Following the major success and popularity of the first broadcasts of MyLife: Chassidus Applied, Rabbi Simon Jacobson will air Episode Five tonight Sunday, February 9th, 10th of Adar here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This weeks class is titled “Can Chassidus Help Us Become Better, Happier, and Healthier People?“
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On the heels of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s announcement on Thursday that Staten Island-side users of the Verrazano Bridge will be receiving a reduced rate at the tolls, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and City Councilman Vincent J. Gentile revealed on Saturday that they are rolling out legislation of their own calling for fairness and equity in making sure that Brooklyn users of the bridge receive the same cuts.
At Chabad of Camarillo, California’s 10-year anniversary gala dinner, former Camarillo Mayor Stan Daily was honored with a Lifetime Achievment Award, presented by Rabbi Aryeh Lang.
Shmuel Yitzchak Kievman (Crown Heights) and Sarah Ita Kramer (Crown Heights)
Soft sand and turquoise beaches make Sochi a lovely holiday destination, but this coastal Russian city is less than ideal for providing religious services to large numbers of Jewish visitors.
After the students of Oholei Torah’s Eighth Grade (OTEG) completed a month-long Mivtza Hachono for Yud Shvat, eight lucky students won the raffle and were rewarded with a Shabbaton on the sunny South Florida island of Key Biscayne.
Frum Divorce, an organization dedicated to helping Orthodox-Jewish divorcees and their children with the struggles of family break-up, announced that they will be hosting Focus on the Family Weekend, bringing Frum divorcees and their children together for an inspiring Shabbos for the first time ever.
Dovid Neubauer (Melbourne, Australia) and Mushki (bas Aaron) Deitsch (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim tonight, Sunday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Well over 1,000 men turned out in support of Keren Simchas Chosson V’Kallah for their annual auction fundraiser. The event featured a special performance by Mordechai Ben David, the Shira Choir and the Freilach band.
This past Motzai Shabbos Aleph held the drawing of the 12th Annual Auction benefiting their important Shlichus with the United States Military and prison inmates across the United States. Winners list in the Extended Article!
Security cameras at a Los Angeles Chabad center captured two separate incidents of vandals defacing a mural at the SoCal Arbeter Ring/Workmen’s Circle building in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood this week. The Chabad is located across the street from the Workman’s Circle, and the actions were recorded as part of the Chabad’s routine surveillance.
On Friday night, a young man was walking home from Shul when he was knocked out cold in an unprovoked attack by an African-American man.
As the world this week focuses on Russia, this week’s Living Torah program circles around a 1968 visit to the Rebbe by Rabbi Yehuda Levin, the Chief Rabbi of Moscow. Rabbi Levin, who was accompanied on his official visit by a Soviet Government “minder,” had a Yechidus with the Rebbe. The meeting was recorded, and is presented on the program.
Yerachmeal and Rivka Leah Jacobson dedicated a pavilion area in the Oholei Torah elementary division in memory of their departed fathers, R’ Betzalel Jacobson, whose first Yahrtzeit was on the day of the dedication, and R’ Shloma Shmuel Arye Capland, an Ish Chinuch.
This weekend Keren Simchas Chosson V’Kallah will be hosting their 13th Annual Benefit Auction, benefiting the hundreds of Kallahs and Chassanim they help every year. This Motzai Shabbos Mordechai Ben David will headline their men’s event with a special concert, and the Sunday women’s event will feature Israeli singing sensation Leah Moyal.
Kolel Menachem, one of the only moisdos founded by the Rebbe and now bears his name, launched a fundraising campaign to help keep its doors open and the electricity on. Thanks to the involvement of community members an anonymous donor pledged up to $50,000 to match whatever is donated.
