The Jewish community of Poltava in central Ukraine rejoiced today with the dedication of a new Synagogue and community center, under the directorship of Chief Rabbi and Chabad Shliach Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Segal.
The exciting and tasty Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society Flatbush barbecue will grace East 22nd Street and Avenue I, in front of the home of Pinny and Yaffa Rand, this coming Tuesday, August 7 at 7:00pm, and will benefit the scores of cancer-stricken patients in the Flatbush and Crown Heights communities.
Hershy Korik (Huntington Beach, CA) and Goldie Kotlarsky (Crown Heights)
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After being ousted from the far-right Jobbik party following an uproar over the discovery of his Jewish roots, former Hungarian Member Parliament Csanad Szegedi has met with a Chabad rabbi.
Parents and friends from all over the northeast made the trek up to the Quebec mountains to visit the children in Camp Gan Yisroel of Montreal.
JTA reports that Estonia is moving to change its policy toward “shechita” or religious slaughter owing to the 2010 DialRel report which found that the method of stunning an animal is a better alternative than shechita.
Zalman Shimon and Chaya Mushka (nee Hecht) Wolf (Brooklyn, NY)
A new Chabad House will be dedicated shortly in the Kiryat Arba Neighborhood of Chevron. The new Chabad center is called Beis Chaya Mushka, named after young Chaya Mushka Atiyah, OBM, daughter of Shluchim Rabbi Victor and Devorah Atiyah. Chaya Mushka was killed in a tragic fire on the 20th of Av six years ago.
Crown Heights [CHI] — A member of the Crown Heights Shomrim volunteer patrol woke up this morning to find that his car had been torched. A burning substance had been tossed between the windshield and the hood, incapacitating the car and causing substantive exterior damage.
Rabbi Levi Wolosow was among the tens of thousands of participants in the 12th Siyum HaShas, held at the MetLife stadium in the Meadowlands on August 1st. He was there with several students from his adult education class at Chabad of Western Monmouth County, who had approached him five years ago asking to study the Daf Yomi.
Bochurim at the Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ enjoyed a grand paintball-shooting trip, along with an inspiring bonfire and adventurous overnight.
In an age when the phrase “business ethics” can seem like an oxymoron, a group of rabbis has designed a course to use age-old Jewish teachings to help infuse some morality into economics – from the household budget to the stock market.
Yesterday the campers of Gan Yisroel in Parksville, NY had a real treat: “The Amazing Race!”
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With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Mr. Sami Rohr, father of Mr. George Rohr, both noted philanthropists and supporters of Chabad programs and institutions throughout the world.
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CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present this vintage photograph of elder Chassidim at the Rebbe’s farbrengen. Can you identify those in the picture and when it was taken?
Answer to last week’s photo in the extended article.
Congregants of Frankel Shul – located on President St. between Utica and Rochester Ave. – were interrupted amid their Shabbos afternoon prayers when gun shots rang out right outside the Shul where the children were playing.
Since its founding 127 years ago, the Fernández y Roche factory on the edge of this Andalusian capital has weathered every crisis known to hatters.
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