New Engagement!
Gavriel Cohen (Birmingham, UK) and Bryna Segelstein (Las Vegas, NV)
L’chaim will be Wednesday night at Beis Levi Yitzchok
556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany Ave.]
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Google Glass Film Spotlights Crown Heights
On a Sunday evening earlier this month, the Mister Rogers restaurant in Crown Heights played host to the neighborhood’s primary residents—West Indian Blacks with waist-length dreads and baggy jeans, and Hasidic Jews in black hats and sheitels.
Federal Judge Allows Drug Convict to Visit Ohel
A Staten Island drug kingpin under house arrest has been granted permission to join his fiancé in a visit to the tomb of the late Lubavitcher rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, so the couple can prepare for their marriage.
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Wednesday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations and parking meter regulations will be suspended on Wednesday, December 25, for the non-Jewish holiday.
Chasidic Hearing Expert Teaches Cultural Sensitivity
Dr. Levi Reiter, a PhD audiologist and proud Lubavitcher Chosid, was featured in an international publication called The Asha Leader, which has a readership of 160,000 professionals in communication disorders worldwide.
Tonight: Urgent Gathering over ‘Call of the Shofar’
An urgent gathering has been called by Chabad Rabbonim and community leaders over the recent revelations that members of the community, notably Yeshiva educators and their students, have participated in certain “cult gatherings” that are antithetical to the Chabad Derech.
Chabad.org Celebrates 20 Years
Chabad.org is marking twenty years today since the Rebbe gave Rabbi Yosef Y. Kazen the bracha and haskama to proceed with Chabad-Lubavitch in Cyberspace.
‘Selfies’ to Fight Gun Violence in Crown Heights
In the latest campaign to prevent youth gun violence in Crown Heights, the medium is cheeky — but the message is dead serious.
Video: A Trip Down Memory Lane with Avrohom Fried
Jewish music fans will thoroughly enjoy this six minute journey through the past few decades of Chasidic singing star Avraham Fried‘s music, produced by Rosenblatt Productions and Avremi G.
Chabad Delivers Toys to Montreal Special Children
Recently, Jack Hoziel, Reuven Lev, and Benjamin Haziza of Montreal Chabad-Chai Center’s Toys for a Smile program arrived at the Yaldei Child Development Center with a special surprise – boxes and boxes of toys!
Video: Tishrei with the Rebbe on French TV
The INA (National Audiovisual Institute of France) has released never-before-seen footage of the Rebbe and thousands of Chasidim Davening Shachris in 770 on Chol Hamoed Sukkos, 1987, as broadcast on French television.
New Leader of the 71st Precinct Takes on Crime
Deputy Inspector George Fitzgibbon has had a busy first two months at the helm of Brooklyn’s 71st Precinct.
Oholei Torah Launches Educational Game Show
The junior high school division of Oholei Torah has just launched the “Veshinantam” Motivational Program, a game show–styled competition aimed at increasing enthusiasm and excitement in learning. The seventh and eighth grades will participate in the program.
Photos: R’ Yaakov Elberg Accompanied to Final Rest
Over a thousand members of the Crown Heights community gathered in front of 770 Sunday morning to pay their respects to Rabbi Yaakov Elberg, OBM, and accompany him toward his final resting place in Queens.
Pig’s Head Left at Chabad Synagogue in Russia
A pig’s head was found at the entrance to a synagogue in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar.
New Engagement!
Shloime Hecht (Sandton, South Africa) and Chaya Shloush (Crown Heights)
Lechaim Tuesday at Chevra Ahavas Yisroel
306 Albany Ave. [between Lincoln Pl. and Eastern Pkwy.]
Today: Four JNet Sponsorships for the Price of One!
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