Tomorrow (Tuesday) Bonei Olam of Crown Heights is hosting its 2nd annual auction to raise much needed funds for those experiencing the nisayon of infertility. Bonei Olam has helped over 3,000 Jewish couples achieve the dream of becoming a family by providing hundreds of thousands of dollars in financial assistance for medical costs and insurance.
Chabad of the West Coast’s 32nd annual L’Chaim “To Life!” Telethon raised a total of 4,039,902 dollars during an intensely emotional 3 hour extravaganza. The total was slightly below last year’s tally of $4.2 million.
This year for Rosh Hashanah the Besht Center will be holding its tefilos at the Lubavitcher Yeshiva Simcha Hall, located at 570 Crown St. [entrance on Albany Ave.]. Rabbi Shmuel Kuperman will inspire the congregation with his melodies and speeches.
In the latest episode of her show ‘Jew in the City’, Allison Josephs explores the deeper meaning and discovers inspirational reflections on the Jewish practice of immersion in the Mikvah.
The first issue of Hachayol magazine is hot off the presses just in time for Rosh Hashana 5773. 7,000 copies have been shipped to over 50 Tzivos Hashem bases and more than 700 shluchim’s kids across the globe thanks to the MyShliach organazation.
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A non-Jewish family in India named their daughter – born on the third anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks – in memory of Rivka Holtzberg, the Chabad-Lubavitch emissary who was murdered alongside her husband Rabbi Gavriel Holzberg and their four guests at the Nariman House facility they operated as a Jewish center.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A pedestrian crossing the street was struck and injured by a vehicle making a left turn onto Empire Boulevard. Hatzalah was on scene within moments of the incident.
A home security surveillance video caught footage of the thieves who made off with a minivan’s tires on President St. two days ago. The thieves can [barely] be seen in the top right corner of the video, arriving in what seems to be a black Nissan or Infinity. They arrived in two trips, taking the left tires first and then returning for the right ones. The theft occurred between 2:00 and 5:00am.
A group of Chassidim gathered to recite the first Slichos in the Rebbe’s home on President St. The Slichos were led by the Chazzan Rabbi Zalman Baumgarten.
The bochurim who had just arrived for a year of studying in Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch in Brunoy, France gathered in the main Zal after midnight to recite the first Slichos.
Electricity and natural-gas prices in New York City and Westchester will jump in October 2013 if Con Ed gets its way, the company’s top finance officer said yesterday.
Retribution and Tragedy are words that are often mingled among one another. In simple terms, each expression within our lexicon represents an opposing force often brought together due to a trying circumstance.
Jew Pond, an unassuming human-made body of water in New Hampshire that nonetheless became a center of controversy, will henceforth be known as Carleton Pond.
ChabadMatch.com, a matchmaking site for Lubavitch singles and shadchanim featuring the largest online database of Lubavitch singles, recently celebrated its 50th engagement — that’s 100 happy Chabad individuals who are single no longer!
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Rabbi Levi Dubrawsky and his wife Leah’s narrow kitchen was full of University of North Texas students preparing gefilte fish, carrot kugel, chocolate cake and chocolate chip cookies Thursday night.
A throng of Crown Heights residents descended upon Beis Rivka for an annual shoe sale, which takes place before Rosh Hashanah. The sale, which is advertised here on CrownHeights.info, sells quality shoes for as low as $20-$45 a pair.
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