Photo: Bechadrei Charedim.
10-Year-Old Accident Victim in Critical Condition
A 10-year-old boy from a Chabad family in Kiryat Ata, Israel was struck by a vehicle today as he was riding his bicycle.
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KSCVK and Devorah Benjamin will be hosting their annual auction on Sunday, May 25th. Will you be coming in person?
If you are unable to join in person, don’t forget to purchase your tickets online at kscvk.org.
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Video: Police Investigate More Hate Messages
Police are investigating more anti-Semitic messages left in Crown Heights and Williamsburg.
Video: Newark Mayor Delivers a Dvar Torah
Corey Booker, mayor of Newark, New Jersey and Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, delivers a Dvar Torah based on Chasidic interpretation of the Posuk “Ve’asu Li Mikdash V’Shachanti Besocham.”
A Chabad Rabbi learns with Jewish public school students in Montreal.
Montreal School Board Shuts Down Jewish Kids’ Club
The English Montreal School Board is citing a 16-year-old law to explain why extracurricular Jewish clubs at three of its high schools aren’t being permitted this fall after having run for as long as five years.
Canadian Jewish News
Exhibition Fuses Chasidism and Contemporary Art
The Creative Soul, an organization that fuses Chasidic Judaism and contemporary art, hosted an exhibition titled “Pure Joy” as part of its annual celebration of creativity on the holiday of Sukkos.
A New Twist on an Old Tradition
Rabbi Avi Zwiebel has resorted to pedal power to make the Jewish holiday of Sukkot more accessible and green.
Mail Tribune
New Engagement!
Yisroel Sternbach (Crown Heights) and Mushka Gurevitch (Chicago, IL)
L’chaim will be tonight, Wednesday, at Beis Levi Yitzchok
556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany Ave.]
Top: Rabbi Mendal Blecher, his wife, Leah, and their five month old daughter, Chaya. Bottom: The brand new Chabad of The Woodlands building.
Woodlands Jewish Community Finds a Home
Chabad of The Woodlands, a suburb of Houston, Texas, celebrated the High Holidays this month in a new home.
Houston Chronicle
Traffic Accidents, Fatal Fires Down in NYC
New York City’s annual report card says the number of residents killed in traffic accidents plunged considerably over the last year.
Tufts Chabad House Gives Students Family Atmosphere
Rabbi Tzvi and Chanie Backman of the Rohr Chabad House at Tufts University in Massachusetts work furiously to act as the Jewish role models that students on campus may be missing. Attending college is the first time many students spend away from the comfort of their home communities. To fill that void for Jewish students on the Hill, the Chabad House claims to offer a home away from home.
Tufts Daily
Baby Girl!
Yehuda and Chana (nee Rosen) Joffre (Crown Heights)
Schach Pickup Information
The Crown Heights Jewish Community Council has once again arranged with the Forestry division of the NYC Parks Dept. to have all the Schach picked up.
Families gather at the Borenstein’s home in North Andover to celebrate the Sukkot holy day with “Pizza in the Sukkah” on Sept. 22.
Young Couple Opens Massachusetts Town’s First Shul
The Jewish community of North Andover, Massachusetts and several surrounding towns now have their own synagogue.
Wicked Local
New Engagement!
Yossi Feiner (Los Angeles, CA) and Brocha Dalfin (Boro Park, Brooklyn)
L’Chaim Wednesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Info to Be Menachem Avel the Raitport Family
The Raitport Family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their father and brother, Reb Eliyahu, OBM; at 1480 Carroll St. [between Albany and Troy Aves.] until Friday afternoon, and at 1739 49th St. in Borough Park until Monday morning. Shacharis – 8:00 Mincha – Shkia Maariv – Tzeis At the […]
From Days Gone By: Tomchei Temimim in Japan
Students of the Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Otwock, fleeing the Nazis after the invasion of Poland in WWII, arrive in Kobe, Japan. They would later make their way to Shanghai, China and remain there for the duration of the war. Can you identify those in the photo?
Picture of the Day: Street Artist Paints 770
Over Yomtov he stood for hours on the Eastern Parkway’s median across from 770 and patiently painted the red-bricked headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch. Now he has returned to 770 to peddle his work of art.
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