Crownheights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a series of pictures from the Harlig Collection of the Lag Ba’omer Parade of 1976. That year the Rebbe announced the ‘Year of Education.’ It was also the only time there was a large parade with the Rebbe’s participation even though Lag Ba’omer did not occur on a Sunday.
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On Monday, April 30th 2012, Rutgers Jewish Outreach hosted an end of year BBQ which was attended by over 100 Jewish students.
Students took center stage at the Students-and-Scholars symposium at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore on Sunday, presenting to Rabbis and distinguished academics.
Rabbi Moshe Nemanow, a scholar and expert on Hebrew manuscripts who worked in the archival division at Chabad’s Central Library in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, passed away Tuesday, May 1. He was 74.
Adi Huja was in the beginning of her teenage years when her whole life changed. She was out with friends on a Saturday night when suicide bombers detonate their devices and a car full of explosives into the crowd. She survived, but suffered injuries to both legs and ears that have required years of recovery and ongoing operations.
Childhood experiences and teenage encounters often form a chain, leading a person to his destiny. Such has been the case with Moscow’s chief rabbi.
This past Yud daled Kislev an idea was born: for a nominal fee of $100, Devorah Benjamin of KSCVK will take your name, the name of your child, friend, or relative, and daven at the Ohel for a shidduch. The money will go straight to KSCVK’s fund for Crown Heights Chassanim and Kallos.
Rabbi Nissen Mangel was a 10-year old child when he came to the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. There he witnessed unspeakable atrocities, but he also witnessed amazing acts of faith. In this moving and powerful talk, Rabbi Mangel tells his first-hand account of what he saw. (Many viewers may find details described to be extremely disturbing. Viewer discretion advised.)
A new summer program is opening in Crown Heights under the leadership of Rabbi Eli Sandhaus former director of many out of town summer programs and teacher in Yeshiva Darchai Menachem. The program will cater to mainstream boys ages 13 to 15.
A June hearing before a federal judge will determine whether Ron Hirsch, the man charged with detonating a pipe bomb last spring at a Chabad House in Santa Monica, should be forced to take medication to stand trial.
Levi Simpson (Crown Heights) and Esther Solomon (Sydney, Australia)
L’chaim will be tonight at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
On Lag B’Omer, a flock of helicopters will take to the skies above Eretz Yisroel, with excited children who won a flight at their local Lag B’omer Parades inside. The Bardugo Media Company, the provider of the choppers, has equipped each chopper with state of the art security measures: a Sefer Chitas.
The Skulener Rebbe, one of the chief organizers of the Citi Field gathering to curb the influence of the internet, has formally invited the Lubavitch community to participate, and urged all to attend the event.
Ari and Rivkah Baila (nee Jedwab) Arenstein (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Do you like getting around New York City in an efficient and environmentally friendly way? There’s good news for you. The city is preparing to launch its bike sharing program.
