Episode 2: Freeda Wigs ‘Ambush’ Makeover
In the second episode of Freeda Wigs ongoing makeover series, Susie – a mother of three – is the lucky winner of the Freeda ambush makeover.
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Chabad-Lubavitch representatives were on hand to offer participants the opportunity to wrap tefillin and pray.
Keeping Up With Crowds for April’s ‘March’ in Poland
Their steps were powerful, as were the footprints they left behind. Like every year shortly after Passover, Holocaust survivors, their descendants, and groups of high school students from around the world took part in “March of the Living,” a two-week program that starts in Poland and ends in Israel.
JLI Launches New Course on Fascinating Talmudic Tales
The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) will present Curious Tales of the Talmud: Finding Personal Meaning in the Legends of Our Sages, JLI’s new six-session course.
One of the suspects fleeing.
3 Teenagers Rob Kingston Shopkeeper
A group of three teenagers audaciously robbed a Kingston Avenue shopkeeper Wednesday afternoon, an alert Shomrim volunteer spotted them fleeing.
Video: Rabbi Benny’s Weekly Torah Thought
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this weeks Parasha, Tzriah-Metzorah.
New Engagement!
Sruli Chabusha (Crown Heights) and Chaya Mushka (Mickey) Zigart (Cleveland, OH)
Tonight: Chinuch Gathering in Honor of Rabbi Schtroks OBM
Today – 30 Nissan – marks the first yahrtziet of Rabbi Yeshayah Schtroks OBM, the long time and beloved mechanech of Morristown NJ. In his memory, Merkaz Anash has organized an educational evening for parents and mechanchim titled, “How to I Give My Children a Chassidishe Chinuch?” featuring prominent lecturers on contemporary chinuch challenges. The event will be broadcasted live on CrownHeights.info
Man Accused of Burning Mezuzos Is in Police Custody
The suspect in this week’s hate-crime burning of a dozen Jewish doorway adornments in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is in custody, a law enforcement official said Wednesday.
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From Days Gone By: A Shiur in the ‘Big Zal’ in 770
Rabbi Yisrael Yitzchak Piekarski, Rosh Yeshiva at 770 Eastern Parkway gives a Shiur in the big Zal of upstairs 770.
Video: JEM Counts Down to App Launch
As we count the Omer, JEM is counting down the days to the launch of the groundbreaking new App, which will offer access to a vast archive of videos of the Rebbe. The App will offer newly featured content every other day pertaining to current events and offer robust search capabilities.
LA Prepares for Great Parade
Los Angeles is abuzz with the energy of Lag B’Omer as preparations are well under way for this year’s “Great Parade” that will take place at “770 West” on Pico Boulevard, located in the heart of Jewish Los Angeles.
6 Dead, 3 Wounded Critically in Haifa Crash
Reports of a major crash in Haifa, Israel that has claimed the lives of at least six people are coming in. Police are investigating the cause of the collisions, in which a truck smashed into a number of cars and pedestrians and may have been intentional. Police confirms that the crash was the result of failed brakes and not a terrorist attack. UPDATES.
New Engagement!
Aryeh Leib Laufer (Providence, RI) and Chaya Mushka Pewsner (Paris, France)
New Engagement!
Yossi Hoichberg (Jerusalem, Israel) and Chaya Mushka Kahanov (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim Wednesday at Empire Shteibel
489 Empire Blvd [between Brooklyn and New York Ave]
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