Hatzalah, police and Shomrim responded late Friday night when calls came in that a member of the Williamsburg Chasidic Jewish community was shot.
A Jewish convert to Islam pleaded guilty to inciting violence, including a call to leave Chabad headquarters in New York “a message from Islam.”
Daylight Savings Time comes to an end tonight. At 2:00am all clocks should “fall back” to 1:00am, giving everyone a much appreciated extra hour of sleep.
One of the highs of the Kinus Hashluchim is when the Pan Kloli [general pan] is written at the Ohel. On Friday, all of the Shluchim who came into New York for the Kinus signed the Pan Kloli, requesting improvement in world economy and the strength to increase the number of Chabad houses worldwide.
A special buzz was in the air on Kingston Avenue as the Erev Shabbos hustle and bustle peaked, with people picking up last minute items and Tzeirei Hashluchim Campers dancing and singing in the streets. Our photographer went out to capture the sights.
A Shturem photographer went to the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal last night and captured the feverish preparations for the grand Kinus Hashluchim banquet that will take place there Sunday night.
For the hundreds of Children who accompany their fathers every year to the Kinus Hashluchim, a special program – modeled after summer camp – keeps them occupied, educated and entertained throughout the four days of the Kinus.
Chabadniks on the Boston Red Sox, rabbis kissing beards and paparazzi at the Ohel: welcome to the Kinus Hashluchim Twittersphere.
Yanky and Chanie Barber
540 Montgomery St. [between Brooklyn and New York Aves.]
Moishe and Mina Koncepolski
256 Kingston Ave. [between Lincoln and St. Johns Pls.]
Eitan and Bluma (nee Dukesz) Goldberg
1445 Union St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves.]
Yaakov and Chana Devorah (nee Bogomilsky) Feldman
544 Crown St. [between Kingston and Albany Aves.]
Lazar and Chani (nee Bergovoy) Krintzman
701 Empire Blvd. [between Albany and Troy Aves.] Apt. #4B
On Motzei Shabbos, Parshat Chayei Sarah, nearly forty teenage girls huddled together at the popular Crown Heights spot – the Besht, for an inspirational, educational and music-filled night. The event was organized by Chaya Volkov and Breindy Gottlieb, leaders of the JNights teen Program.
Yosef Wolf (Tucson, AZ) and Rivka Lieber (Bronx, NY)
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a photo of the Rebbe greeting a child as he enters a gathering of Machane Israel Development Fund supporters.
This Shabbos at the Besht, three Shluchim will lead discussions on various topics: Rabbi Yehoshua B. Gordon of Tarzana, California will lecture Friday night, Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson of London, UK will lecture Shabbos morning, and Rabbi Raleigh Resnick of Pleasanton, California will lecture after Mincha.
The book of Bereishis is the book of the Patriarchs, yet, upon examination it is clear that not all the patriarchs are given equal press and exposure.
Yanky and Chanie Barber (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 540 Montgomery St. [between Brooklyn and New York Aves.]
After two successful years of being seasonal, The Chassidisher Derher will be going monthly! Beginning with the month of Kislev, the Derher magazine will be distributed monthly in Chabad Yeshivos and communities around the world.
Srulick and Zeldy (nee Volkov) Ybgi (Crown Heights)
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