Baby Girl!
Shmuel Tzemach and Dvorah Faige Eidelman (Crown Heights)
Open Letter To Parents and the Administration of Beis Rivkah
I am sure that by now all the parents have received the “package” from Beis Rivkah Schools regarding tuition payments for the upcoming school year, along with the requirement for parents to go to a website and or fill out the forms.
Anticipation Building for New App – JEM Shares Details
For the past several weeks, JEM has been posting videos and a website promoting and its soon-to-come Living Torah app. Friday, JEM’s director, Rabbi Elkanah Shmotkin, sent an email to all Living Torah subscribers.
New Engagement!
Josh Marcus (Johannesburg South Africa) and Jeyde Shalkoff (Johannesburg South Africa)
Op-Ed: Chabad’s Dangerous Message of Love Without Commitment
Eric Yoffie, a reform rabbi and former president of the Union for Reform Judaisim, published an opinion piece on Chabad and in the Haaretz newspaper. He professes to be an admirer while taking issue with the basic premise of love with nothing being asked for in return.
Our Heroes: Rabbi Zalman Shimon Dworkin (1901 – 1985)
Part 2: A Few Hours of the Rav’s Long Day; If not for the Rav’s organizational skills, it would be difficult to comprehend how he so successfully digested such a long day, and every weekday was a long day, with the countless shaalos, problems, arguments, matters of Hatzala and help, and many others, that it brought.
Weekly Living Torah: Lag B’omer Carnival
On his way to the Ohel, the Rebbe’s car passes the Lag B’omer carnival on Empire Boulevard. 18 Iyar, 5748 · May 5, 1988
New Engagement!
Yermi Udkoff (Agoura Hills, CA) and Rena Greenberg (Cleveland, OH)
Boston Seeks Calm in Midst of Mayhem
As Shabbat draws nearer on America’s East Coast, Boston and its environs — still reeling from Monday’s explosions during the finish of the annual marathon — remain in lockdown mode. City and state officials have ordered residents to stay home, mass transit has been suspended and sports games canceled.
Suspicious Package Causes Bomb Scare on Kingston
An innocent looking backpack caused an entire busy Kingston Avenue block to be cleared in the midst of the busy Erev Shabbos rush. B”H it turned out to be safe.
Parade Organizers Taking Extra Safety Precautions
Following the Boston Bombing organizers of this year’s Lag BaOmer Parade are taking extra safety precautions, and are asking for assistance from the public in making this year’s parade safe and enjoyable for all.
4 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Sruli and Dina (nee Shpigelman) Krasnianski
1465 Carroll St, [between Albany and Troy Avenues]
Shloime and Shoshi (nee Lerman) Eichler
1540 Union St, [between Albany and Troy Avenues]
Chochi and Shoshi Tawil
466 Albany #7A [between Montgomery and Empire Blvd]
Dovi and Chanale Saul (Pittsburgh, PA)
Weekly Unique Picture of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and the Lubavitch Archives presents a photo of The Rebbe attending a Lag Beomer Parade in the 1950’s.
Shabbos at the Besht: Kibud Av Va’em
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Naftali Silberberg will lead a discussion of Kibud Av Va’em.
Suspect No. 1 is Dead, Suspect 2 is on the Run
One of the men suspected in Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings is dead, and the other remains at large this morning as authorities have surrounded a Watertown home.
Holier Than Thou – How Religious Is Too Religious?
Can you be too religious? Ought one to deprecate a person whose religious observance seems “Over the top?” Are the terms “Ultra-Kosher,” or “Ultra-Orthodox,” really objective?
