A local dispute involving religion and the character of the historic town green is likely to continue with the decision by religious group to fight a court order that denies its application to build a synagogue and community center near the green on West Street.
What does Famed Chabad Philosopher and thinker Rabbi Immanuel Schochet have in Common with former President of Yeshiva University Rabbi Norman Lamm?
Falie Levin (Montreal, CA) and Chanie (bas Zev) Feldman (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim Sunday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
An event was held on Thursday at the Shluchim Office lounge for volunteers of the Online School’s Homework Helpers program, as well as School Alumni.
Reb Chonye Morosow served as a personal secretary to the fifth and sixth Lubavitcher Rebbes in Russia. His son, Reb Mendel, was born in 1916, and recalls two episodes in the Rebbe’s homes.
There is a new arrival in Gan Eden this Shabbat. Every week for four years I have ended this Dvar Torah with a prayer to G-d Almighty for the complete restoration to robust good health of a sweet Jewish child named Aliza Schwab. The doctors were smug and certain in their dire predictions four years ago. “A matter of hours,” was what her courageous parents were told again and again. But she prevailed, a sweet child against the world of darkness.
Rabbi Yosef and Mendel Eichenblatt, founders and directors of Abraham’s Tent, were spotted today With Zally Lazerous at the Jerusalem marathon running for the organization. Abraham’s Tent is an open home for all to experience Judaism and Israel in a fun and exciting way. The center will enable people from all walks of life to be inspired and connect to their Judaic roots and homeland.
Join Rabbi Nissan Mangel, Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet, Mrs. Rivka Slonim and moderator, Mrs. Molly Resnik as they tackle perplexing and enlightening questions on topics ranging from the Holocaust to dinosaurs. This Crossfire discussion puts the experts on the hot seat and allows for the audience to really get their questions answered. It’s a not-to-be-missed event!
Dovid Abba and Chaya (nee Kulek) Goldstein
692 Montgomery St. [between Kingston and Albany Ave.]
Yisroel and Alizah (nee Lowenstein) Silberstein
388 Crown St. [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.]
Chaim and Esther Leah (nee Hecht) Vogel
825 Eastern Pkwy. [between Albany and Kingston Ave.]
Yacov and Devora Young
1419 President St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Shneur and Sima Hasofer
272 Kingston Ave. [corner of Kingston and Lincoln Pl.]
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Chaim Miller will lead a discussion on the topic, Reflections: twenty years since the Rebbe’s last Farbrengen.
Chaim and Esther Leah (nee Hecht) Vogel (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 825 Eastern Pkwy.
[between Albany and Kingston Ave.]
Crownheights.info and the Avner Institute present these unique photos of the Rebbe giving coins to children for Tzedakah.
I remember the Vizhnitzer Rebbe’s travels to Ukraine in the month of Av, 1994. Together with 700 of his Chassidim, he prayed at the gravesites of many Tzadikim buried in the region, when he arrived in Berdichev a few days before Tisha B’av.
On March 1st, 1994, a Lebanese terrorist named Rashid Baz opened fire on a van full of Lubavitcher Bochurim on the Brooklyn Bridge. In the attack Ari Halberstam HYD was killed. 18 years after the murder, which shocked the world, we present a collection of photos and news broadcasts which gave broad coverage to the incident.
It is with great sadness and deep pain that we inform you of the tragic and untimely passing of young Ruchama Aliza Sara Chana Schwab of Miami, Florida at the age of 8. Four years ago we reported about Aliza’s tragic drowning in their family swimming pool, and her parents fight to keep her on life support. Yesterday she succumbed to an infection.
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