New Engagement!
Yossi Feiner (Los Angeles, CA) and Brocha Dalfin (Boro Park, Brooklyn)
L’Chaim Wednesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
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Info to Be Menachem Avel the Raitport Family
The Raitport Family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their father and brother, Reb Eliyahu, OBM; at 1480 Carroll St. [between Albany and Troy Aves.] until Friday afternoon, and at 1739 49th St. in Borough Park until Monday morning. Shacharis – 8:00 Mincha – Shkia Maariv – Tzeis At the […]
From Days Gone By: Tomchei Temimim in Japan
Students of the Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Otwock, fleeing the Nazis after the invasion of Poland in WWII, arrive in Kobe, Japan. They would later make their way to Shanghai, China and remain there for the duration of the war. Can you identify those in the photo?
Picture of the Day: Street Artist Paints 770
Over Yomtov he stood for hours on the Eastern Parkway’s median across from 770 and patiently painted the red-bricked headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch. Now he has returned to 770 to peddle his work of art.
The New Jewish Anchor in Anchorage
Only in the alternative reality of Michael Chabon’s fanciful best-selling novel “The Yiddish Policeman’s Union” do three million Jews, rescued from the Holocaust, call Alaska home. The (real-life) reality is that only about 6,000 Jews live in the entire state. As I embarked on a recent trip up north, I didn’t expect to find much of a Jewish presence.
Netanyahu: Iranian President a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Israel’s prime minister declared Tuesday that his country will never allow Iran to get nuclear weapons, even if it has to act alone, and he dismissed the Iranian president’s “charm offensive” as a ruse to get relief from sanctions.
Furniture Stolen from Ohio Chabad House
Police are investigating the theft of $25,800 worth of furniture taken from a garage owned by the Lori Schottenstein Chabad Center of Columbus, Ohio.
Large Swath of Western Crown Heights Rezoned
Some Crown Heights residents no longer need to worry about skyscrapers and shopping malls disrupting their residential vibe.
New Engagement!
Mendy Mimoun (Montrouge, France) and Chaya Mushka Zenou (Paris, France)
Baby Girl!
Sholom Ber and Estee Gottlieb (Crown Heights)
100 Years: The Rebbe Rashab and the Beilis Trial
The trial of Mendel Beilis—a Jewish factory manager in Kiev, Ukraine, accused of murdering a Christian child to use his blood to bake matzah for Passover—began 100 years ago this month. Reported on closely by the international press, the world watched the unfolding—with reactions ranging from liberal astonishment to Jewish anguish to anti-Semitic satisfaction—of what was to be the last major blood-libel case of the 20th century.
U.S. Government Goes into Partial Shutdown
With lawmakers in Washington at loggerheads over the same issues they’ve been arguing about for more than five years, the federal government has partially shut down.
Baby Boy!
Avremel and Nechamie Popack (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 317 Crown St. [between New York and Nostrand Aves.]
Two Elderly Ukrainian Jews Enter the Covenant
On Sunday, the Yahrtzeit of Reb Levi Yitzchok of Berdichev, two elderly Jewish men underwent a Bris Milah in Vinnitza, a town in central Ukraine just a few dozen miles down the road from Berdichev.
Baby Boy!
Yitzchok and Nina (nee Rosenfeld) Naparstek (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
Motion Introduced to Ban Circumcision in Sweden
A motion to ban the non-medical circumcision of males younger than 18 has been presented to the Swedish parliament.
The Rebbe and Ronald Reagan’s Historic Talk
A new letter from the Rebbe to President Ronald Reagan sheds light on the Rebbe’s approach to education – not just for Jews, but for all humankind.
