With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Selda Moskovits, OBM, of Crown Heights.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Selda Moskovits, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Selda Moskovits, OBM, of Crown Heights.
Benny, Maccabeats to Sing at Nets Game
As the Brooklyn Nets gear up for their second basketball season in their new home – a borough that is also home to the most Jews in the country – CTeen, Chabad’s global Teen Network, has planned an exciting Jewish Heritage Night, boasting fun for the whole family.
Video: A Word on the Parsha with Rabbi Minkowicz
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vayeishev. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is the ultimate state of tranquility, and how is it attained?
Survivor Ralph Rehbock discusses Kristallnacht on Monday night at the Tannenbaum Chabad House at Northwestern University, Illinois.
Kristallnacht Survivor Tells Story at Chabad House
Holocaust survivor Ralph Rehbock, the vice president of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, speaks frequently about the events that occurred after 1940. Monday night at Northwestern, however, he shared a different tale.
Daily Northwestern
Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Ocean Parkway Gets a Facelift
A generous donation from a Crown Heights landlord is enabling United Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Ocean Parkway to undergo a long awaited facelift. The Yeshiva is also in the process of going through dramatic changes in its education department.
Monsey Fathers and Sons Study Together
Over 50 fathers and sons filled the Tzemach Tzedek Shul in Monsey last Motzei Shabbos for the first Avos U’banim program of the new year, and the sweet sounds of Torah learning filled the room.
Jewish Kids Press Olive Oil in Preparation for Chanukah
Kids crowded the Chabad Jewish Community Center of Riverside, CA to learn how to make olive oil on Sunday, Nov. 10.
Press-Enterprise
Public Advocate-elect Letitia James, Councilman David Greenfield and Councilman-elect Chaim Deutsch are offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any individuals responsible for a series of brutal, unprovoked “knockout” attacks in Crown Heights or other neighborhoods throughout Brooklyn.
Reward Offered for Info on ‘Knockout’ Assailants
Public Advocate-elect Letitia James, Councilman David Greenfield and Councilman-elect Chaim Deutsch are offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any individuals responsible for a series of brutal, unprovoked “knockout” attacks in Crown Heights or other neighborhoods throughout Brooklyn.
Intercommunity Forum Addresses Racial Assaults
Several elected officials, educators, and community leaders gathered in the hall of Lubavitcher Yeshiva this morning for a breakfast and roundtable conversation about youth and race in Crown Heights, in response to several random attacks against Jewish residents that occurred over the past couple of months.
Video: Abraham and Isaac.. the Director’s Cut
In his latest episode of Jew-bel-ish, Chasidic comedian Mendy Pelin takes us behind the scenes of the sacrifice of Isaac.
Jewish Organizations Unite to Spread Light of Chanukah
In the southern Brazilian city of Curitiba, organizations such as Bnei Brith, Wizo, The Jewish Federation, Naamat Pioneiras and others were recruited to get involved in an impressive mission: To bring the light of Chanukah to every home in the city.
Alex and Fanny Chan in their chocolate shop in Sydney, Australia.
Sydney ‘Filipino Jews’ Raise Funds for Typhoon Victims
As the devastating death toll continues to rise following last week’s Typhoon Haiyan that flattened areas of the Philippines, two Sydney-based siblings have reached out to the Jewish community for help.
Haaretz
Congregation Makes the Most of an Unusual Venue
This was a real pickle, even for a Chabad rabbi. How do you tell congregants that for the next year-and-a-half—while their new building was being constructed—that services, classes and events will be held in a different venue, an unusual venue, a … well, a funeral home?
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: R. Mendel Hillel Gansburg, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hillel Gansburg, OBM, Shliach in Milan, Italy, at the age of 67.
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Towing Agents Sue NYPD for Enforcing Quotas
Four city traffic-enforcement agents, with help from their union, have filed a suit against the city and the NYPD claiming they are being penalized if they don’t meet a 3-4 vehicle quota per shift.
Israeli Ambassador to Russia Visits Chabad Center
Accompanied by a delegation, Mrs. Dorit Golender, the Israeli ambassador to Russia, visited last week the thriving Jewish community of Perm, Russia. She became closely acquainted with the community, its JCC and its educational institutes, under the leadership of Rabbi Zalman and Sarah Deutch.
Photos: Mashpiim Farbreng in Honor of Yud Kislev
Rabbi Shlomo Zarchi and Rabbi Pinchas Korf led a Farbrengen Wednesday night at Getzel’s Shul in honor of the 10th of Kislev, the day the Mitteler Rebbe was freed from prison in Czarist Russia.
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