Chanukah Menorah Lightings Around the Globe
AP
The Chabad-Lubavitch outreach organization is hosting a variety of public menorah lightings for Hanukkah with events and activities around the world, from cruises to skating.
Another Gunman Loose at Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech goes into lock down.
Richmond, VA [CHI] – Reports are emerging from Virginia Tech University that a police officer has been shot; a possible second victim has been reported at a parking lot near the campus. The entire university is in Lock down mode, with security officials warning everyone to remain behind securely locked doors until the gunman is apprehended.
NY Daily News
A fatal fire tore through a Crown Heights apartment building on Albany Ave. and Sterling Pl. Thursday morning, leaving one man dead and another resident and a firefighter injured, officials said.
Suspicious Fire Kills Man, Injures 2 in Crown Heights
NY Daily News
A fatal fire tore through a Crown Heights apartment building on Albany Ave. and Sterling Pl. Thursday morning, leaving one man dead and another resident and a firefighter injured, officials said.
After a twenty five year hiatus, some of the best loved characters in Jewish children’s music have been resurrected with today’s release of the fourth installment in the Marvelous Midos Machine album series.
Return of the Absolutely Marvelous Middos Machine!
After a twenty five year hiatus, some of the best loved characters in Jewish children’s music have been resurrected with today’s release of the fourth installment in the Marvelous Midos Machine album series.
New Engagement!
Yakov Yosef (Ben R’ Yeruchim) Raskin (London, UK) and Chaya Mushka (Bas R’ Yosef) Katzman (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim tonight, Thursday at 790 Montgomery St.
[between Albany and Troy Ave.]
Baby Boy!
Tzvi and Shayna Margo (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 735 Empire Blvd.
[between Albany and Troy Ave.]
Rebbetzin Chana’s Memoirs: Attempts at Extortion
In this 9th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana describes how various people tried to extort money and valubles from her by claiming to have classified information as to her husband Reb Levik‘s whereabouts.
Video: What makes a shaliach successful?
Torah Cafè
As one of the linchpins of the Kinus Hashluchim, hundreds of community members gathered for the Lay Leadership Conference this past Sunday. Participants listened to inspiring speakers, among which was the animated shaliach to California, Rabbi Chaim Mentz.
New Engagement!
Yosef Yitzchak Rabin (Oak Park, MI) and Nechama Dena Bergstein (Farmington Hills, MI)
Op-Ed: Chevra Ahavas Yisroel, One Year Later
by Yisroel Newman
Chevra Ahavas Yisroel is coming up for their first anniversary since they opened. It has been spoken about ad nauseum since its inception. Some praised the shul for their innovative weekly minyanim and their many unique events throughout the year.
Baby Boy!
Avigdor and Devory Zeitlin (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at Anshei N.E.L.M
960 St. John’s Street [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.]
Fried and Lipa Make Freilach in South America
Last week, over 1,500 people from the Jewish community in Sao Paulo, Brazil filled the Bradesco bank theater to mark the 17th anniversary of Yeshiva Ohel Menachem Lubavitch in Sao Paulo.
Boruch Dayan Ha’emes: Mrs. Rachel Pinson OBM
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the untimely passing of Hatzidkanis Mrs. Rachel Bas Sara Pinson of Crown Heights. The Funeral will take place tomorrow, G-d willing, Thursday Dec 8th – 12 Kislev at 10:15 am at the Shomrei Hadas Chapel in Boro Park, 3803 14th Ave. The procession will continue afterwards through Eastern Parkway and stop in front of 770.
Illinois Jewish Center Expands Focus
Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie’s new office space has allowed it to centralize support activities and expand its programming offerings.
More than two decades after selling its building as part of an expansion campaign, a suburban Chicago synagogue and Jewish center is expanding once again, utilizing its former home to support a new organizational structure designed to leverage what its rabbis do best: helping people of all ages and Jewish backgrounds.
Kelly: Officers’ Labor day Parade Rants Unacceptable
AP
NYPD officers at the West-Indian Labor Day Parade on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights.
At least 20 offensive comments made on a Facebook page about the city’s annual West Indian Day Parade may have come from police officers, and the department is seeking computer records, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Wednesday.
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