With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Faiga Rochel Abrahams, OBM, a stalwart member of the Lubavitch community in Stamford Hill, London, UK.
This year marks the 32nd year that Nachum Markowitz has been hosting his grand Kiddushim in front of 770, benefiting thousands of guests and locals alike with a bite to eat and something to drink after davening.
Mickey and Chani Ettelson
274 New York Ave [between Lincoln Pl. and S. Johns Pl.)
Shmuel and Ruti (nee Apfelbaum) Lifshitz
763 Eastern Pkwy, Building Sukkah [between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves.]
Mendel and Shaina (nee Lison) Gourarie
1217 President St. [between New York and Nostrand Aves.]
Shuli and Esty (nee Lasker) Kahan
566 Montgomery St. [between Brooklyn and New York Aves.]
Chanan and Aliza Krivisky (Jericho, NY)
Yanky and Rivky (nee Lazar) Klein (Moscow, Russia)
A woman who was pedaling her bike across the service road on Eastern Parkway was struck by a minivan and injured. Bystanders called Hatzalah, while an NYPD Emergency Service truck stopped to help.
Levi and Sarah Cunin (Malibu, CA)
Shmuel and Ruti (nee Apfelbaum) Lifshitz (Crown Heights)
With the arduous campaign to succeed Mayor Michael Bloomberg in its final stage, New Yorkers now have their choices before them: stick with policies that have kept the city relatively safe and prosperous, or break from a past that some residents complain has nurtured income inequality and racial divisions.
From Chasidic comedian Mendy Pellin’s latest series: The Jews that wandered the desert were no different than your average Florida retiree. With all the Jewbellishing, can you blame Moses for hitting the rock?
Hundreds of Jews took to the streets to celebrate the arrival of a new Torah scroll in Buckhurst Hill, a suburb of London, UK.
Mickey and Chani Ettelson (Crown Heights)
With sadness we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing of Mrs. Shaindel Lieberman, OBM, of Fort Lauderdale, FL. Updated Levaya times added.
Update: Levaya information added.
Two boys, both Bar Mitzvah age. One has grown up in Zurich, Switzerland, the other in Israel. Their lives have taken very different paths but recently they shared a wonderful, memorable, exciting day as Bar Mitzvah “twins”.
Mendel and Shaina (nee Lison) Gourarie (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 1217 President St. [between New York and Nostrand Aves.]
This short video tutorial will teach you how to make a Lulav ring in just 25 seconds.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a photo of the Rebbe during a Farbrengen in the Sukkah in the late 1950s.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Thursday and Friday, September 19-20 for Sukkos. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Update: as several readers pointed out, alternate side parking on parts of Eastern Parkway’s service lane will be in effect on Saturday. Please do not leave your car parked there over Yomtov as you will be unable to move your car before then and you will be ticketed.
Shneur and Mushky (nee Springer) Cohen (Crown Heights)
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