Pictures from the wedding of Aaron Wold (Los Angeles, CA) and Chana Sce (Teaneck, NJ) which took place in the Razag Ballroom in Crown Heights.
Avremi (Abe) White (Crown Heights) and Dina Feiglin (Melbourne, Australia)
Eli Gremont (South Africa/Texas) and Rivkie Rothman (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim tonight, Motzei Shabbos at FREE
1383 President St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
In this 7th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana describes her and Reb Levik‘s first Passover in exile. Forced by their Tatar hosts to move out of their home, they moved in with a non-Jewish woman for 50 rubles a month. The room was considered to be “luxury” because it had a floor, but the cots they had to sleep on were infested with roaches.
Four people have been arrested in the Philippines for allegedly hacking into AT&T customers’ phones as part of a plan to funnel money to a Saudi-based terror group, according to police. The Philippine Criminal Investigation and Detection Group said it worked with the FBI to arrest the suspects last week. The hackers, according to investigators, worked for a group that helped finance a deadly 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, India.
In a November 12th interview with The Algemeiner, ADL National Chairman Abraham Foxman declared that when it comes to positions on Israel, “with the exception of Ron Paul, there is not much difference between the parties.” I cannot imagine how he arrived at this conclusion, as in fact, nothing could be further from the truth.
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Alter Yissochor Dov Lieberman, OBM, of Kfar Chabad. Rabbi Leiberman in survived by his children – yibodlu l’chaim tovim – Rabbi Chaim Meir Lieberman (Crown Heights), Rabbi Aron Lieberman (Lauderhill, FL), Rabbi Yaakov Leiberman (Kfar Chabad, Israel), and Tirtza Schapiro (Miami Beach, FL).
The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in Red Hook, Brooklyn already played host last year to the monumental event – the Gala Banquet of the Kinus Hasluchim. The scene is set to repeat once again itself tomorrow evening. The following is a sneak peak at the crude commercial space being transformed into a gorgeous banquet hall.
Moshe and Gittel Berhoff
Oholei Torah, 667 Eastern Parkway [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.]
Yitzchok and Yehudis Smith
1486 Carroll Street [between Albany and Troy Ave.]
Schneur and Chaya (nee Roumani) Kapelushnik
Yisroel Zev (ben R’ Leibel) Karp (Crown Heights) and Henny Pruss (Crown Heights)
More than 4,000 Hasidic rabbis from around the world are gathering in the city this weekend. Today they are paying tribute to spiritual leader Rabbi Menachem Schneerson by visiting his gravesite at Old Montefiore Cemetery in Queens. The rabbi is credited with reinvigorating Jews after the devastation of the Holocaust.
Yehoshua and Nechama Werth (Monsey, NY)
Uri and Rochel Leah Perlman (Kingston, PA)
Boruch (ben R’ Chaim) Goldberg (Toronto, Canada) and Chaya Levilev (Crown Heights)
Three years ago this weekend, believers of two religions came face to face, with horrific results. It is remembered as the Mumbai Attacks. Over the course of four days, 10 terrorists from the Islamic group Lashkar-e-Taiba perpetrated coordinated attacks on 10 different locations across India’s financial capital. In addition to three hotels, a cinema, and a hospital for women and children, four of the terrorists traveled to the Nariman House, which served as the city’s Chabad Jewish community center.
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