Baby Boy!
Yossi and Nechama Dina (nee Keller) Saacks (Crown Heights)
A new Sefer Torah is paraded through the streets of Crown Heights before entering its home-to-be at Oihel Nosson. The Torah was written in memory of Rebbetzin Rochel Duchan, Shlucha in Cincinnati, Ohio, who passed away during childbirth 26 years ago. It was sponsored by her husband and eight children.
Video: New Torah Paraded Through the Streets
A new Sefer Torah is paraded through the streets of Crown Heights before entering its home-to-be at Oihel Nosson. The Torah was written in memory of Rebbetzin Rochel Duchan, Shlucha in Cincinnati, Ohio, who passed away during childbirth 26 years ago. It was sponsored by her husband and eight children.
On Sunday, representatives of Neturei Karta participated in the annual memorial service in Ramallah marking the day of the passing of PLO Chairman Yassir Arafat. They stood out in the crowd in their black clothes, each wearing identification tags over a background of a Palestinian flag.
Neturei Karta Observe Arafat’s Yahrtzeit in Ramallah
On Sunday, representatives of Neturei Karta participated in the annual memorial service in Ramallah marking the day of the passing of PLO Chairman Yassir Arafat. They stood out in the crowd in their black clothes, each wearing identification tags over a background of a Palestinian flag.
Picture of the Day: Future Shluchim Watch Kinus Live
Young Shluchim-to-be in the Perl and Lezel families watch the Kinus Gala Banquet live from home on CrownHeights.info. The children had their own mini banquet, and drew pictures of themes connected to Shluchus.
First Brooklyn, Then Kfar Chabad Flooded
Torrential rains in Israel have caused flooding in the town of Kfar Chabad. Unlike in Sandy-struck Brooklyn, however, the heavy rains were greeted with much joy by the Israelis, who are constantly in desperate need of water in the arid region.
Fast-Moving Crown Heights Blaze Kills Elderly Woman
An elderly Brooklyn woman died in a fast-moving, two-alarm blaze early Monday. The fire broke out about 4:35am in a deli on the ground floor of the apartment building on Franklin Ave. in Crown Heights, officials said.
Not the Same Old Shluchim Group Photo
A new and different buzz surrounded this years Shluchim Group Photo after photographer Chaim Perl spent about a minute in front of the crowd – with a camera on a strange contraption – before the ‘official’ photo was taken. This was the result, which was first featured on CrownHeights.info last year!
Baby Girl!
Berel and Raizel (nee Mochkin) Zucker (Beitar Illit, Israel)
Monday Night L’chaim!
Yossi Goldstein (Crown Heights) and Toba Goldfein (Philadelphia, PA)
Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy. [corner Kingston Ave.]
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99-Year-Old Celebrates His Bar Mitzvah
99-yr-old Isaac Volinsky was ready to celebrate his Bar Mitzvah last week in his room at a Woollahra care home. He had his tall it. He had his tefillin…but there was no kiddush cup and no kosher wine.
Baby Girl!
Yoel and Vani (nee Shpigelman) Hess (Los Angeles, CA)
Baby Girl!
Mendel and Shterna Sara (nee Wilansky) Shemtov (Elgin, IL)
Baby Girl!
Mendel and Chani Nemanov (Crown Heights)
Photos: Shluchim Farbreng in 770 After Banquet
Following the monumental success of this years Kinus Hashluchim Banquet, hundreds of Shluchim made their to 770 and the Shluchim Office where they sat and farbrenged into the night.
Kinus Banquet 5773 Video Gallery
CrownHeights.info and Jewish.tv present the following collection of videos of memorable moments at the Kinus Hashluchim gala banquet, 5773.
Picture of the Night: The CHI Photo Crew!
Photo documenting an evening featuring over 4,000 Rabbis is hard enough, these photographers; Shmuly Evers, Binyomin Lifshitz, and Chaim Perl, backed up by a talented technical crew brough you this years coverage – once again – faster then the rest!
