Baby Boy!
Zevi and Cheved (nee Lew) Greenwald (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 1383 Carroll St. [between Kingston and Albany Ave.]
From Days Gone By: Mitzvah Tantz.. Chabad Style
Rabbis J.J. Hecht and Chaim Meir Bukiet do a Mitzvah Tantz at the wedding of Edith and Avraham Bloch, 1951.
Iceland’s Handful of Jews Keep Faith Alive
Iceland has no synagogue, no rabbis, no Jewish community center or organized structure. In fact, Judaism is not even one of Iceland’s state-recognized religions.
Is the Lab-Created Burger Kosher?
Scientists have recently demonstrated that they can now take stem cells from a cow and build them into hamburgers that look, feel and (almost) taste like the real thing. What does Jewish law have to say? Is this considered real meat? Is it kosher?
Picture of the Day: New Sign for Shain Shul
Shain Shul, led for decades by veteran Mohel Rabbi Eliyahu Shain, has always had an unassuming, easy-to-miss facade in the midst of the hustle and bustle of Kingston Ave. No longer. Workers have erected beautiful gold lettering in both Hebrew […]
Beitar Chabad Community Chooses City Councilman
Lubavitch residents of Beitar Ilit, Israel went to the polls this morning to decide who will represent the Chabad community in the mostly ultra-orthodox city council.
Video: From Sinai to the Supreme Court
From yarmulkas in the military to public menorah displays, civil liberties attorney Nathan Lewin has argued some of America’s most famous First Amendment cases. In this session he revisits his past victories to examine their impact on the Jewish community and the state of religious freedom in America today.
Mayoral Race Comes to Crown Heights
On Wednesday, Democratic Mayoral candidate Sal Albanese went to Crown Heights to visit community organizations and small businesses.
Vigilant Boy Finds Own Stolen Bicycle
Yesterday at about 6:30pm, Shomrim received a call from the mother of a 9-year-old boy who spotted his bicycle, which had been stolen several days before, being ridden by an African-American child about his age in Lefferts Park.
Baby Girl!
Yehuda and Zeesy (nee Rothman) Piamenta (Crown Heights)
Lubavitcher Featured in Beer Commerical
The Heineken Beer Company recently did a promotional stunt at JFK airport, where they offered passengers the opportunity to switch their upcoming flight for a ticket to anywhere else on earth. The Catch? Their new destination is randomly chosen by a computer.
Info to be Menachem Avel Chaim Yitzchok Spiegel
Chaim Yitzchok (Harry) Spiegel will be sitting Shiva after the passing of his wife, Ruchomo, OBM, at 1515 Union St. [between Kingston and Albany Ave.], 2nd floor. Shacharis – 8:00 Mincha – 7:45 Maariv – 8:45 Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch […]
New Engagement!
Sholom Cohen (Montreal, Canada) and Mussy Druk (Oak Park, MI)
Wool Tzitzis Lands Chabad Soldier in Military Jail
A Chabad soldier serving in the north of Israel was instructed to remove his wool tzitzis during sports activities for fear he would overheat and possibly dehydrate. His commander told him during sport activities he may not wear three layers (undershirt, tzitzis and shirt).
‘Last Nazi Hunter’ Speaks at Chabad of Rancho Santa Fe
The Chabad Jewish Center of Rancho Santa Fe, California held a lecture by Dr Efraim Zuroff, the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s chief Nazi hunter, on July 30 at the home of Drs. Andrew and Diana Benedek.
Shark Found on NYC Subway
New York City’s transit authority says a conductor found a small dead shark aboard a subway train in Queens on Wednesday.
Kosher Food Bank Fills Plates of Those in Need
The last Tuesday of each month is circled in red on Jacov Rimerman’s calendar. That is when the Warrensville Manor resident goes downstairs to the Cleveland Heights building’s community room to receive a shopping bag overflowing with fresh fruits, vegetables, canned goods, pasta, bread and pastry distributed by the Zemach Zedek Russian Immigrant Aid Society Kosher Food Bank.
