Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a photo of the Rebbe greeting a family after Maariv near the entrance to his study, circa mid 1970s.
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Video: A Word on the Parsha with Rabbi Minkowicz
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vayeitzei.
From Days Gone By: Mesibas Shabbos Rally
In this photo from the early 1950s, children rally outside 770 Eastern Parkway in support of the Mesibas Shabbos program, an initiative of the Previous Rebbe under the auspices of Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch.
New Engagement!
Yisrael (ben R’ Moshe) Kugel (Crown Heights) and Ruthy Groner (Monsey, NY)
L’chaim will be tonight, Thursday, at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Vancouver Island’s Jewish Community Blooms
Several months ago Rabbi Meir Kaplan invited synagogue newcomer Don Morris to wrap tefillin for the first time. It turned out to be a life-altering experience.
With sadness and a heavy heart we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing of Nochum Leib Feldman, the 4-month-old son of Rabbi Dovid and Rivka Feldman, Shluchim to Odessa, Ukraine.
4-Month-Old Child of Shluchim Passes Away
With sadness and a heavy heart we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing of Nochum Leib Feldman, the 4-month-old son of Rabbi Dovid and Rivka Feldman, Shluchim to Odessa, Ukraine.
Three Vehicles Broken Into over 24 Hours
This past Monday night the car of a Hatzalah volunteer was broken into. The thieves made off with expensive emergency medical equipment, including a $3,000 heart defibrillator.
Wheels Stolen Off Car in Heart of Crown Heights
After a hiatus of almost a year, the infamous Crown Heights wheels thieves are back. Their latest victim: a band new Honda sedan, whose four wheels were all stripped off and stolen.
Picture of the Day: Satmar Activists at 71st Precinct
In preparation for the annual Satmar grand dinner, that will take place once again this year at the Crown Heights Armory on Union St. and Bedford Ave., several activists from the Satmar community arrived at the 71st precinct to meet with the new commanding officer George Fitzgibbon and his lieutenants to help coordinate security for the event.
North, South East and West: 360 Degrees of Shluchim
With his camera on a mysterious contraption, photographer Chaim Perl created buzz at this year’s Kinus Hashluchim group portrait as to what he was up to.
The 30th International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchim, 2013. Inset: Elazar Gabay.
At the Largest Sit-Down Meal in New York’s History
“I’ve never been to a place with people dressed so differently than me yet I felt just as welcome there as I am at my mother’s kitchen table,” writes Times of Israel blogger Elazar Gabay after attending the annual Kinus Hashluchim grand banquet.
Baby Girl!
Dovi and Esty (nee Levy) Scheiner (Manhattan, NY)
Shul Destroyed by Superstorm Sandy Rebuilt
Almost 400 people gathered on Sunday to celebrate the reopening of Young Israel of Brighton Beach, a synagogue destroyed by Superstorm Sandy one year ago, and the completion of a new Sefer Torah.
An Agunah Talks to the New York Post
Four-and-a-half years ago, Gital Dodelson, now 25, of Lakewood, NJ, married Avrohom Meir Weiss, part of a respected rabbinic family on Staten Island. Ten months after the wedding, Dodelson left the marital home with their newborn son, claiming her husband was controlling and manipulative.
Avi Wortzman, member of the Israeli Knesset (Bayit Yehudi) and Deputy Minister of Education.
Knesset Member Praises Chabad Efforts in Education
Avi Wortzman, member of the Israeli Knesset (Bayit Yehudi) and Deputy Minister of Education, expressed pride in the state of Jewish education worldwide following a trip to New York for the annual Chabad-Lubavitch conference.
Arutz 7
For the First Time Since 1888: Happy Thanksgivukkah!
It last happened in 1888 and, according to one calculation, won’t happen again for another 77,798 years: the convergence of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah.
by Lauren Markoe - RNS
Today at approximately 4:00pm, a 12-year-old Jewish boy was playing ball on President St. near Brooklyn Ave. when he was approached by two African-American males, who punched him in the head and fled.
11-Year-Old Boy Assaulted While Playing Outside
Today at approximately 4:00pm, a 12-year-old Jewish boy was playing ball on President St. near Brooklyn Ave. when he was approached by two African-American males, who punched him in the head and fled.
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