Shluchim Mark 50 Years of Chabad in California
This past Sunday and Monday, West Coast Chabad-Lubavitch had their 42nd annual Kinus, celebrating 50 years of Shlichus in California.
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Alternate Side Parking Suspended Until Next Week
Alternate Side Parking regulations will be suspended citywide this week, through Saturday, February 22, to facilitate refuse pickup and ongoing snow removal efforts. Payment at parking meters will remain in effect throughout the city.
Op-Ed: Snow Days, Summer Days, What’s the Difference?
I would like to point out the hypocrisy of our school administrations. On dangerous snow days, our school administrators demonstrate caring and devotion for our children’s ongoing education by going on “Mesiras Nefesh” and keeping the schools open.
by Anonymous
“I Want Him to Receive Matzos from Where I Get Mine”
Every year, already from the days of Chanukah, Crown Heights’ veteran Matzah bakery is working at full steam, churning out hundreds of fresh Matzos every day. The Matzos from this bakery are shipped throughout the world, to Chabad families, Jewish communities and Shluchim in the farthest reaches of the planet, all under the supervision of the Crown Heights Beis Din.
New Engagement!
Asher Berkovich (Chicago, IL) and Rivkah Mounessa (Cedarhurst, NY)
Keren Chaya Mushka Holds 13th Gala Melava Malka
For the 13th time the Russian Jewish community gathered for a lavish and luxurious Melava Malka benefitting the Keren Chaya Mushka G’milus Chesed Fund.
NYPD Yields, Not Filing Appeal in ‘Beard Case’
The NYPD has decided not to appeal the reinstatement of Hasidic police officer Fishel Litzman, following his victory in a religious discrimination lawsuit.
Menachem Begin
Video: Crooked Noses
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin responds to German Chancellor Helmut Schmit‘s insistence on the creation of a Palestinian state in the late 1970s.
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.
NBC NY
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.
Herald-Tribune
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.
Reuters
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.
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