A Brooklyn man whose beating last year by two police officers was caught on videotape, and the story broke first on CrownHeights.info, has filed a civil rights lawsuit Tuesday against the officers and the city.
The parking lot was full at the beautiful new Chabad Center of Lubavitch of Montgomery County as children, teachers and buses pulled up for the 5th annual Kinus HaChadorim in honor of the auspicious day of Yud Shevat. This was no ordinary Kinus, as its participants are all Tzeirei HaShluchim – children who daily epitomize dedication and commitment to Chassidishe chinuch.
Ari Pinson (Crown Heights) and Shaindy Levin (Montreal/Los Angeles)
Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Zalman Phillips (Worcester, MA) and Chaya Slonim (S. Paulo, Brazil)
Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave]
Shlomo Barber (Pittsburgh, PA) and Chaya Rapp (Melbourne, Australia)
Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Yitzchok (Zinny) Ostrozynski (Crown Heights) and Asna Devorah Beenstock (Manchester, England)
United Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Ocean Parkway had the distinct privilege of hearing rare firsthand stories of the Friediker Rebbe from elter Chosid Rabbi Leibel Posner. All the talmidim were awed by the captivating vivid tales told of his interactions with the FR.
Congregation Oihel Nosson gathered for a Farbrengen in honor of Yud Shvat together with Shliach to Harvard University Rabbi Shlomo Yaffe,
Yud Shvat in Beth Rivkah of Montreal was marked in a significant way.The Elementary students of Grades 2 through 6 went by buses to visit and bring Yiddishe Simcha to residents in senior citizens homes and patients in hospitals.
A reader sent us this photo of what appears to be a Mitzvah Tank, only it isn’t advertising the Rebbes Mivtzoim instead it encourages children to make Brochos and say Amen. The ‘tank’ was spotted on Kington Avenue yesterday near 770.
Thousands of Bochurim, hailing from all over the world, gathered for the annual International Kinus Hatmimim which takes place on Yud Shvat in the Beis Rivka ballroom.
Levi and Miriam Goldstein (Des Moines, IA)
In honor of Yud Shvat, Temimim from all over the world will join in the International Kinus Hatmimim, celebrating 63 years of the Rebbes leadership. The highlight of the Kinus is on Monday night where 1000’s of Bochurim join in a massive farbrengen – which will be broadcasted live on CrownHeights.info starting at 8:30pm.
Over 350 Rabbonim, Shluchim and Anash from all over Southern California came together for a Farbrengen in honor of Yud Shvat with Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky.
Head counselors for Camp Gan Israel Parksville, NY, have been announced for this coming summer 5773.
While JEM conquers new frontiers with their recent announcement that they plan to launch a new app within the next several months, recent research shows that physical DVDs are still far outselling the digital-only formats, and are going to be present for at least another 10 years. Most organizations still maintain physical libraries only.
A new volume of the writings of Rabbi Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg, known as the Seridei Eish after the name of his volumes on Jewish law and the Talmud, authenticates details about his rabbinic ordination of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, which took place in the 1920s while he was living in Berlin, Germany.
Celebrating the auspicious day of Yud Shvat, Oholei Torah had special events in all the yeshiva divisions which included a tour of a ‘mitzvah tank’ for the younger divisions and a Farbrengen in the ballroom for the older divisions.
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