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Weekly Photo: From Days Gone By
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present this vintage photograph of Chasidim putting on Tefilin with soldiers. Can you identify those in the picture, when and where it was taken?
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Baby Girl!
Berel and Mushka (nee Flint) Greenfeld (Crown Heights)
UN Recognizes Palestinian State
UN Headquarters in New York City
The United Nations voted overwhelmingly Thursday to recognize a Palestinian state, a long-sought victory for the Palestinians but an embarrassing diplomatic defeat for the United States.
Muslim Extremists Murder Jewish Woman in Iran
Israel Hayom
A Jewish woman in Isfahan, Iran, was murdered and cut in half by Muslim extremists who wanted to take over her home, Israel Radio reported on Thursday.
As we recently reported, several weeks ago JEM held a breakfast for supporters who have assisted JEM’s efforts to record, preserve, and share the video, audio, and photographic recordings of the Rebbe’s life. The breakfast began with this emotional video about the My Encounter with the Rebbe project’s initiative to bring the actual interviewees into the schools and involve the children with the interview process.
Video: My Encounter Goes to School
As we recently reported, several weeks ago JEM held a breakfast for supporters who have assisted JEM’s efforts to record, preserve, and share the video, audio, and photographic recordings of the Rebbe’s life. The breakfast began with this emotional video about the My Encounter with the Rebbe project’s initiative to bring the actual interviewees into the schools and involve the children with the interview process.
A tourist’s snapshot of a New York City police officer giving new boots to a barefoot homeless man in Times Square has created an online sensation.
NYPD Officer’s Kindness Sparks Online Sensation
A tourist’s snapshot of a New York City police officer giving new boots to a barefoot homeless man in Times Square has created an online sensation.
Left: Roger Jacobs, a West Orange attorney, and Rabbi Zalman Grossbaum, executive director of the Friendship Circle of MetroWest, welcomed news that menora-lighting will be allowed in NJ prisons. Right: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
The inspiring glow of the Menorah will be experienced in New Jersey state prisons for the first time, thanks to a new ruling announced by the New Jersey Department of Corrections.
Menorah Lighting Comes to New Jersey Prisons
Left: Roger Jacobs, a West Orange attorney, and Rabbi Zalman Grossbaum, executive director of the Friendship Circle of MetroWest, welcomed news that menora-lighting will be allowed in NJ prisons. Right: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
The inspiring glow of the Menorah will be experienced in New Jersey state prisons for the first time, thanks to a new ruling announced by the New Jersey Department of Corrections.
1000s of Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruchs Distributed
As the 200th yahrzeit of the Alter Rebbe approaches (24 Teves), the program to distribute his Shulchan Aruch HaRav continues. Thousands of sets of the Shulchan Aruch have been handed out in recent weeks in yeshivos and kollelim around Eretz Yisrael as well as to organized study groups of his works.
Ahavas Chesed Blood Drive Thursday
A blood drive will take place Thursday, November 29 (15 Kislev) from 3:00pm to 8:30pm at Ahavas Chesed, 271 Kingston Ave. [between Lincoln and St. Johns Place]. Refreshments will be served. Please bring identification.
Warning: One must wait 56 days between blood donations.
NYC Goes Full Day Without Shooting or Stabbing!
AP
For the first time police officials can remember, New York City went through an entire day with no one shot, stabbed or slashed.
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Chabad Father-Son Team Looks Toward Expansion
Washington Jewish Week
At the start of their careers, young Chabad rabbis and their wives typically set out for a wilderness to be tamed: a Jewish area lacking a Chabad presence. There they drive in their stakes and go to work. As they push back the frontier, other, younger couples arrive to continue the expansion. That’s what Chabad emissaries, or shlichim, do.
Comedy Video: You Gotta Be in It to Win It!
Split the pot? Crack the safe! At this years Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society’s annual Miracles auction. Last years ‘split the pot’ reached $328,028 and this years is projected to reach a half-a-million! The auction takes place December 6th and an entertaining show will be brodcasted live. Buy tickets here!
Northwestern University Students Petition for Chabad
by Cat Zakrzewski – Daily Northwestern
Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein, director of Chabad at Northwestern University, Illinois.
Northwestern students and alumni are voicing their concerns about the University’s decision to disaffiliate with Tannenbaum Chabad House and Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein in a petition distributed to trustees and administrators.
Thursday: Rally at the Ohel!
IYH this Thursday, the 15th of Kislev – November 29th – there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5 to 12.
IDF Soldier from Crown Heights Critically Injured
An IDF soldier was killed and 15 other people were injured, one seriously, in a road accident between an Egged bus and a truck on Route 6 on Wednesday. The critically injured rider is an IDF ‘Lone Soldier’ from a Lubavitch family in Crown Heights.
Op-Ed: Slow News Day for CBS Miami
by Naftali Cohen
This morning, CBS Miami reported on “a possible new development” in the case of missing millionaire Guma Aguiar, who disappeared on his boat in June leaving behind a wife, 4 kids and a $100 million dollar fortune. The earth-shattering news – brought to the press’ attention by Guma’s wife, Jaime – was that Guma’s sister moved to the Netherlands.
European Jewish Press
Polish President Bronisław Komorowski (right) meets with RCE rabbis.
The Rabbinical Centre of Europe on Wednesday slammed a ruling by the Constitutional Court in Poland that shechita, the Jewish ritual slaughter of animals, was “illegal.”
RCE Denounces Polish Court’s Ban on Shchita
European Jewish Press
Polish President Bronisław Komorowski (right) meets with RCE rabbis.
The Rabbinical Centre of Europe on Wednesday slammed a ruling by the Constitutional Court in Poland that shechita, the Jewish ritual slaughter of animals, was “illegal.”
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