Jonathan Pollard saved millions of human beings in the Middle East and worldwide from excruciating deaths and painful lifelong physical disabilities. To do that, Pollard sacrificed his freedom.
Meir and Chaviva (nee Katz) New (Crown Heights)
The Chof Daled Teves farbrengen held on Dec. 31, 1980 marked the occasion of the Alter Rebbe’s yom hilulah. At that farbrengen, the Rebbe speaks about how the Alter Rebbe’s influence is still felt today and also asks the question which is more important: disseminating basic Judaism or teaching chasidus?
MORRISTOWN, NJ — An afternoon fire alarm forced the evacuation of the building which house the Morristown Yeshiva and Chabad Headquarters of New Jersey. Not wasting any time Bochurim seized the opportunity to continue their torah studies, despite the frigid temperatures.
She doesn’t spin on Shabbos. Ping-pong prodigy Estee Ackerman, an 11-year-old from Long Island, was disqualified from her final event at the 2012 US National Table Tennis Championships in Las Vegas last Dec. 21 when her match fell on the Jewish holy day of rest and she chose not to play.
Yair and Rochie (nee Piekarski) Sandhaus (Crown Heights)
Motti and Mushkie (nee Kreiman) Ifergan (London, England)
As we approach the Alter Rebbe’s 200th yahrzeit, which falls on Sunday, 24 Teves, a new clip has been released of the Rebbe speaking in a private audience with supporters of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim.
After CrownHeights.info published the story about the IRS seizing the building of Yeshiva Achei Tmimim in Worcester word quickly spread throughout the Jewish community, bringing support from Anash, Shluchim and alumni.
In honor of the upcoming 200th Yohrtziet of the Alter Rebbe the entire Shulchon Aruch and Tanya was divided up between Bochurim who together will be completing its study by Chof Daled Teves. Some 600 Bochurim are participating!
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — 2012 was a year which included big changes in the 71st Precinct, with a new commanding officer brought in and shakeups in the department. Among the changes a severely distorted picture of crime numbers has emerged with a spike in felony crimes and a massive drop in misdemeanors.
Over one billion YouTube ‘views’ have been removed in recent days as the popular video sharing website cracked down on any music videos whose hit counts were deemed to be falsely inflated in an effort to boost their popularity among viewers. A number of popular Jewish music videos were ensnared in this mass purge.
Nochum and Chanie (nee Sanowicz) Schapiro (Miami Beach, FL)
This past Sunday the Rebbeim and English teachers of the Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Ocean Parkway got together to fine tune and hone their educational skills.
Mikey and Baila (nee Shpigelman) Yaron (Los Angelos/Montreal)
A man who took a bullet to the stomach was clinging to life in a Brooklyn hospital Tuesday, cops said. He was the seventh person shot since the city rang in the new year.
Last year brought a reprieve for the city’s ticket-weary drivers. Red-light cameras snagged 615,726 motorists blowing through intersections between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30 of 2012, down from 880,922 in all of 2011.
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