Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe!
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute present three newly-released vintage photos of the Rebbe:
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Dressing With Faith, Not Heat, in Mind
NY Times
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
by Anonymous
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.
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
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
NY Daily News
New York City Mayor David Dinkins presided over the botched police response to the Crown Heights riots in 1991.
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
NY Daily News
New York City Mayor David Dinkins presided over the botched police response to the Crown Heights riots in 1991.
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.
by Daniel K. Eisenbud - Jerusalem Post
Illustration photo
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”
by Daniel K. Eisenbud – Jerusalem Post
Illustration photo
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.
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Chicago Chabad House Avoids Foreclosure
Left: Lubavitch Chabad of the Loop. Right: Rabbi Meir Chai Benhiyoun with Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel.
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.
New Engagement!
Meir Simon (Delmar, NY) and Sarah Lowenstein (Morristown, NJ)
Baby Boy!
Lipa and Alexsandra (Nee Diament) Lieberman (Crown Heights)
In the above video posted to YouTube, Dawid Rosh M. Mahilum, a 10-Year-Old boy living in the Philippines, sings Avraham Fried's English hit song 'Don't hide from me' while playing the keyboard in his school's auditorium.
Avraham Fried Popular in the Philippines?
In the above video posted to YouTube, Dawid Rosh M. Mahilum, a 10-Year-Old boy living in the Philippines, sings Avraham Fried’s English hit song ‘Don’t hide from me’ while playing the keyboard in his school’s auditorium.
Baby Girl!
Dovid Leib and Baily (nee Geisinsky) Silberstein (Montreal, Canada)
Hundreds of mourners paid their last respects to the beloved Chossid and educator Rabbi Yosef Wineberg, OBM, as his funeral procession passed by 770 this morning.
Photos: Hundreds at Levaya of Reb Yosef Wineberg
Hundreds of mourners paid their last respects to the beloved Chossid and educator Rabbi Yosef Wineberg, OBM, as his funeral procession passed by 770 this morning.
JLI Purchases New Building with $1.2 Million Grant
Photos by Bentzi Sasson
A major announcement by JLI Chairman Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky at the annual JLI conference at Queens College earlier this week was a grant of 1.2 Million dollars to expand JLI’s educational reach, gifted jointly the George Rohr and David Magerman.
So Different Yet Similar
Music played loudly while the men danced. On the women’s side of the mechitzah, we tried to speak over the sounds. I leaned over the table to hear what my co-worker’s wife was saying. “Well, because we are both Belz, it just made sense,” Zeldy said with a smile, then continued picking at the chicken on her plate.
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