Even More Snow Headed to NYC Tuesday
Yet another winter storm is set to push over the tri-state area Tuesday, and could add 2 to 4 more inches to what is already the third snowiest February ever recorded in New York City, forecasters say.
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Young Entrepreneurs Graduate 12-Week Course
A dozen people gathered on a frigid Thursday night in the Crown Heights Young Professionals Workspace. Young and aspiring entrepreneurs, they are the first group to graduate from a unique partnership between the CHYE and the Hebrew Free Loan Society.
Poisoned Brothers Leave Hospital, Return Home
Two Israeli brothers who were placed on life support following the pesticide poisoning that took the lives of their younger sisters, returned to their Jerusalem home this afternoon.
The local Jewish community was on hand to celebrate the signing of a completed Torah Saturday at the Chabad Jewish Center in Venice, FL.
Handwritten Torah a Labor of Faith
As he meticulously wrote on the parchment with a quill pen, Rabbi Yochanan Klein knew he could not make the slightest error. Every stroke, every line, every spelling to be precisely correct.
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Rabbi Ari Edelkopf (center) unrolls a Torah scroll in one of several prayer centers set up to cater to Jewish visitors to the Sochi Olympic games in 2014.
Online Kosher, Extra Rabbis for Visiting Jews in Sochi
Sochi’s lone rabbi has drawn on reinforcements from the United States and shipped in 7,000 kosher meals to help cater for Jewish visitors to the Winter Olympics in Russia, a country where Judaism is reviving after decades of repression.
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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 six tonight, Sunday, February 16th (16 Adar I) here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week’s class is titled “Answering the Questions You Were Afraid to Ask.”
After running a mini-summer-camp division for deaf children in Moscow (left) Yehoshua Soudakoff (right) was determined to bring the Deaf Jewish camp experience to boys worldwide.
Deaf Jewish Boys Get Summer Camp of Their Own
In many ways, Yehoshua Soudakoff is a typical 22-year-old Chabad yeshivah student. Recently ordained after years of intensive Judaic studies in Canada and the United States, the California-born Soudakoff has served Jewish communities as a rabbinic intern, and shares Torah thoughts and inspiration on Chabad.org, as well as on his own website.
Picture of the Day: Making the Most of the Weather
The Lazar children of Crown Heights build a snow castle in the courtyard of their building last night, Motzei Shabbos.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Esther Silverman, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Esther Silverman, OBM, of London, UK, mother of Rabbi Isser Dovid Silverman, Shliach in Hollywood, FL.
Oholei Torah Mashpia Inspires London Yeshiva Students
This Shabbbos, the Yeshivah Gedola Lubavitch of London brought down a guest mashpia, Rabbi Moishe Silman of Oholei Torah, to farbreng for the bochurim in honor of Purim Koton.
Aleph Institute Holds Conference for Chaplain Training
The Aleph Institute held their Chaplain and lay leader training and Shabbaton last weekend at the Shul of Bal Harbour, FL. Over seventy five men and women in uniform participated.
Video: Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Filmmakers Anne Cohen and Martyna Starosta of the Jewish Daily Forward visited Crown Heights and chatted with locals Rochel Raskin and Chana Sharfstein to get an idea of what dating is like in the Chasidic community.
New Engagement!
Peretz Goldshmid (Crown Heights) and Mashie Pewzner (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be Sunday night at Bais Rivkah
310 Crown St. [between New York and Nostrand Aves.]
Baby Girl!
Chaim and Brochale (nee Shuchat) Schechter (Crown Heights)
Kosher Slaughter Without Stunning Banned in Denmark
Religious slaughter of animals without stunning them first is now banned in Denmark, bringing into question the religious freedom of residents.
Lifeless Body of Homeless Man Discovered
The lifeless body of a homeless man was discovered Friday morning on Carroll Street, behind the ‘Dovid Malka’ kitchen and catering hall.
New Engagement!
Shmuel Branover (Crown Heights) and Leah Meadvin (Philadelphia, PA)
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