In an enormous shipping terminal-turned-ballroom at the mouth of the east river in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, over five thousand people sat down to an evening of elevation, inspiration and tribute – the annual International Conference of Chabad Emissaries.
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Zalmi and Chaya Mushka (nee Shubov) Hershkop (Kingston, PA)
Sholom Ber Kudan (Albany, NY) and Chana Luchins (Scranton, PA)
L’chaim will be tonight, Sunday, at Re’im Ahuvim
1614 Carroll St. [corner Schenectady Ave.]
StyleLikeU, an online fashion ‘Magazine,’ takes its viewers on a tour of Hasidic Brooklyn, where they discover the connection between the style and lifestyle of Hasidic Jews.
Paula Abdul was in Israel this week for her first visit to the Jewish state, where she planned to celebrate her bat mitzvah at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
Over 5,000 Shluchim and their guests will convene at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, one of the largest shipping terminals in New York City, for the Grand Gala Banquet that will conclude the annual International Conference of Chabad Emissaries. CrownHeights.info will be streaming live video of the event, which will begin at 5:00 PM.
While their fathers participate in the International Kinus Hashluchim, the ‘Tzeirai Hashluchim’ have a program of their own, from which they draw inspiration from their counselors and peers – who are on Shlichus as well. Together, they posed for their own group photo in front of 770. Large photo in the Extended Article!
One of the highlights of the annual Kinus Hashluchim is the group portrait of all Shluchim taken each year, with the Rebbe’s encouragement, in front of 770. As it is each year, this year’s picture was larger than ever!
While fitting all the Shluchim into one photo is quite the accomplishment, it is easy to forget that it’s the individual faces which make up the bigger picture.
Packing thousands of Shluchim into a single photo is no small feat, our photographer brings you a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to set such a picture up.
This year’s main session on Motzai Shabbos relocated to the Palace in Boro Park, and the format was changed into a Melava Malka. The evening’s speakers followed the theme of this year’s Kinus – in the darkness, light arose.
Mendy and Bayla Spalter (Crown Heights)
Late Friday night at about 4:30am, a Crown Heights resident woke up feeling little thirsty. He went downstairs to get a cup of water; as he descended he thought he heard some strange noises, but he chalked it up to the old age of the house and didn’t give it too much thought.
As Shabbos ended, CrownHeights.info received the troubling news that Rabbi Nachman (ben Chaya Basya) Sudak, head Shliach to the UK, suffered a heart attack. The family is asking the public to please say Tehillim for his speedy and complete recovery.
Hatzalah, police and Shomrim responded late Friday night when calls came in that a member of the Williamsburg Chasidic Jewish community was shot.
A Jewish convert to Islam pleaded guilty to inciting violence, including a call to leave Chabad headquarters in New York “a message from Islam.”
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