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.]
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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.
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.
Video: A Word on the Parsha with Rabbi Minkowicz
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vayeitzei.
From Days Gone By: Mesibas Shabbos Rally
In this photo from the early 1950s, children rally outside 770 Eastern Parkway in support of the Mesibas Shabbos program, an initiative of the Previous Rebbe under the auspices of Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch.
New Engagement!
Yisrael (ben R’ Moshe) Kugel (Crown Heights) and Ruthy Groner (Monsey, NY)
L’chaim will be tonight, Thursday, at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Vancouver Island’s Jewish Community Blooms
Several months ago Rabbi Meir Kaplan invited synagogue newcomer Don Morris to wrap tefillin for the first time. It turned out to be a life-altering experience.
4-Month-Old Child of Shluchim Passes Away
With sadness and a heavy heart we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing of Nochum Leib Feldman, the 4-month-old son of Rabbi Dovid and Rivka Feldman, Shluchim to Odessa, Ukraine.
Three Vehicles Broken Into over 24 Hours
This past Monday night the car of a Hatzalah volunteer was broken into. The thieves made off with expensive emergency medical equipment, including a $3,000 heart defibrillator.
Wheels Stolen Off Car in Heart of Crown Heights
After a hiatus of almost a year, the infamous Crown Heights wheels thieves are back. Their latest victim: a band new Honda sedan, whose four wheels were all stripped off and stolen.
Picture of the Day: Satmar Activists at 71st Precinct
In preparation for the annual Satmar grand dinner, that will take place once again this year at the Crown Heights Armory on Union St. and Bedford Ave., several activists from the Satmar community arrived at the 71st precinct to meet with the new commanding officer George Fitzgibbon and his lieutenants to help coordinate security for the event.
North, South East and West: 360 Degrees of Shluchim
With his camera on a mysterious contraption, photographer Chaim Perl created buzz at this year’s Kinus Hashluchim group portrait as to what he was up to.
At the Largest Sit-Down Meal in New York’s History
“I’ve never been to a place with people dressed so differently than me yet I felt just as welcome there as I am at my mother’s kitchen table,” writes Times of Israel blogger Elazar Gabay after attending the annual Kinus Hashluchim grand banquet.
