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Mayer Wayden (Philadelphia, PA) and Sara Mogilevsky (Toronto, Canada)
L’Chaim tonight, Sunday at FREE
1383 President St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]
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Ezriel and Elky (nee Schtroks) and Raitport (Crown Heights)
1,200 Walk for Friendship Circle in Ohio
About 1,200 people took part in Friendship Circle of Cleveland’s fourth annual ‘My Walk 4 Friends.’
NYT: Jews Make Pilgrimage to the Rebbe
At midnight on Wednesday, Gaby Danieli stepped into the warm night on Francis Lewis Boulevard in Queens, the locks of hair flowing from each temple still sopping wet. He had just dunked in a Jewish ritual bath built beneath a modest house, and was ready for a visit to the grave of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh grand rebbe of the Lubavitcher group of Hasidic Jews.
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Mickey and Chani (nee Fischweicher) Ettelson (Crown Heights)
Thousands of Kaporos Chickens Die from Heat
Kaporos services in parts of Borough Park were negatively affected Thursday after thousands of chickens awaiting slaughter suffocated in their cages due to the intense heat.
Music Video: ‘Uforatzto’
Jewish vocalist Boruch Levine sings ‘Uforatzto,’ a hit from his latest album, featuring scenes from Jewish life all over the world.
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Mendy and Sarah (nee Glick) Korf (Crown Heights)
A Bris in the Days of Awe
“What are you doing?” “What’s that for?” The questions came from the two young daughters of Rabbi Moshe Lieblich and his wife Chana, directors of Chabad of Wilmington, North Carolina.
Flood Waters Decimate Chabad Houses in Boulder Area
Things have gone from bad to worse for Jewish residents of Boulder, Colorado as rising waters have crippled the area, shutting down Shuls just hours before Yom Kippur.
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Shloime and Esther Chaya (nee Kupfer) Zellermaier (Brooklyn, NY)
Photos: Kapores on Erev Yom Kippur
Erev Yom Kippur Jews worldwide took part in the age-old custom of ‘shlugging’ Kapores. In Crown Heights it was organized by NCFJE, who had locations in a number of places in the neighborhood.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe on Erev Yom Kippur in the late ’70s.
TSA Gives All Clear to Lulav and Etrog
In advance of Sukkos, the Transportation and Security Administration reminded its airport screeners and the travelling public that Jewish travelers may carry the Arba Minim through security checkpoints and onboard planes.
The Yom Kippur War: Forty Years Later
40 years ago, residents of Kfar Chabad were shocked to see their neighbors – while still in their tallis and kittel – riding hastily in buses. News began to trickle through the village that a war had just broken out, and all reserves were being called to duty. The war has been etched into the collective Jewish history as the Yom Kippur War.
Video: Slichos at the Kosel
CrownHeights.info photographer Mendel Benhamou captured breathtaking footage of the hundreds of thousands of Jews who amassed at the Western Wall for Slichos.
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Hershy and Chanie Hertzel (Crown Heights)
