During the fall semester hundreds of students converged on Crown Heights for the Chabad on Campus International Student Shabbaton. Now, during the spring semester, Chabad Houses on campus, in conjunction with Chabad on Campus International Foundation, have been hosting regional Shabbatons across North America as part of the Chabad on Campus Intercollegiate Series.
A routine call alerting Shomrim to a suspicions person turned into a full blown chase with a police lieutenant and sergeant getting injured. The suspect, who had broken into a car and stole a radio, managed to get away by hopping over fences and garages.
It’s Music Month again at Bnos Chomesh and the students are loving it! You would too, if every day that you came to school there were special musical surprises for an entire month.
After selling hundreds of tickets to members of Crown Heights for the Helfgot / Perlman Chazanus Concert at the Barclays Center, Mesivta Chovevei Torah is now selling tickets to the Ringling Brothers Circus also at the Barclays Center this Chol Hamoed Pesach.
Meir (ben Zalman) Fellig (Miami, FL) and Chaya (bas Mendy) Korf (Miami, FL)
Uri Bublil (Israel) and Rivki Kopfstein (London, England)
Mendy and Cheyenna (nee Borenstein) Hershkop (Crown Heights)
Almost 2,000 people participated in the first Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk in 2009. Last October, 7,966 people participated in the annual walk. The Strand between the Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach piers was so jammed, concerns were raised about where to hold the walk if it continues to grow in coming years.
Photos from the Lechaim of Yossi Klein (Crown Heights) and Mushky Kaminezki (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine) which took place Monday in the Jewish Children’s Museum.
Photos from the Lechaim of Berel Pewzner (Harrisburg, PA) and Rikal Block (S. Antonio, TX) which took place Monday in the Chovevei Torah ballroom.
An increasing number of children from all walks of Jewish life touch, feel and learn about ancient Passover traditions at Chabad-Lubavitch model matzah bakeries.
Photos from the Lechaim of Dovid Parshan (Toronto, Ontario) and Elisheva Newman (Long Beach, CA) which took place Monday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva.
For the Schochet family, Hurricane Sandy was devastating. Displaced from their home and lucky to be alive – they had just started getting back up on their feed when the news of the mother Devorah’s illness came. She was diagnosed with ALS.
Photos from the Lechaim of Zalmy Cohen (Montreal, Canada) and Sarale Junik (Crown Heights) which took place Monday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva.
Moshe Minsky (Crown Heights) and Chaya Denburg (Coral Springs, FL)
Crime prevention officers from the 71st Precinct are warning about an increase in fraud and identity related crimes. The precinct prepared an informative page on ATM ‘skimming’ and how to avoid becoming a victim.
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