Baby Girl!
Benyamin and Chanie (nee Newman) Kosofsky (Crown Heights)
Reb Yoel Kahn: When We Understand
Due to the overwhelming response and demand from the community, Reb Yoel Kahn agreed to present a weekly webcast on topics that are timely and relevant. This week’s topic is titled ‘When We Understand‘.
Rabbi Earns Award for ‘Injecting Spirituality’ into Manhattan Neighborhood
Rabbi Ben Tzion Krasnianski, co-director of Chabad of the Upper East Side, said he got a call out of the blue, notifying him that he had won an OTTY award. Given out by the weekly paper Our Town, with sister publications throughout Manhattan, the awards are presented to community leaders and vital contributors—in other words, people who stand out from the rest.
6 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Levi and Chanie (nee Gurevitz) Shechtman
465 Empire Blvd. [between Brooklyn and New York Aves.]
Mendy and Vivi (nee Kendal) Levertov
645 Lefferts Ave. [corner Albany Ave.] Apt. #1E
Menachem and Devorah Leah Amitay
1365 Carroll St. [corner Kingston Ave.] Apt. #1C
Benny and Chanale (nee Gopin) Friedman
883 Montgomery St. [between Troy and Schenectady Aves.]
Baruch Shalom and Batsheva (nee Chaikin) Davidson
1245 President St. [between New York and Nostrand Aves.]
Nochum and Alti (nee Shur) Greenberg
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Shabbos at the Besht: The Month of Healing
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Boruch Jacobson will lead a discussion on the topic – blessing the new month of Iyar: The month of healing.
Baby Girl!
Immanuel and Rochie (nee Blau) Storfer (N. Miami Beach, FL)
Baby Girl!
Adam and Miriam (nee Oster) Brooker (Crown Heights)
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?
Twin Boys!
Levi and Chanie (nee Gurevitz) Shechtman (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 465 Empire Blvd. [between Brooklyn and New York Aves.]
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe at the Lag Ba’omer parade of 1970.
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Ahrele and Chanie (nee Gansburg) Loschak (Crown Heights)
Russian Jews Assisted with Passover Needs
400 Jewish families in the Russian city of Ulyanovsk received food packages to help them meet their needs for the holiday of Passover. The packages were prepared and delivered by the local Chabad Center, directed by Rabbi Yossi Marozov.
Sefira Music Video: Tzemach Tzedek’s Nigun
Israeli a cappella group Armon-Ya sings the popular tune known as the Tzemach Tzedek’s Niggun instrument-free for Sefiras Ha’omer, set to a video depicting touching scenes of kindness from one Jew to the next.
Baby Boy!
Mendy and Vivi (nee Kendal) Levertov (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 645 Lefferts Ave. [corner Albany Ave.] Apt. #1E
Letter and Spirit: In Defense of the Rebbe and Chabad
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, we present a letter sent – not from the Rebbe, but – from Rabbi Nissan Mindel on his own accord, in which he responds to certain criticisms aimed at the Rebbe and Chabad. The letter was made available by his son-in-law Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
Baby Boy!
Menachem and Devorah Leah Amitay (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 1365 Carroll St. [corner Kingston Ave.] Apt. #1C
Baby Girl!
Abba and Raizel (nee Glick) Rubin (Saratoga Springs, NY)
