CrownHeights.info – Chabad News, Crown Heights News, Lubavitch News

Shliach Appointed Rabbi of Berlin Community

Jewish community chairman Dr. Gideon Joffe, Israeli Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger and Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Yehuda Tiechtel display the document granting Tiechtel the title of “rabbi of the Jewish community” of Berlin.

Amidst a day of meetings with Israeli Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger and German officials over how their country’s justice system approaches the issue of ritual infant circumcision, Chabad-Lubavitch of Berlin director Rabbi Yehuda Tiechtel formally accepted the title of “Rabbi of the Community” from Jewish Community of Berlin chairman Dr. Gideon Joffe.

Chabad News August 21, 2012

Mazal Tov's View More

New Engagement!

Chaim Uziel Starik (Vienna, Austria) to Batsheva Spivak (Pembroke Pines, FL)

New Engagement!

Zalman Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Lea Dukes (Santiago, Chile) L’Chaim: Monday, May 5th, 7:00pm at 9400 NW 4th Street, Coral Springs, FL

New Engagement!

Yossi Gutnick (Sydney, Australia) to Chaya Eisnebach (Northwest, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, at the Garden House 1386 S. John’s Pl

Baby Boy!

Yaakov and Shevi (nee Katzman) Behrman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!

Baby Boy!

Moishe and Frayda (nee Aber) Scheinfeld from Brooklyn, NY had a baby boy!

Baby Boy!

Yermi and Daniella Liam (nee Pohlman) Kurkus from Lake Lure, NC had a baby boy!

New Engagement!

Levi Kalmenson (Crown Heights) to Chanale Baitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave

New Engagement!

Zevi Jacobson (De Moines, IA) to Ita Gurevitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at the JCM

New Engagement!

Sruli Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Adina Izgelov (Milwaukee, WI) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd

New Engagement!

Shlomo Werde (Crown Heights) to Gila Bensusan (London, UK)

Baby Boy!

Chezki and Mushkie Golowinski from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 539 Crown Street

New Engagement!

Avi Baitelman (Los Angeles, CA) to Mindy Neubort (Fair Lawn, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitch Yeshiva

New Engagement!

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, April 24th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Baby Boy!

Chaim and Bracha (nee Morozow) Rendler from Crown Heights had a baby boy!

Baby Girl!

Zalmy and Esther (nee Tabari) Hyams from Crown Heights had a baby girl!

Baby Boy!

Shmuly and Chaya (nee Lewin) Stone from Crown Heights had a baby boy!

New Engagement!

Yossi Krinsky (Vilnius, Lithuania) to Rochele Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden)

Times of Israel

For the first time since Nazi rule, criminal charges have been pressed against a German rabbi for performing circumcisions, a Jewish weekly reported on Tuesday.

Criminal Charges Brought Against Mohel in Germany

Times of Israel

For the first time since Nazi rule, criminal charges have been pressed against a German rabbi for performing circumcisions, a Jewish weekly reported on Tuesday.

Jewish News August 21, 2012

NY House Speaker Attends Sheva Brochos in Alaska

Speaker of the New York State House of Representatives Sheldon Silver attended the final Sheva Brachos celebration of the Greenberg–Glitsenstein wedding at the Lubavitch Jewish Center of Alaska.

Chabad News August 21, 2012

The Paradox of Prayer

by Naftali Solomon

One of the most fundamental paradoxes in Judaism and faith in God is that of prayer. We are commanded to pray three times daily and in times of distress, to beseech of God that He provide us with our fundamental human needs and desires such as health, livelihood and children.

Something Jewish August 21, 2012

Classified

Post New

View All Classifieds

Featured Classifieds View More

Cash 4 Seforim

Cash 4 Seforim. Old or new books and libraries, ,send us pictures of the books via Whatsapp for a quote 347-770-0733

Cash 4 Seforim 347-770-0733

Op-Ed: Is He Missing or Is He Not?

by Anonymous

I am a member of the volunteer corps organized by Shomrim yesterday in search of Yakov Gourin, the missing French Twin. I penned this op-ed to describe the hardships we experienced over the uncertainty and conflicting reports that emerged from various news outlets over the course of the day, and the potential dangers posed by them.

