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Getting Ready for Largest ‘One Shabbat One World’
Preparations are under way to make this year’s “One Shabbat One World” the biggest yet.
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Chabad of S. Monica Celebrates Religious Freedom
Each year, tens of thousands of spectators gather together in ‘Simcha Monica,’ California for a grand parade in honor of the fourth of July. The parade, which runs for approximately two miles, is filled with many kinds of floats. Since its inception, Chabad in Simcha Monica has played a major role in the parade in order to spread the light of Judaism to the masses in an unprecedented manner.
Record Rainfall Spurs Deadly Floods in Russia
At least 147 people have lost their lives in a torrent of rising water in Russia’s southern Krasnodar Region near the Black Sea after a deluge of rain – nearly five months’ worth – fell overnight Friday. More than 5,000 homes have been evacuated and President Vladimir Putin declared Monday to be a day of mourning for the victims.
Photos: Avrohom Perl for yspmorristown.com
Bochurim attending the Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ were treated to an ice skating trip on Thursday, July 5th. In addition to the skating, the Bochurim enjoyed laser tag and arcade games as well.
Photos: Y.S.P. Goes Ice Skating
Photos: Avrohom Perl for yspmorristown.com
Bochurim attending the Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ were treated to an ice skating trip on Thursday, July 5th. In addition to the skating, the Bochurim enjoyed laser tag and arcade games as well.
Kuye Youngblood produced and edited this walking tour for the Neighborhood Beat: Crown Heights show on Brooklyn Independent Television.
Video: Walking Tour of Lubavitch Crown Heights
Kuye Youngblood produced and edited this walking tour for the Neighborhood Beat: Crown Heights show on Brooklyn Independent Television.
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Weekly Photo: From Days Gone By
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present this vintage photograph of a Lubavitcher Bochur talking to a hippie with a guitar. Can you identify those in the picture, when and where it was taken?
Answer to last week’s photo in the extended article.
Baltimore Celebrates 12 Tammuz Amid Blackout
Yud Beis Tammuz is the Yom Tov that celebrates the persistent determination over challenges and hardships that the Frierdiker Rebbe displayed. Well, that’s how the Yom Tov was marked and observed this year in Baltimore, Maryland in the aftermath of a major storm that knocked out power to over 500,000 homes throughout the city.
On Wednesday night, Camp Gan Israel in Parksville, NY enjoyed an amazing Talent Night, where the campers and staff were treated to a dazzling display of raw talent performed by their fellow campers and staff.
Camp Gan Israel’s Got Talent!
On Wednesday night, Camp Gan Israel in Parksville, NY enjoyed an amazing Talent Night, where the campers and staff were treated to a dazzling display of raw talent performed by their fellow campers and staff.
Picture of the Day: Soldiers Learn 7 Universal Laws
Ben Diamond, Lubavitcher Chossid and Captain in the U.S. Army, teaches his weekly class on Sheva Mitzvos Bnei Noach at the Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri army base. The class attracts up to 100 soldiers each Sunday.
Keeping the Street Out of the Yeshiva
Left: Rabbi Yoseph Minkowitz. Right: Dr. Shloimie Zimmerman.
Chabad educators will convene next week at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Danbury, CT for 48 hours of total immersion in Chinuch. Much of the program will deal with the same issues that nearly 200 Chabad Mechanchos dealt with during their conference last week at the DOLCE center, in Norwalk. In addition, the Kinus will concentrate on the need to foster the development of children’s healthy self-image and worth within a turbulent world, an issue which is reflective of the realities Mechanchim deal with daily.
Goodness and Kindness Throughout Montreal
In honor of Gimmel Tammuz this year, bus shelter panels throughout the city of Montreal, Canada have been adorned with the Rebbe’s’ picture and message “Let’s welcome Moshiach with acts of goodness and kindness.”
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Detectives Investigating Death of 770 Beggar
WPIX
Left: Howard Frank begging outside 770. Right: Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal, where Howard’s body was found.
Homicide detectives are investigating the mysterious death of an Orthodox Jewish man who begged for money outside synagogues, even though his massive collection of vintage TV photos was said to be worth millions of dollars.
Bochurim, Students Honored for Year of Commitment
Yeshivas Lubavitch of Baltimore’s Mishmor – the weekly Learning program with Bochrim for boys ages 8 and up – celebrated a Year End Gala Dinner honoring the students and staff for their commitment throughout the year of 5772.
Today: Last Day to View Melamed Exhibit
The exhibit of photos taken by 770 photographer Yossi Melamed, located on the corner of Albany Ave. and Union St., will be open for the last day today (Sunday, 18 Tammuz), after remaining open for an extra week due to popular demand.
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Chabad Rabbi Takes Musical to Off-Broadway
Canadian Jewish News
Mitch Magonet, left, Rabbi Pinny Gniwisch and Joey Miller are premiering Rio, a musical with a social message, at the New York Musical Theatre Festival.
Rabbi Pinny Gniwisch has seen the abject poverty and violence of Brazil’s cities first hand. As a Chabad rabbi, he has travelled to Rio de Janeiro where millions live in shantytowns that teem with homeless children, exploited and sometimes callously murdered.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Aharon Mordechai Zilbershrom, OBM, of Jerusalem, at the age of 89.
Boruch Dayan Ha’emes: R’ Aharon M. Zilbershrom OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Aharon Mordechai Zilbershrom, OBM, of Jerusalem, at the age of 89.
New Engagement!
Eilan Yaacov Barak (Toronto, Canada) and Esther Malkah Krayzman (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be Monday at 1349 President St.
[between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
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