5 Girls Hurt When Van Jumps Curb in New Square
Five young girls were seriously injured Monday afternoon, when a van jumped a curb in a Rockland County community and slammed right into them.
Five young girls were seriously injured Monday afternoon, when a van jumped a curb in a Rockland County community and slammed right into them.
Mechi and Shaina (nee Boruchov) Walter (Boro Park, NY)
Sheldon Adelson emerged this year as the Republican billionaire who kept Newt Gingrich’s flailing presidential campaign afloat and then vowed to spend “whatever it takes” to oust President Barack Obama.
Yesterday, October 22nd, was National Stuttering Awareness Day. Some of you have never heard the word ‘stutter’ before, and for those of you that have, you may not know much about it. I am here to educate you all a little bit about stuttering.
The first annual Keren Simchas Chosson V’Kallah awards dinner took place on Motzoai Shabbos, October 20th 2012, Hey Cheshvan 5773, with almost four hundred people attendance. The dinner celebrated KSCVK’s founder Devorah Benjamin’s Ruby birthday.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present this vintage photograph of Chasidim during Krias Hatorah. Can you identify those in the picture, when and where it was taken?
It was the Rebbe’s custom to meet one-on-one (‘Yechidus’) with each guest who arrived for Tishrei, before they traveled home. In late 1981, when the volume of guests made it impossible to meet with all of them, a general meeting (‘Yechidus Klolis’) was instituted in its place, which lasted for about 10 years until the Chof Zayin Adar.
The charges against Ehud Halevy, the 21 year old Jewish youth who made international headlines after a video of him being violently beaten by NYPD officers surfaced online were dropped today.
As the Levaya of Mrs. Sarah Deitch, OBM, passed by Oholei Torah this afternoon, students and teachers alike came out to give their last respects to one of their institution’s main benefactors.
We’ve just finished celebrating the Yom Tov of Sukkos, but we’re just beginning to learn Mishnayos Masseches Sukkah with ‘Visual Mishnayos’.
Meir Finck (Crown Heights) and Mushka Goldman (Los Angeles)
Yosef and Dina Tzeiger (Boro Park, NY)
Active members of Chabad at USC gathered together for the groundbreaking of the new renovations to the Chabad House. The event featured a home-cooked brunch, a self-guided tour of what changes will be made to the house and speeches by leaders in the Jewish community.
This past Motzoai Shabbos, Keren Simchas Chosson V’Kallah held their first annual dinner benefiting the organization which helps Kallahs and Chassanim make their weddings. At the dinner a video presentation was played featuring the story of Baruch and Zahava (nee Akinade) Arky, a newly married couple who were helped by KSCVK.
Next weekend, Shabbos Parshas Vayeira (November 2nd), over 800 students and 100 Shluchim and Shluchos will be coming to Crown Heights for the largest Pegisha of its kind. Shluchim are still looking for gracious residents who can host students for the weekend, for sleeping (Friday and Motzoei Shabbos) and/or Friday night Shabbos dinner. If you have any space for either boys or girls please email ndd@chabad.edu or call 718-510-8181. Thank you!
Oak Park’s Mae Boyar Park celebrated what would have been its namesake’s 99th birthday in a manner in which the philanthropist would have appreciated: having a picnic and feeding the hungry.