New Engagement!
Yisroel Newman (London/CH) and Rivky Sonnenfeld (Scranton/Brooklyn)
New Engagement!
The Schneersohn Library: An International Affair
There was something surprisingly calm about the tiny Brooklyn courtyard of 770 Eastern Parkway, the address of the international headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch. Groups of Hasidic men passed by talking, clutching cellphones, laughing, carrying boxes of books. One morning this past March, I knocked on a heavy wooden door; someone inside the building buzzed me in.
Weekly Living Torah Video: Mutual Defense Pact
The Talmud relates that King David and his general, Yoav Ben Tzeruya, supplemented each other. David was immersed in the study of Torah, while Yoav went out to battle.
Baby Boy!
Dovber and Brochie (nee Goldman) Segelman (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 860 Eastern Pkwy. [between Kingston and Albany Ave.]
As Baby Boomer Population Grows, Chabad Reaches Out
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.
Video: MBD Sings ‘Chabadsker Niggun’
Mordechai Ben David sings the ‘Chabadsker Niggun’ at the Simchas Bais Hashoeva of congregation Shaarei Torah in Los Angeles, CA.
New Engagement!
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
7 Sholom Zochors This Week!
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]
Video: 2 Communities, 1 Neighborhood
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.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a photo of the Rebbe saying Shema in the early ’60s.
Baby Boy!
Chaim and Chaya (nee Katz) Pape (Crown Heights)
Sukkah in the Heart of Boston a Holiday Hotspot
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 Sienna Recall Affects Nearly 700,000 Minivans
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.
Poll: De Blasio Opens 50 Point Lead over Lhota
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.
Montreal Chabad House Buys Church
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.
