71 year-old David Whitebook was “a non-observant, secular Jew” when he attended a class by the new Chabad rabbi in his community of active adults some 10 years ago.
Mordechai Ben David sings the ‘Chabadsker Niggun’ at the Simchas Bais Hashoeva of congregation Shaarei Torah in Los Angeles, CA.
Shmuly Estreicher (Morristown, NJ) and Dina Harrouch (Toronto, Canada)
L’chaim will be Sunday night at F.R.E.E.
1383 President St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves.] at 8:00pm
Shmuly and Esty (nee Kessler) Broenstein
724 Montgomery St. Apt #2c [bet. Kingston and Albany Aves.]
Avremel and Nechamie Popack
317 Crown St. [bet. NY & Nostrand Aves.]
Zalmy and Chaya (nee Lipsker) Naparstek
1569 Carroll St. [bet. Troy and Schenectady Aves.]
Chaim and Chaya (nee Katz) Pape
361 New York Ave [bet. Carroll and President Sts.]
Shmuli and Chani (nee Minsky) Kirsh
510 Crown St. [bet. Kingston and Albany Aves.]
Mendel and Chaya (nee Greenwald) Schtroks
456 Montgomery St. 3rd flr. [bet. New York and Nostrand Aves.]
Dovber and Brochie (nee Goldman) Segelman (Crown Heights)
860 Eastern Pkwy [between Kingston and Albany Ave]
A diverse group of young Crown Heights residents reveal their latest film project on the fundraising website Kickstarter. Shot on Google Glass, Project 2×1 is a short documentary film, exploring the cultures of the Chasidic and West Indian communities of Crown Heights.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a photo of the Rebbe saying Shema in the early ’60s.
Chaim and Chaya (nee Katz) Pape (Crown Heights)
The heart of Boston was home to a Sukkah during this year’s Sukkot holiday, thanks to the joint efforts of Chabad of Boston, the Jewish Center and Central Synagogue of Boston.
Toyota Motor Corp’s U.S. unit said on Thursday it is recalling about 694,000 Sienna minivans in North America due to a shift lever problem.
A new poll shows Democrat Bill de Blasio leading Republican rival Joe Lhota with 71 percent of likely voters in the race for New York City mayor. Lhota has 21 percent in the Quinnipiac University poll, with Independence Party candidate Adolfo Carrion taking 2 percent.
This past Simchas Torah, pedestrians on Monkland Avenue in Montreal witnessed a unique parade of Sefer Torahs as Chabad of NDG and Loyola campus moved into their new location, a former Korean church, where the festivities concluded with the traditional Simchas Torah ceremonies.
“Ach Sameach,” Chaim Rosenfelt said, writing the expression for me in Hebrew as he sipped clear liquor from a water bottle. “It’s one of the Mitzvahs for the holiday. Ach Sameach—Only Happy!”
Levi Pinson (Brunoy, France) and Mushka Weiser (Vienna, Austria)
L’chaim will be tonight, Thursday, at Empire Shteibel
489 Empire Blvd. [between Brooklyn and New York Aves.]
When Shluchim arrive in Crown Heights for the Kinus, they’ll be marking 20 years since Gimel Tamuz. In that span, the “Rebbe’s Shlichus” nearly doubled, and a great number of those new Shluchim have never even seen the Rebbe.
How many countries have you been to in your lifetime? Three, maybe 4? Author Ben Frank can proudly state that he has traveled to 88 countries, visiting many Chabad Houses in the process, and in each one he checks out the Jewish community and how they have survived and thrived.
On Shabbos Chol Hamoed Sukkot, the 17th of Tishrei, Mrs. Esther Goldman, a friend to so many in Crown Heights and beyond passed away. In Esthers memory, her grandchildren have launched a campaign to build hospitality suites in tribute to her passion for Hachnosas Orchim.
Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes – who was soundly defeated in last month’s Democratic primary – will actively campaign on Republican and Conservative party lines in a bid to keep his job, his spokesman told The New York Post on Thursday.
