On Sunday, the 17th of Adar/March 11, 2012, nearly 200 friends and supporters of Cheder Menachem Elementary Boys’ School in Los Angeles gathered at the elegant Neman Hall to celebrate the 10th Annual Trustees Banquet.
Today, 24 Adar, is the Yahrtzeit of Reb Binyomin Levin OBM, who passed away at the early age of 44. A recent discovery on an 8mm film of a recording of a choir in Jaffa, Israel, sheds light on an innovative program initiated by the Rebbe and carried out by Reb Binyomin.
Friendship Circle is in the midst of a voting campaign to win the readers choice award from About.com. At the moment, Friendship Circle is only two percentage points away from the lead with 44% of the vote. Please take a moment of your time and push Friendship Circle over the top.
A contingent of Lubavitcher Rabbonim paid a shiva call to the family of the Vizhnitzer Rebbe who was nifter last week. Rabbi Yitzchok Yehuda Yaroslavsky, Rabbi Mordechai Shmuel Askenazi, Rabbi Yochanan Gurarie, Rabbi Y. Y. Aharonov, Rabbi Nochum Goldshmid and Rabbi Ariel Lemberg were menachem avel the sons of Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Hager, zt”l. Also present were: the Vizhnitzer’s son-in-law Rabbi Menachem Ernster, the Vizhnitzer Rosh Yeshiva; and Rabbi Aharon Mordechai Rokeach of Belz, a grandson of the Vizhnitzer Rebbe.
Morocco’s King, Mohammed VI, granted knighthood to Rabbi Raphael Benchimol, a Chabad Chossid and spiritual leader of the Manhattan Sephardic Congregation.
This past Thursday, several Shluchim, Chabad supporters and dignitaries attended the Bris of the newborn son of Merkos 302 director Rabbi Mendy Kotlarsky in the Jewish Children’s Museum. The baby was given the name Shneur.
Joseph Zakon started his winery in 1981 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY. This year he did a class project for a group of 8th graders, including his son, how to use the technique called Carbonic Maceration (whole grape berry fermentation) and make wine from scratch.
While Israel and her supporters throughout the world wonder whether or not us president Barack Obama intends to support Israel against Iran, Rabbi Dovid Smith, currently running as an independent for congress in NJ’s newly redrawn district 9, has no doubt the answer is no.
Shneur Zalman Gottlieb (Crown Heights) and Chaya Wilansky (Montreal, Canada)
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Falie Levin (Montreal, Canada) and Chanie (bas R’ Zev) Feldman (Crown Heights)
Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
In this fourth segment in the series, Rabbi Nochum Kaplan discusses the fact that children need our feedback; they crave our attention and are constantly look for our approval. With proper encouragement and praise, we can reinforce good behavior and change the bad. Learning how to use praise effectively is an invaluable asset in the parenting skills-repertoire of any parent or teacher.
CrownHeights.info has obtained an old ‘tax photo’ of a certain location in Crown Heights. Can you Identify it? and what year was it taken?
It seems like there are still Jews who, unlike some here in Crown Heights, still adhere to the Halachic prohibition on Mesira. A 64-year-old Rabbi from Brooklyn was ordered to begin a maximum sentence of 18 months in prison for his refusal to cooperate with authorities in a way that would jeopardize fellow Jews.
JLI’s biennial “Land and Spirit” mission began last week with close to 200 participants arriving in Israel from 38 cities across the U.S. to be wined, dined and more importantly, inspired and educated during a unique, in-depth, eight-day tour of the Holy Land.
Aharon Vasquez (Coral Springs, FL) and Natalie Gruber (Milwaukee, WI)
Mendy and Shana Glick (Crown Heights)
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