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:
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.
Naftali and Chaya (nee Hotzberg) Berkowitz (Crown Heights)
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.
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.
A New Jersey town took to ticketing pedestrians caught texting while walking after a rise in jaywalking incidents.
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
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.
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.
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.
Avi and Bryna (nee Novak) Webb (Crown Heights)
The six Torah scrolls that were recently stolen from the Tzemach Tzedek shul in the old city of Tzfas were found today by three children in an abandoned cave in the city.
“Yiddish-kites” were created and flown at the spectacular Lag Baomer festivities, sponsored by Chabad of Western Monmouth County, NJ, coordinated by Rabbi Avrohom Bernstein, the Chabad Program Director.
In this 30th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana describes how a leading member of the secular Zionist movement was so impressed with Reb Levik after he had addressed his questions, that he quit the movement due to their opposition to Reb Levik’s candidacy for Rav of Yekatrinoslav.
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