4 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Avrumi and Rochel Steinmetz
1690 Union St. [between Schenectady and Utica Ave.] Apt. 4A
Sholom and Chaya (nee Altein) Kramer
620 Montgomery St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Lipa and Alexsandra (nee Diament) Lieberman
866 Eastern Parkway [corner Albany Ave.] Apt. 6D
Aryeh and Rochel (nee Novoseletsky) Hoffman
1
CGI Morristown Wraps Up Exciting First Week
Over 350 children in 5 divisions (boys, girls, kiddie, chayal and CIT) enjoyed a full range of activities, including sports and swim instruction, drama, arts, cooking and much more during their first week at Camp Gan Israel of Morristown, NJ. The highlights were the three trips: to FunZone, Glow in the Dark Golf and Imagine That.
Shabbos at the Besht: Deeper Meaning of 12 Tammuz
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Seligson will lead a discussion on the topic: The Deeper Meaning of Yud Beis Tammuz.
Campus Chabad House Directors Attend Conference
Hundreds of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries serving college campuses from around the world have gathered at the Hilton Stamford Hotel and Executive Meeting Center in Connecticut for the 11th annual Chabad on Campus International Emissaries Conference that ends yesterday.
Students Graduate Monsey Cheder
This past Wednesday night, Cheder Chabad of Monsey held its third 8th grade graduation for the boys divison.
LAST DAY: Help CrownHeights.info Win $250,000!
CrownHeights.info has been providing the Crown Heights community, and the global Chabad community as well, with up-to-date news and stimulating commentary for almost a decade. Now is your opportunity to give back – and it won’t cost you a cent.
Just in time for summer, a Russian ice cream company produced a special kosher line of the frozen dessert. The Stavropol-based company approached the kosher department of the Russian Chief Rabbinate headed by Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar about launching a production line that would be acceptable to Jewish dietary laws.
Six Varieties of Kosher Ice Cream Produced in Russia
Just in time for summer, a Russian ice cream company produced a special kosher line of the frozen dessert. The Stavropol-based company approached the kosher department of the Russian Chief Rabbinate headed by Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar about launching a production line that would be acceptable to Jewish dietary laws.
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe!
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute present three newly-released vintage photos of the Rebbe:
Dressing With Faith, Not Heat, in Mind
When the mercury passes 90, most New Yorkers start to wilt. Many resort to shorts and tank tops, even in the office. More than a few bankers and lawyers reach for their seersuckers.
Letter: To the Woman Who Dented My New Minivan
Dear Jewish woman who dented the side of my brand new minivan,
My non-Jewish neighbors tell me that they urged you to leave a note with your number on it, but when I found it on my windshield it was just a bunch of illegible scribbles.
Please send memories and condolences to: shaptaisegal@gmail.com
Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She'ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim
Info to Be Menachem Avel the Segal Family
The Segal family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their father and grandfather, Yitzchak OBM, at 910 Eastern Parkway [between Albany and Troy Ave.] Friday after 4:00pm. Please come and help with the minyan.
Please send memories and condolences to: shaptaisegal@gmail.com
Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim
Ed Koch has a bridge named after him, so why not David Dinkins? That’s the question City Councilman Fernando Cabrera will ask Thursday when he introduces a bill to rename the Willis Avenue Bridge after New York’s first and only African-American mayor.
Politicians Want Bridge Named After Mayor Dinkins
Ed Koch has a bridge named after him, so why not David Dinkins? That’s the question City Councilman Fernando Cabrera will ask Thursday when he introduces a bill to rename the Willis Avenue Bridge after New York’s first and only African-American mayor.
Like many uninformed, non-observant Jews, I made the mistake of generalizing that all ultra-Orthodox Jews were singularly insulated, inaccessible and elitist. For the better part of my life, any time I saw a man on the street wearing a black fedora, suit and tzitzit, I registered an almost Pavlovian reflex of discomfort, assuming the person in question would view me as an inferior Jew.
“Thank You Chabad, I’m Sorry I Misjudged You”
Like many uninformed, non-observant Jews, I made the mistake of generalizing that all ultra-Orthodox Jews were singularly insulated, inaccessible and elitist. For the better part of my life, any time I saw a man on the street wearing a black fedora, suit and tzitzit, I registered an almost Pavlovian reflex of discomfort, assuming the person in question would view me as an inferior Jew.
.jpg)
Chicago Chabad House Avoids Foreclosure
A Chicago Chabad House avoided foreclosure by filing for bankruptcy. The brownstone housing the Lubavitch Chabad of the Loop, Gold Coast and Lincoln Park was to have gone on the auction block Wednesday, but the bankruptcy filing this week gave Chabad additional time to repay a bank loan, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Writing Begins on New Sefer Torah for Nosson’s Shul
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.
New Engagement!
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.
Elderly Jew Involved in Accident on Nostrand 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.