Op-Ed August 21, 2012

Featured Events View More

Thu, May 1, 8pm

L'chaim

Yossi Gutnick (Sydney, Australia) to Chaya Eisnebach (Northwest, Ct)

The Garden House 1386 S. John’s Pl

Mon, Apr 28, 8pm

L'chaim

Sruli Friedman (Coral Springs, Fl) to Adina Izgelov (Milwaukee, Wi)

Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd

Mon, Apr 28, 8pm

L'chaim

Zevi Jacobson (De Moines, Ia) to Ita Gurevitch (Crown Heights)

Jewish Childrens Museum

Mon, Apr 28, 8pm

L'chaim

Levi Kalmenson (Crown Heights) to Chanale Baitch (Crown Heights)

Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave

Thu, Apr 24, 8pm

L'chaim

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, Nj)

Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Thu, Apr 24, 8pm

L'chaim

Avi Baitelman (Los Angeles, Ca) to Mindy Neubort (Fair Lawn, Nj)

Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Thu, Apr 3, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Mendel Gopin (Miami, Fl) to Rochie Gourarie (Toms River, Nj)

Jewish Childrens Museum

Tue, Apr 1, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Levi Chazan (Manchester, Uk) to Chana Junik (Crown Heights)

Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Tue, Apr 1, 8pm

L'chaim

Meir Itzinger (Londres, Angleterre) to Pechi Gorodetsky (Paris, France)

Rubashkin's

Sun, Mar 30, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Menachem Rabonowitz (Kfar Chabad) to Chani Braun (Crown Heights)

Rubashkin's

Sun, Mar 30, 8pm

L'chaim

Shimon Goldenberg (Postville, Ia) to Ella Dorn (Lauderhill, Fl)

Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Sun, Mar 30, 8pm

L'chaim

Shneur Cohen (Charlotte, Nc) to Tova Farro (Brooklyn, Ny)

The Arches 1394 S. John Pl

Sat, Mar 29, 9:30pm

L'chaim

Chneour Zalman Mergui (Villiers Sur Marne, Fr) to Ava Siteboun (Paris, France)

Lincoln Pl Shul 1185 Lincoln Pl

Thu, Mar 27, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Mendel Wolowik (Baltimore, Md) to Goldie Davidsohn (Crown Heights)

Anshei Lubavitch 574 Albany Ave

Wed, Mar 26, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Ari Hoch (Montreal, Canada) to Mimi Palace (Crown Heights)

Ulam Chana

Tue, Mar 18

L'chaim

Mendel Piekarski (Crown Heights) to Tzivia Marasow (Crown Heights)

Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd

Mon, Mar 17, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Mendel Katz (Crown Heights) to Shaina Vishedsky (Crown Heights)

Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Tire Thieves Strike Again

For the second time this month, thieves stole all four tires off a Crown Heights vehicle, leaving the car’s body ‘hanging’ on stacked bricks. The car was parked on the corner of Crown St. and Troy Ave.

Crime August 21, 2012

Continuing the trend of local institutions revamping their campuses for the coming school year, Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown St. refurbished its landmark glass main entrance.

Photos: Lubavitcher Yeshiva Gets a Face Lift

Continuing the trend of local institutions revamping their campuses for the coming school year, Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown St. refurbished its landmark glass main entrance.

Crown Heights News August 21, 2012

5773 Oholei Torah Calendar Hot Off the Press

As in past years, Oholei Torah is providing a beautiful full color calendar for the community. Unique to this year’s calendar is that it highlights the newly built Kindergarten Campus in East Flatbush.

Chabad News August 21, 2012

Picture of the Day: Enjoying the Swings

Crown Heights resident Sol Rotter from Primo hatters gets in touch with his inner child at the Evergreen bungalow colony in upstate New York.

Picture of the Day August 21, 2012

New Engagement!

Mendy Cohen (Crown Heights) and Gittel Sandhaus (Crown Heights)

Mazel Tov's August 21, 2012

Up from four in 2011, this year five Lubavitch owned companies were ranked in the top 5,000 of Inc. Magazine's fastest growing private companies of 2012.

5 Lubavitch Owned Companies Ranked in Inc. 5000

Up from four in 2011, this year five Lubavitch owned companies were ranked in the top 5,000 of Inc. Magazine’s fastest growing private companies of 2012.

Chabad News August 21, 2012

Baby Boy!

Meir and Fraidel (nee Patterson) Levin (Crown Heights)

Mazel Tov's August 21, 2012

Baby Girl!

Shneur Zalman and Miriam (nee Hyman) Horowitz (Crown Heights)

Mazel Tov's August 21, 2012

Jewish Education? There’s an App for That!

JTA

Rabbi Simcha Backman at the headquarters of AskMoses.com

The man sitting on the commuter train focusing intently on his iPhone might be playing Angry Birds. Or he might be studying Talmud, Skyping with a chevruta partner in Israel or even teaching Hebrew school.

Jewish News August 21, 2012

We are pleased to report that as of 4:30 this morning Yakov has been found and is doing fine. It turns out that he just wanted to take a break from a long summer of hard work, and impulsively decided to leave for a few days vacation. He will return to Crown Heights in the near future.