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Berel Kesselman (Southgate, England) and Mushka Sasonkin (Long Island, NY)
L’Chaim Sunday at Empire Shteibel
489 Empire Blvd [between Brooklyn and New York Ave]
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National Russian Shabbaton Draws 1,000 Participants
With the end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War, the Jews of Soviet Russia found themselves in a dire situation. Religious life had been stifled for decades, and with rampant food and supply shortages, both their spiritual and material selves were in danger. It was then that a small group of Chabad activists stranded behind the Iron Curtain in Samarkand—today, Uzbekistan—decided that they had to do something to assist their fellow Jews. A few men banded together, and the Chamah organization was born.
Rosh: Prohibited to Hear R. Shmuley Boteach Speak
Rabbi Yossy Goldman, a Chabad Shliach and the spiritual leader of the Sydenham Shul, South Africa’s largest congregation, has invited Rabbi Shmuley Boteach to give a lecture at his synagogue. The lecture, set to take place this Sunday, will be based on Boteach’s controversial book on intimacy between a man and his wife.
Shliach Inspires at Brooklyn Heights Library
Brooklyn Heights Jewish residents gathered on Tuesday, February 18, at Brooklyn Heights Library for an insightful and uplifting evening to remember.
Man Says Cops Beat Him Outside 71st Precinct
A Crown Heights resident is claiming that an NYPD officer beat him after complaining about receiving a parking ticket.
1 Sholom Zochor This Week!
Shmaya and Rivka (nee Gutnick) Krinsky
1395 Carroll St. [between Kingston and Albany Aves.]
Shabbos at the Besht: The Joy of Adar
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Levi Kaplan will lead a discussion on the Halachos of Mishloach Manos and the Joy of Adar.
Video: Herbs that Sooth and Relax
Appearing recently on CBS’s The Couch, Sara Chana Silverstein, a Lubavitcher herbalist and alternative medicine specialist, gave some tips on how to sooth stress and achieve relaxation with herbs and other natural remedies.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a photo of the Rebbe in conversation with a New York politician following a
private audience, circa mid-1960s.
Reb Yoel Kahn: Automatic Business
Due to the overwhelming response and demand from the community, Reb Yoel Kahn agreed to present a weekly webcast on topics that are timely and relevant. This week’s topic is titled ‘Automatic Business‘.
Priorities, Priorities! Confusing the Book for the Cover
Legend has it that the late Albert Einstein, in need of a clasp to hold together some papers from a recently completed project, spent a considerable amount of time trying to straighten-out a twisted paper clip. While struggling with the dysfunctional object, his assistant found a box of new clips. Einstein took one of the new paper clips reshaped it and used it as an instrument to repair the old bent one.
Dallas Women ‘Bake a Difference’
Chabad of Dallas inspired the perfect recipe for more than a loaf of bread, the 1st Annual Let’s Bake a Difference, an evening of friendship, consideration, education, and caring for others.
Baby Girl!
Ari and Shaindy (nee Levin) Pinson (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Sholom Ber Ceitlin (Montreal, Canada) and Chana Pevzner (Geneva, Switzerland)
From Days Gone By: Shock and Tears
Moments before the Rebbe’s Levaya, on the 3rd of Tammuz, 1994, a photographer captured this image of shocked Chasidim waiting outside 770.
Over 40 Children Attend Released Time Winter Camp
This week, the Jewish Released Time program under the auspices of the NCFJE, arranged a mid-winter camp for public school children during their winter vacation and over 40 children attended the camp.
Sale of WhatsApp Reveals Story of Rags to Riches
The Facebook purchase of WhatsApp for $19 billion has made headlines in past 24 hours, and the tough beginnings of founder and CEO Jan Koum show the intelligence and spirit of a man coming from practically nothing and growing into a billionaire.
