Monday Night L’chaim!
Dovi Seldowitz (Crown Heights) and Atara Kaye (Sydney, Australia)
Chevra Ahava Yisroel, 1349 President St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
New Engagement!
Yisroel Noach Rabiski (Toronto, Canada) and Aidela Moskowitz (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be Tuesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
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Police Arrest Key Suspect in Mumbai Attack
Indian police have arrested a man who is thought to be the one heard giving instructions by phone to the terrorists who were holed up inside the Mumbai Chabad House in November 2008.
Rebbetzin Chana’s Memoirs: A Virtual Head Table
In this 36th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana describes her mixed feelings of joy and sorrow when she and Reb Levik celebrated their own version of the Rebbe’s wedding from far away in Yekatrinoslav, unable to attend in Warsaw.
New Engagement!
Yisroel Noach Rabiski (Toronto, Canada) and Aidela Moskowitz (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be Tuesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Mystical City’s Newest Yeshiva Adds Creative Touch
Every Friday, Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva students across the globe head out of their study halls and take to the streets for pre-Sabbath interactions with locals: On the lookout for Jewish passersby, tourists and shopkeepers, they help men don the prayer boxes known as tefillin, hand out Sabbath candles to women, and answer questions about Judaism to anyone who asks.
New Engagement!
Shimmy Gerlitzky (Crown Heights) and Itty Fellig (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be tonight, Sunday at Bais Rivkah
310 Crown St. [between New York and Nostrand Ave.]
Bill Passed to Make Kindergarten Mandatory in NYC
Kindergarten would become mandatory for all 5-year-olds in New York City under a bill passed this week by state lawmakers.
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Op-Ed: Preventing Child Abuse at Summer Camp
In the next few days, our children will pack up their clothes, bedding and favorite pillows and head off to summer camp. Most will return home with wonderful memories of new friends and fun filled days. Some will return home with devastating memories that will last a lifetime – memories of being abused.
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Shluchim Meet with Washington D.C. Officials
Congressional leaders and top Obama administration officials met with representatives of Chabad-Lubavitch, lead by Rabbi Avrohom Shemtov.
Muslim Brotherhood Wins Egyptian Presidency
Mohamed Morsi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood – of which Hamas is an offshoot, was declared the new president of Egypt on Sunday, following the first democratic election in Egypt’s history.
Elie Wiesel, one of the most passionate Jewish voices of our time, enjoyed an enduring correspondence and personal relationship with the Lubavitcher Rebbe. An avid student, a sought after teacher, survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, Wiesel is the author of numerous related books, among them the bestselling Night, the first in a trilogy about his life in the concentration camps. Recipient of many literary awards and honorary degrees, Mr. Wiesel, a professor at Boston University, spoke with Baila Olidort.
In Conversation with Nobel Prize Winner Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel, one of the most passionate Jewish voices of our time, enjoyed an enduring correspondence and personal relationship with the Lubavitcher Rebbe. An avid student, a sought after teacher, survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, Wiesel is the author of numerous related books, among them the bestselling Night, the first in a trilogy about his life in the concentration camps. Recipient of many literary awards and honorary degrees, Mr. Wiesel, a professor at Boston University, spoke with Baila Olidort.
91-Year-Old Puts on Teffilin for First Time
Junior Shluchim Shaina and Dovid Gutnick went along with their father to give out Shabbos candles and put on teffilin with other Jews in honor of Gimmel Tammuz in Boca Raton, FL. One man they met was 91 years old, and had never put on teffilin before, so they celebrated his Bar-Mitzvah right in the middle of Costco!
