Lubavitch Youth Minyan Holds Annual Shabbaton
Manchester’s Lubavitch Youth Minyan, led by Moshe and Gav Cohen, enjoyed their annual Shabbaton at the Chabad Retreat Center in Llandudno, North Wales, this past Shabbos – Parshas Vayetzei.
Moshe Toati cooks up pizzas. Chabad of Delaware holds a weekly Sunday pizza sale fundraiser for the jKidz Hebrew School.
Kosher Pizza a Delicacy for Delaware Faithful
It used to be that if Jody Grinberg’s family wanted pizza, they had to schlep to Jersey and make a day of it.
Delaware Online
Letitia James
Top Aide to Letitia James Found Hanged in Crown Heights
A top aide to Letitia James, the city’s newly elected Public Advocate, was found hanging in his Crown Heights home on Thursday.
Gothamist
Alternate Side Rules Suspended Monday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Monday, November 11 for Veterans Day. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Photo: Forward.
Chief Rabbi Remembers Kristallnacht in Berlin
Israel’s chief Ashkenazic rabbi marked the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht with a visit to a Chabad kindergarten in Berlin.
JTA
Rare Footage Revealed at JEM Breakfast
Just several hours before the thousands of Shluchim flocked to the Kinus gala banquet, a few dozen Shluchim and supporters joined together for an annual breakfast in support of JEM.
Men Returning from Shul Witness Shooting
An African-American male was shot tonight on Carroll St. between Albany and Troy Aves., just as several of his neighbors were returning home from Shul. He was treated on the scene by EMS and rushed to Kings County Hospital.
Sephardic Shul Marks Shloshim of R’ Ovadia Yosef
Members of the Merkaz Sepharad-Chabad Shul in Crown Heights gathered this past Tuesday night to mark the Shloshim of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, OBM.
Weekly Living Torah Video: Part of a Whole
In 1980 the Rebbe initiated a campaign for every Jewish child to own a letter in a Torah scroll.
Pickup Loses Wheel, Smashes 3 Parked Cars, Injures 2
About an hour before Shabbos, a pickup truck traveling down Union Street lost one of its wheels and went smashing into three parked cars, injuring its driver and a man who was saying Tehillim in one of the parked cars.
3 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Mendy and Chaya (nee Vogel) Hecht
1227 President St. [between New York and Nostrand Aves.] Apt. #3A
Moishe and Mushkie (nee Wolvovsky) Gurevitz
465 Empire Blvd. [between Brooklyn and New York Aves.]
Ariel and Rozee (nee Brashevitzky) Spiegel
1515 Union St. [between Kingston and Albany Aves.]
Video: Reform Leader at 1984 Farbrengen in 770
As we reported earlier this week, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the president of the Union for Reform Judaism, attended the grand banquet of the Kinus Hashluchim as a guest of Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky. As the JTA’s Ben Harris noted, this is likely the first time that the leader of America’s Reform movement has attended this annual event.
Conference Unites OK Mashgichim
On Rosh Chodesh Kislev (November 4), OK Kosher Certification held its annual Mashgiach Conference at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Brooklyn, NY. Over 150 OK personnel and mashgichim were in attendance, including many from around the world.
New Engagement!
Dun Lasky (Los Angeles / Detroit) and Malka Lieblich (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be Sunday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.] at 9:00pm
Man’s Dual Existence: Lessons from the Life of Yaakov
We all know that man is a complex creature; inherently schizophrenic. We don’t need to take a course in psychology to be cognizant of man’s inner discord. Regardless of psychological reasons and explanations, man’s natural tug-and-pull is an everyday fact of life.
by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov - Jax, FL
Shabbos at the Besht: Special Guest Speaker
This Shabbos at the Besht, a lecture will be delivered by guest speaker Rabbi Efraim Mintz, executive director of the Jewish Learning Institute.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a photo of the Rebbe greeting a family after Maariv near the entrance to his study, circa mid 1970s.
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