Baby Boy!
Avi and Chaya (nee Bryski) Lesches (Crown Heights)
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Video: Rabbi Benny’s Weekly Torah Thought
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thoughts on this week’s Parsha, Nitzavim-Vayelech, titled ‘Don’t Stop Moving!’
Here’s My Story: Turning the Wheels
With the founding of the State of Israel in 1948, the Henry Ford Motor Company realized that the new state would need a huge number of vehicles for the military and the government, and it announced plans to build a car assembly plant in Israel.
Head Shluchim Treat Juniors to Day of Appreciation
Six families on Shlichus in Monmouth County, NJ were treated to a fun-filled day of relaxation and rejuvenation by head Shluchim Rabbi Baruch and Tova Chazanow, who wished to express their feelings of appreciation to the shluchim for all their hard work and devotion to the Rebbe’s Shlichus during the past year.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe entering his car on his way to the Ohel in the early 1980s.
Twin Girls!
Laibel and Chani Berkowitz (Huntsville, AL)
Baby Boy!
Uri and Gitty Kogan (Toronto, Canada)
Home at Last: Chabad Couple Finds Their Calling
Even before Batsheva and Yehuda Glick married in 2007, they wanted to serve as Chabad-Lubavitch shluchim. But the couple, in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., had a hard time finding a post.
From Days Gone By: Yeshiva in Morocco
Students of Yeshivas Oholei Yosef Yitzchok-Lubavitch in Casablanca, Morocco, pose for a group portrait.
Lubavitcher Appointed Rabbi of Central Synagogue in Israel’s Fourth Largest City
Rabbi Shneur Zalman Ashkenazi has been appointed as the spiritual leader of the central synagogue of Rishon Letzion, Israel’s fourth largest city, in a ceremony Tuesday evening.
First Letters Written in New Sefer Torah for Scotland
Close to 100 people attended a pre-yomtov event at Lubavitch of Glasgow, Scotland, where they witnessed the start of a new Sefer Torah, commissioned by the children of Rabbi Chaim and Sora Jacobs in honor of their parents’ 44 years of dedicated service to Scottish Jewry as Shluchim of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Baby Girl!
Uriel and Dvorki (nee Solomon) Rivkin (Tampa, FL)
NYPD Issues Safety Guidelines for Tishrei Visitors
As multitudes of guests from around the world flock to Crown Heights for the High Holidays, the police officers at the 71st Precinct’s Community Affairs Division have requested that we inform the visitors of the following basic safety tips to adhere to during their stay:
Evening of Tribute for Chabad at Jersey Shore
Over 300 people joined Chabad at the Shore for its first Summer Gala, titled “An Evening of Tribute,” on Thursday, August 22, at the Katz JCC in greater Atlantic City.
Martha Stewart Crafts Teams Up with Chabad.org
After the tremendous success of Chabad.org’s crafting episodes for Pesach this year, Martha Stewart Crafts asked to join forces and help co-sponsor the production of additional episodes for Rosh Hashana.
Summer of a Lifetime for Jewish Kids in Ukraine
Camp Gan Israel of Ukraine (AKA ‘Yeka’) wrapped up another amazing summer. Almost 100 Jewish children from all over Ukraine experienced a fun filled two weeks, with Judaism infused in every moment of the day.
Telethon Raised $3 Million This Year
As he danced with a group of Chabadniks, U.S. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) swung his body around in circles so jubilantly that his kippah fell off. When one of the others placed it back on Sherman’s head, the congressman grinned.
