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Yossi and Leah (nee Rapoport) Itzinger (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 580 Crown St. [between Albany and Troy Aves.] Apt. #415
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Mendy and Chaya (nee Hazan) Fellig (Miami Beach, FL)
5,200 Shluchim to Mark 20 Years Since Gimmel Tammuz
Chabad Lubavitch emissaries will begin arriving in New York next week from all parts of the world for the Kinus Hashluchim—the annual get-together of emissaries, their parents, friends and supporters, and a record number are expected to attend this year.
Israeli Consul General Speaks at Chabad of the Conejo
Chabad of the Conejo’s town hall meeting with David Siegel, consul general of Israel in Los Angeles, was packed with residents thirsty for details about the topic “Israel at the Crossroads.”
Designer Creates Sign for Obama to See
In anticipation of President Barrack Obama’s arrival in Crown Heights and his drive up Kingston Avenue tomorrow, there has been a lot of talk among members of the community about rallying to the cause of achieving justice for Sholom Rubashkin, whose draconian sentence Obama has the power to commute.
Partnering with Susan G. Komen Foundation, JLI Raises Cancer Awareness
Recent media reports have highlighted the risks associated with the BRCA genetic mutations, which Ashkenazi Jews are ten times more likely to have than the general population.
Crown Heights Experiencing Internet Outage
Large swaths of Crown Heights have been cut off from the internet due to severed broadband cables, CrownHeights.info has learned.
Court: 300 Seized Torahs Belong to Jewish Community
A Ukrainian court has ruled that hundreds of Torah scrolls that were seized by Soviet authorities nearly 100 years ago belong to the local Jewish community and not the state archives.
Video: “Shhh… Don’t Report Frum Child Abuse”
Jewish Community Watch, a child-abuse advocacy group, held a landmark seminar directed toward addressing abuse issues within the Jewish community.
Chabad of Monroe Celebrates 10th Anniversary
A packed crowd of close to 300 was on hand for Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe’s Gala tribute celebration. The event marked the 10 year anniversary of the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe, and a decade of service to the Jewish community, headed by Rabbi Eliezer and Chanie Zaklikovsky.
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Gamliel and Chana (nee Nemni) Dray (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 1548 President St. [corner Troy Ave.] Apt. #N
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Braindel Rubinstein, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Braindel (Betty) Rubinstein, OBM, of Melbourne, Australia.
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Menachem and Altie (nee Maness) Silverberg (Manhattan, NY)
Prospect Park to Close Friday for Obama’s Arrival
Prospect Park will be closed Friday when President Barack Obama’s helicopter lands there on his way to visit a Crown Heights high school.
From Days Gone By: The Mashpia and the Prime Minister
In this photo from the late 1970s, the legendary Mashpia Reb Mendel Futerfas in engaged in a heated conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin.
Effort to Build Mikvah in Philadelphia Picks Up Steam
For years, as more observant Jews have decided to call Philadelphia’s Center City home, there’s been talk of constructing a mikvah downtown. But it had never seemed much more than talk — until now.
Former Neo-Nazi Leader Converting to Judaism
Csanád Szegedi, a former leader of the ultra-nationalist and anti-Semitic Hungarian Jobbik party who last year learnt that he has Jewish ancestry, is converting to Judaism with the assistance of Chabad rabbis in Budapest, the German newspaper ‘Welt am Sonntag’ reports.
