New Engagement!
Hershy Ives (London, UK) and Ariella Schachter (Hollywood, FL)
L’chaim will be Tuesday at 823 Montgomery St.
[between Albany and Troy Ave.]
New Engagement!
Boruch Werdiger (Melbourne, Australia) and Chaya Denebeim (Palm Springs, CA)
Keren Avraham Eliezer Auction Photos and Winners
The Keren Avraham Eliezer Camp Fund – in memory of Avrohom Goldman HYD – hosted a Chinese Auction in Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Crown Heights on Sunday, with hundreds in attendance. The following are the lucky winners:

Albany Day School Marches Proudly on Lag Ba’omer
The sun shone beautifully after days of rain, and neighbors along the way cheered on as each class proudly carried its own “Mitzvos on the Go!” banner.
Baby Boy!
Naftali and Chaya (nee Hotzberg) Berkowitz (Crown Heights)

Warren Buffett’s Investors Find Judaism in Omaha
Jewish attendees at Warren Buffett‘s annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders conference in Omaha weren’t far from Judaism last weekend, with kosher food, prayer services, study opportunities and a rabbi just a stone’s throw away from the cavernous CenturyLink Center.
An Australian train passenger uploaded this video of Shmuely Lipsker, a Crown Heights bochur studying in Melbourne, Australia, rapping about Tefilin while doing Mivtzoim in the Balaclava Train Station.
Video: Bochur Rapping About Wrapping Tefilin
An Australian train passenger uploaded this video of Shmuely Lipsker, a Crown Heights bochur studying in Melbourne, Australia, rapping about Tefilin while doing Mivtzoim in the Balaclava Train Station.
Shachris: 7:00, 8:00 and 9:30
Mincha: Shkia
Maariv: Tzeis
Please send memories and condolences to: akivagreenberglegacy@gmail.com
Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She'ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim
Info to Be Menachem Avel the Greenberg Family
The Greenberg family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their father, Reb Akiva OBM, at 1664 President St. [between Schenectady and Utica Ave.] Apt. 3I
Shachris: 7:00, 8:00 and 9:30
Mincha: Shkia
Maariv: Tzeis
Please send memories and condolences to: akivagreenberglegacy@gmail.com
Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim
Rabbi Leibel Kesselman, his wife Musie (nee Posner) and their children, Chana and Mendel, are moving to Greenville, South Carolina on the Rebbe's Shlichus to share the warmth of Yiddishkeit with the Upstate region.
New Shluchim to South Carolina
Rabbi Leibel Kesselman, his wife Musie (nee Posner) and their children, Chana and Mendel, are moving to Greenville, South Carolina on the Rebbe’s Shlichus to share the warmth of Yiddishkeit with the Upstate region.

New Jersey Town Issuing $85 Fines for ‘Text Walking’
A New Jersey town took to ticketing pedestrians caught texting while walking after a rise in jaywalking incidents.

Weekly Photo: From Days Gone By
Crownheights.info and Lubavitch Archives present this vintage photograph of a group of children with former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. Can you identify any of the children in the picture, when and where it was taken?
Answer to last week’s photo in the extended article

Jews in Sports: The Tragedy
It’s your worst nightmare. It forces sleepless nights upon you. It’s called: “The Concussion.” While its prevalent nature varies with each sport, this so-called “epidemic” is endemic in many athletic activities.
Photos: Young Shliach Says Goodbye to His Curls
Yankele Resnick, 3, of Pleasanton, California, took part in his Upshernish, an ancient Jewish tradition where a boy’s hair is cut for the first time on his third birthday, on Thursday, May 10, 2012.
Fire Burns Two Houses on Maple Street
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Firefighters rushed to the scene of a blaze on Maple Street that was quickly engulfing an entire house and began extending into the attached home next door. Swift action prevented serious fire damage to the second home, but the first one sustained heavy damage.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A car traveling up Kingston Avenue suddenly swerved and smashed into a parked car. The driver then calmly collected all his paperwork, got out of the car and fled. A quick call to the Shomrim hotline resulted in his arrest.
Shomrim Apprehend Fleeing Hit-and-Run Driver
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A car traveling up Kingston Avenue suddenly swerved and smashed into a parked car. The driver then calmly collected all his paperwork, got out of the car and fled. A quick call to the Shomrim hotline resulted in his arrest.