New Engagement!
Daniel Klasner (Toronto, Ontario) and Rachel Gesoff (Crown Heights)
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Blue Ash Residents Learn About the Afterlife
The Chabad Jewish Center Goldstein Family Learning Academy of Blue Ash Ohio hosted a lecture last Thursday, Feb 14, by World Renowned author and Lecturer, Rabbi Lazer Gurkow, titled, “So What Really Happens on the Other Side?”
Brooklyn DA Hynes Accused of Ignoring Misconduct
A federal judge has put Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes in the unusual position of having to defend himself before a jury — against claims he is “deliberately indifferent” to misconduct by prosecutors in his office.
Photos: Adar Dancing in Oholei Torah
Bochurim in Oholei Torah enjoyed a Farbrengen and dancing in honor of the month of Adar, in which we increase in joy. Bochurim played live music and danced into the night.
2 Sunday Night Lechaims!
Dovi Vogel (Wilmington, DE) and Tsofia Drori (S. Paul, MN)
Chovevei Torah, 885 Eastern Pkwy [between Albany and Troy Ave]
Yaakov Goodman (Manchester, UK) and Chaya Krafchik (Leeds, UK)
Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave]
Monday: Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspended
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Monday, February 18 for Presidents Day. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Betzalel Jacobson OBM
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the passing of Reb Betzalel Jacobson OBM, a longtime resident of Crown Heights. He was 76.
Photos: Bnos Chomesh’s Modern Purim Story
Weeks of preparations and rehearsals paid off in a grand fashion for the students in Crown Heights’s Bnos Chomesh High School. Parents, friends and supporters packed into the hall for the schools production – which aside from the great story, was a great success.
Dispelling Agudah’s Erroneous Information on Chabad and the Holocaust
Over the past few months Lubavitch Archives director Rabbi Dovid Zaklikowski (the “Chabad Archivist”) has been doing research on the history of the Rebbe Rayatz, the sixth Chabad Rebbe, during the Holocaust.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Rabbi Shaya Gansburg OBM
With great sadness and deep pain we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing of Rabbi Shaya Gansbourg who served as a Shliach in Harlem, NY. He was 57.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Yitzchok Abramov OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Yitzchok Abramov of Boro Park, who passed away on Shabbos. He was 82.
Baby Girl!
Berel and Dayan (nee Habib) Rapoport (Philadelphia, PA)
Russian Jews have Memorable Weekend at Shabbaton
Over 150 Russian families converged on Stamford Connecticut for the 4th annual Presidents Day Weekend Retreat at the Stamford Plaza Hotel.
Baby Boy!
Mendel and Chana Kalmenson (London, England)
New Engagement!
Shmuel Vishedsky (Crown Heights) and Sara Kabacznik (Belem, Brazil)
Photos: Rabbi Cunin Visits Paris Moisdos
From Los Angeles to Paris, Rabbi Shlomo Cunin visited the local Chabad moisdos in Paris over the weekend in a visit organized by Rabbi Mendel Azimov.
Sunday: Ahavas Chesed Blood Drive
A blood drive will take place Sunday, February 17 (7 Adar) from 1:00pm to 8:00pm at Ahavas Chesed, 271 Kingston Ave. [between Lincoln and St. Johns Place]. Refreshments will be served. Please bring identification.
