Baby Boy!
Boruch and Zlatie (nee Wilschanski) Benjaminson (Morristown, NJ)
Video: Rosh Hashana at Illini Chabad
Over 500 students of the University of Illinois joined Rabbi Rabbi Tiechtel for inspirational Rosh Hashana services.
Protesters Try to Stop Kaporos in Crown Heights
A small but determined group of demonstrators gathered at Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights yesterday to protest the Kaporos ceremonies that take place in Orthodox Jewish communities the week before Yom Kippur.
Winners and Losers of Yesterday’s Primary
As the last votes are being tallied up, CrownHeights.info provides a comprehensive summary of who won and who lost in yesterday’s primary election:
Chabad School Vandalized in France
Some time during the night vandals attacked the Beis Chaya Mushka Lubavitch girls’ school in Marseilles, France, leaving the interior and facade of the building defaced and the windows smashed to bits.
Picture of the Day: Remembering the Lives Lost on 9/11
2,996 lives were claimed in the terror attacks on September 11, 2001; among them were 418 first responders and emergency workers. Police officers from the 71st Precinct in Crown Heights held a brief memorial service in their honor.
Still Feeling the Pain: Remembering Michael Noeth
I grew up in a Chabad House. Chabad of Tidewater to be precise. Throughout the years, hundreds upon hundreds of different people have come and gone. Some we remember quite well. For others, it may take a moment. But only a select few are etched in our everlasting memories.
Thompson Defeats Hynes in Race for Brooklyn DA
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes’ 23-year run as Brooklyn’s top prosecutor has come to an end following his stunning defeat in Tuesday’s Democratic primary.
De Blasio Tops Mayoral Primary; Runoff Possible
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, who ran an upstart campaign pledging to fight New York City’s economic inequality, emerged as the surprising top choice in the Democratic mayoral primary, but could still face weeks — and another electoral fight — before becoming his party’s nominee.
Trading Spaces: Neat Nooks Just for the Holidays
For motorists on Ridge Road, one of the main arteries of Munster, Ind., the sight of a bearded rabbi lugging an oversized ornate cabinet across the busy street has become a yearly spectacle. It is Rabbi Eliezer Zalmanov transporting a specially constructed holy ark from the cozy sanctuary in his home to the Center for Visual and Performing Arts, where he and a cadre of volunteers set up a makeshift synagogue to accommodate the large crowds that join the congregation for the High Holidays.
From Days Gone By: Kos Shel Bracha
The Rebbe distributes Kos Shel Bracha at the conclusion of Yomtov, circa early 1960s.
First Bar Mitzvah Since Holocaust Celebrated in Bulgaria
Hundreds gathered in Sofia, Bulgaria to celebrate what is being described as the first Bar Mitzvah in the country since the Holocaust decimated its Jewish population during WWII.
Video: Burned Chabad House Menorah Replaced
A Chabad House menorah that was destroyed by fire last week on Ocean Parkway has been replaced. Elected officials joined the local Shluchim outside Chabad-Lubavitch of Kensington to watch the new menorah’s installment.
Montreal Lubavitchers Rescue Non-Jewish Baby
In an extraordinary story of Kiddush Hashem, a non-Jewish woman in Montreal whose baby got locked in her car praised the Jewish community, calling the woman who helped her a “messenger from G-d.”
De Blasio: I Will Keep MBP Consent Requirements
Although he stood next to speakers claiming the opposite, Bill de Blasio insists his position has not changed on the city’s controversial regulation of a ritual circumcision practice.
Keren Hashanah: Charity for Every Day of the Year
Unforgettable to those that were there, and relivable today via video (in extended article), in the first sicha spoken by the Rebbe, with Herculean physical effort, after the devastating “episode” of Shemini Atzeret, 1977, the Rebbe reminded his Chasidim to continue keeping his directives: Chitas, Keren Hashana and the mivtzoim.
Today: $5 Chickens for Kaporos at NCFJE
Subsidized chickens for the traditional Kaporos ritual will once again be provided for Crown Heights residents by the NCFJE.
