In the aftermath of the tragic passing of 21 year old Nosson Deitsch two years ago, his classmates established a shul in Crown Heights that bears his name. “Nosson’s Shul” quickly grew into a vibrant hub for learning and davening, with minyonim, shuirim, farbrengens and one-on-one learning taking place on Shabbos and throughout the week.
Akiva Hall (New Orleans, LA) and Chanah Black (North Hollywood, CA)
L’chaim will be tonight, Thursday at Beis Levi Yitzchok
556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany Ave.]
A collision involving two vehicles, one driven by an elderly Jewish man, occurred at around 2:15pm today on the corner of Nostrand Ave. and Pacific St. in the north side of Crown Heights.
Meir Simon (Delmar, NY) and Sarah Lowenstein (Morristown, NJ)
Lipa and Alexsandra (Nee Diament) Lieberman (Crown Heights)
In the above video posted to YouTube, Dawid Rosh M. Mahilum, a 10-Year-Old boy living in the Philippines, sings Avraham Fried’s English hit song ‘Don’t hide from me’ while playing the keyboard in his school’s auditorium.
Dovid Leib and Baily (nee Geisinsky) Silberstein (Montreal, Canada)
Hundreds of mourners paid their last respects to the beloved Chossid and educator Rabbi Yosef Wineberg, OBM, as his funeral procession passed by 770 this morning.
A major announcement by JLI Chairman Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky at the annual JLI conference at Queens College earlier this week was a grant of 1.2 Million dollars to expand JLI’s educational reach, gifted jointly the George Rohr and David Magerman.
Music played loudly while the men danced. On the women’s side of the mechitzah, we tried to speak over the sounds. I leaned over the table to hear what my co-worker’s wife was saying. “Well, because we are both Belz, it just made sense,” Zeldy said with a smile, then continued picking at the chicken on her plate.
Rabbi Yosef Wineberg, once called Chabad-Lubavitch’s “globetrotting ambassador” and the first in the United States to have a regular class on Chabad philosophy broadcast over the radio waves, passed away Wednesday at the age of 94. A faculty member of the United Lubavitch Yeshiva school system, he was known not only for his scholarly knowledge, but also for his calculated and patient words, and characteristic Chasidic warmth towards his fellow man.
The Supreme Court upheld President Obama‘s health care law today in a splintered, complex opinion that gives Obama a major election-year victory.
18-year-old Melbourne student Benyomin Cylich will cross the United States next month on his bicycle to raise $5000 for the Friendship Circle.
Five hundred friends and supporters of Chabad of the Conejo gathered at the Four Seasons Hotel in Westlake Village, California, for a gala Banquet event celebrating the organization’s recent momentous opening of its new Center for Jewish Life in Agoura Hills, and its commitment to continued growth in the months and years ahead. The theme of the evening was “From Strength to Strength: Don’t Stop Thinking about Tomorrow!”
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Wisdom with understanding,” the motto of Sarah Lawrence College, fits perfectly with the ideals of Chabad, which is opening a center at the Bronxville campus in time for the 2012 fall semester.
Israeli singing sensation Meidad Tasa performs the Chabad Nigun An’im Zmiros on Radio Kol Berama, Commemorating the 18th anniversary of the passing of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
On Tuesday, June 26, Chabad at La Costa took the next major step towards dedicating its new complex as the old Chabad Center was demolished. Many of the community participants turned out to witness this event, which they almost uniformly described as ‘bittersweet.’ Bitter in the sense that there have been so many events in the old building over the past twenty years, yet sweet in that it marks a new beginning in the Chabad House’s growth and development.
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