New Engagement!
Motty Rosenfeld (Toronto, Ontario) and Raizy Konikov (Satellite Beach, FL)
L’Chaim Monday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
The theme was “The Power of Love” as the Conejo Valley, California Friendship Circle celebrated its 10th anniversary at the Hyatt Westlake Plaza hotel on Monday night and paid tribute with Pioneer Leadership Awards to 19 volunteers.
Friendship Circle Honorees Share Lasting Memories
The theme was “The Power of Love” as the Conejo Valley, California Friendship Circle celebrated its 10th anniversary at the Hyatt Westlake Plaza hotel on Monday night and paid tribute with Pioneer Leadership Awards to 19 volunteers.
Bris Milah and Mohalim Puncturing the Propaganda
Due to the severe backlogging of court cases caused by Hurricane Sandy, the hearing over the law requiring mohelim to obtain parents’ “informed consent” before performing metzitzah b’peh has been rescheduled for December 12. In the meantime, the temporary stay on the “consent” rule has been extended, with the government agreeing not to enforce this regulation until oral arguments are heard.
Chitrik Academy to Help Students with Gemara
A new online video library was created in memory of Reb Tzvi Hirsch Chitrik, OBM, with the goal of assisting students both young and old achieve greater understanding and knowledge in Gemara.
3 Sunday Night L’chaims!
Yitzy Blasenstein (Sydney, Australia) and Henny Simon (Crown Heights)
Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Mendy Niazov (Vienna, Austria) and Rivka Sabbach (Melbourne, Australia)
F.R.E.E., 1383 President St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Zalmy Hershkop (Crown Heights) and Mushka Shubov (Toronto, Canada)
Empire Shteibel, 489 Empire Blvd. [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.]
The Or Lachayal organization, under the leadership of Rabbi Menachem Ofen, went with volunteers to the south of Israel near the Gaza border to elevate the morale of the IDF soldiers stationed there.
Lubavitchers Raise Israeli Soldiers’ Morale
The Or Lachayal organization, under the leadership of Rabbi Menachem Ofen, went with volunteers to the south of Israel near the Gaza border to elevate the morale of the IDF soldiers stationed there.
New Engagement!
Mendy Baron (Miami Beach, FL) and Rivka Minkowitz (Teaneck, NJ)
L’chaim will be Tuesday at the Jewish Children’s Museum
792 Eastern Pkwy. [corner Kingston Ave.]
PSA: Popular Weekly Class Moves to Crown Heights
Rabbi Shmuel Braun’s popular weekly Parshah class has moved from Yerushalayim to Crown Heights.
Hundreds gathered outside 770, the Lubavitch World Headquarters, to partake in the Levaya of Rebbetzin Devorah Krinsky OBM, wife of the Rebbes Mazkir Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky YBD"L.
Photos: Hundreds Attend Levaya of Rebbetzin Krinsky
Hundreds gathered outside 770, the Lubavitch World Headquarters, to partake in the Levaya of Rebbetzin Devorah Krinsky OBM, wife of the Rebbes Mazkir Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky YBD”L.
Kremlin Funded TV Station Attacks Algemeiner
Russia Today presenter Abby Martin lashed out at The Algemeiner in her show last week after blogger Lakkana Nanayakkara called her out on some of the more outrageous accusations she leveled against Israel during the Jewish State’s “Pillar of Defense” operation.
Picture of the Day: Never Too Old or Too Important
Rabbi Leibel Groner, the Rebbe’s secretary, puts Tefilin on a young Jew at the Western Wall.
Chazan Helfgot sings Boruch Habo / Mi Adir at the Rosemarin - Pelman Chupah, on 8 Kislev, 5773, in front of 770-Lubavitch world headquarters in Crown Heights.
Video: Chazan Helfgot Sings at Chupah in Front of 770
Chazan Helfgot sings Boruch Habo / Mi Adir at the Rosemarin – Pelman Chupah, on 8 Kislev, 5773, in front of 770-Lubavitch world headquarters in Crown Heights.
Baby Boy!
Elkana and Nechama (nee Zaklikovsky) Shmotkin (Crown Heights)
Robberies Soaring in Prospect Park
Leave your iPhone at home when you walk through Prospect Park. Robberies more than doubled in Brooklyn’s biggest green space over the past year — even as Central Park’s numbers dropped by 13.3 percent.
Rebbetzin Devorah Krinsky, wife of 55 years of יבלח"ט Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky—secretary to the Lubavitcher Rebbe—passed away on Friday night after a brief illness. Surrounded by her husband and children, and after the Friday night Kiddush was recited at her bedside, she peacefully returned her soul to her Maker. She was 74.
Boruch Dayan Ho’emes: Rebbetzin Devorah Krinsky
Rebbetzin Devorah Krinsky, wife of 55 years of יבלח”ט Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky—secretary to the Lubavitcher Rebbe—passed away on Friday night after a brief illness. Surrounded by her husband and children, and after the Friday night Kiddush was recited at her bedside, she peacefully returned her soul to her Maker. She was 74.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] – Two Jewish men were mugged on Thursday night in separate incidents, which occurred a little while apart. The muggers made off with a paltry $4 in cash and an old cell phone.
Two Jewish Men Mugged Thursday Night
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] – Two Jewish men were mugged on Thursday night in separate incidents, which occurred a little while apart. The muggers made off with a paltry $4 in cash and an old cell phone.













