chabad of Myrtle Beach’s new mikvah—its ritual bath—and how the whole process is really bringing the community together.
