6 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Shmuel and Rivky Kazen
1375 Union St. [between Brooklyn and New York ave.]
Alexander and Raizel Heppenheimer
438 Sterling St. [between Brooklyn and New York ave.]
Meir and Minah Leah Levine
737 Eastern Parkway [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Levi and Batsheva (nee Junik) Browd
349 Crown St. [corner of New York Ave.] Apt. 3H
Shaya and Mushky (nee Sperlin) Horowitz
1427 President St. [between Kingston and Albany Ave.]
Chanan and Shoshana (nee Etzkin) Nocks
Shabbos at the Besht: Why Does G-d Take Revenge?
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yaacov Sebbag will lead a discussion on the topic: Why Does G-d Take Revenge?
Baby Girl!
Bery and Chenchie (nee Tiefenbrun) Schmukler (Las Cruces, NM)
Photo Gallery: Week 2 of CGI in Lyon, France
Campers enjoyed their second week at Gan Israel of Lyon, France, where Jewish children from all over the city are given the wonderful dual experience of learning about their faith and having a blast.
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe!
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute present these photos of the Rebbe on the way to the Ohel, and giving coins for Tzedaka on Erev Yom Kippur, 1984.
Department of Health Shuts Down 1414 Kitchen
Yesterday, signs went up informing bochurim who learn in 770 that the kitchen and dining room in the basement of 1414 President St. has been shut down due to a failed Health Department inspection. The bochurim are currently eating in adjacent Getzel’s Shul until the matter is resolved.
Baby Girl!
Gabe and Naomi (nee Kasz) Schwed (New York, NY)
Bike 4 Friendship Heading Through the Rockies
Bike4Friendship, the trailblazing coast-to-coast fundraising bike ride, is making history again.
Six Tefilin at Six flags
This week, Camp Gan Yisroel of Simcha Monica went on a trip to Six Flags. Before going on the trip, they were briefed by the head counselor about the rules which must be followed in such a large area. After listing all the rules, the head counselor made an offer: “Whichever group of campers will find a Jew and put on Teffilin with him, they will be rewarded – each Jew, another prize!”
The Battle Over $33 Flights To Hong Kong
It was an airfare deal too good to be true: fly first class to Hong Kong for just 4 frequent flier miles and $33 in taxes.
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Crown Heights Farmers Market Struggles to Survive
Rodrick Brown‘s calaloo is about the freshest you can find in Brooklyn, but while the leafy Caribbean staple practically sells itself to Park Slope parents at the Grand Army Plaza Farmers Market, it hardly moves in the heart of Brooklyn’s Islander community.
Op-Ed: Crown Heights Needs an Old-Age Home
The Crown Heights Community can be justifiably proud in the wonderful work of Hafatzus Hamayinus that they do worldwide. A prime example is your recent article of photographer Meir Alfasi, who traveled to the mountains of Bolivia, where he brought Judaism to fellow Yidden some of the most remote places on earth. However, with the many elderly and vulnerable residents that we now have in Crown Heights, one does not have to go to the remotest places on earth to help another Jew.
Sydney's JNTV went around asking Jews their opinion on whether Israel's ultra-Orthodox should be drafted to the military. Rabbi Yehudah Spielman, a Lubavitch schoolteacher, weighed in on the debate as well.
Video: Should the Charedim Be Drafted?
Sydney’s JNTV went around asking Jews their opinion on whether Israel’s ultra-Orthodox should be drafted to the military. Rabbi Yehudah Spielman, a Lubavitch schoolteacher, weighed in on the debate as well.
Take a 3-minute tour that highlights some of the major changes and improvements at Chabad.org, the #1 Jewish website.
Video: A 3-Minute Tour of the New Chabad.org
Take a 3-minute tour that highlights some of the major changes and improvements at Chabad.org, the #1 Jewish website.
Photos: Beis Rivka Gets a Facelift
You know those broken steps and stained bricks that greet our elementary school children who attend Beis Rivkah every morning? Aside from the visual blight they cause, the broken steps have become quite dangerous. The school administration has finally taken steps to fix it. Permanently.
