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CHYE Launches Work Space
On Monday, October 22, some 40 members of the Crown Heights community gathered for the launch of Crown Heights Young Entrepreneurs’ workspace and new year of programming. While enjoying fine wine and a sushi buffet, attendees were given an insight into the organization’s vision for the future.
Baby Girl!
Mendy and Rochel (nee Gluckowsky) Junik (Crown Heights)
Apple Bank Robber Keeps Coming Back for More
The man who robbed the Albany Ave. branch of Apple Bank on October 12 has been coming back to rob the same bank time and again for almost two years, police say.
Holocaust Survivors Celebrate Bar Mitzvah at Kotel
Arutz 7
Twenty Holocaust survivors belatedly celebrated their coming-of-age Monday in a moving Bar Mitzvah ceremony at the Western Wall. The men had all turned 13 during the genocide of Europe’s Jews and were hard-pressed to survive, let alone celebrate.
5 Girls Hurt When Van Jumps Curb in New Square
CBS NY
Five young girls were seriously injured Monday afternoon, when a van jumped a curb in a Rockland County community and slammed right into them.
Baby Boy!
Mechi and Shaina (nee Boruchov) Walter (Boro Park, NY)
Shliach Tries to Make Peace Between Vegas Foes
Politico
Left to right: Shelley Berkley, Rabbi Shea Harlig and Sheldon Adelson.
Sheldon Adelson emerged this year as the Republican billionaire who kept Newt Gingrich’s flailing presidential campaign afloat and then vowed to spend “whatever it takes” to oust President Barack Obama.
Op-Ed: Patience and Understanding Is All We Need
by Dovid
Yesterday, October 22nd, was National Stuttering Awareness Day. Some of you have never heard the word ‘stutter’ before, and for those of you that have, you may not know much about it. I am here to educate you all a little bit about stuttering.
KSCVK’s 1st Annual Dinner a Major Success
The first annual Keren Simchas Chosson V’Kallah awards dinner took place on Motzoai Shabbos, October 20th 2012, Hey Cheshvan 5773, with almost four hundred people attendance. The dinner celebrated KSCVK’s founder Devorah Benjamin’s Ruby birthday.
Weekly Photo: From Days Gone By
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present this vintage photograph of Chasidim during Krias Hatorah. Can you identify those in the picture, when and where it was taken?
It was the Rebbe's custom to meet one-on-one ('Yechidus') with each guest who arrived for Tishrei, before they traveled home. In late 1981, when the volume of guests made it impossible to meet with all of them, a general meeting ('Yechidus Klolis') was instituted in its place, which lasted for about 10 years until the Chof Zayin Adar.
Video: ‘Yechidus Klolis’ in 2012
It was the Rebbe’s custom to meet one-on-one (‘Yechidus’) with each guest who arrived for Tishrei, before they traveled home. In late 1981, when the volume of guests made it impossible to meet with all of them, a general meeting (‘Yechidus Klolis’) was instituted in its place, which lasted for about 10 years until the Chof Zayin Adar.
Breaking: All Charges Against Ehud Halevy Dropped
Ehud Halevy. Photo: NY Daily News.
The charges against Ehud Halevy, the 21 year old Jewish youth who made international headlines after a video of him being violently beaten by NYPD officers surfaced online were dropped today.
As the Levaya of Mrs. Sarah Deitch, OBM, passed by Oholei Torah this afternoon, students and teachers alike came out to give their last respects to one of their institution's main benefactors.
Hundreds Give Last Respects to Beloved Matriarch
As the Levaya of Mrs. Sarah Deitch, OBM, passed by Oholei Torah this afternoon, students and teachers alike came out to give their last respects to one of their institution’s main benefactors.
‘Visual Mishnayos’ Sukkah – Free Samples for Kids
We’ve just finished celebrating the Yom Tov of Sukkos, but we’re just beginning to learn Mishnayos Masseches Sukkah with ‘Visual Mishnayos’.
New Engagement!
Meir Finck (Crown Heights) and Mushka Goldman (Los Angeles)
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