In advance of the release of his debut album, singer Yoely Falkowitz released a music video of his new song Areivim, a large part of which was filmed in and around 770.
Sruly Epstein (Columbia, SC) and Shlomit Dean (Crown Heights)
Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Plans for a women’s division of Hatzalah dedicated to assisting in emergency births have been scrapped as the women, after consulting with a respected Brooklyn rabbi, have instead decided to create their own independent volunteer service, titled Ezras Nashim, that will be staffed entirely by women.
As a result of the New Delhi and Georgia bombs, security has been stepped up in Israeli diplomatic missions around the world. In addition, security has been stepped up for Jewish institutions in the United States and elsewhere, with a focus being placed on Chabad houses due to the increased Iranian effort to strike Israeli targets everywhere.
This is Yaakov Shwekey‘s first ever official music video. It is written and produced by world famous comedian Mendy Pellin.
Registration for the annual International Kinus Hashluchos has opened Wednesday at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights, with over 900 shluchos already in attendance.
Shalach Manos mania has begun st the United Lubavitch Yeshiva on Crown Street. Parents and staff started working tirelessly to put together deluxe sumptuous baskets and packages to delight families and friends while supporting the yeshiva (these festive presents will be available for sale shortly).
On Tuesday evening, a special talk at the Besht Center empowered and inspired young Crown Heightsers on the path to success. Not merely a lecture, the evening gave aspiring businessmen the chance to speak to accomplished entrepreneurs and network with fellow visionaries – many of whom have successfully gone through the same challenges of starting a business.
Jay Blumenstein met Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Yonah and Keren Blum back in 1997, when they lived in a small apartment on Manhattan’s 110th Street. Since then, he’s watched Chabad at Columbia University grow from a living-room operation out of a 400-square-foot apartment to a massive brownstone stuffed with students on a weekly basis. Over the years, Blumenstein has learned and laughed with the rabbi, and whenever they get together, they pick up right where they left off.
The New York Police Department dispatched a highly trained bomb squad to Campus Chomesh for the day. The added measure of security was for the multitudes of guests that arrived in the neighborhood in honor of chof beis Shvat, the Rebbetzin’s yahrtzeit.
The following collection of 3 short stories about Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka is presented in honor of her Yahrtzeit today.
My Zaidy, Rabbi Lipa Brennan, told me a story that happened with him, the Rebbe & the Rebbetzin OBM in the summer of 1975, when he was a bochur in 770.
The Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel’s Tomb, both holy sites in Judea and Samaria, will be omitted from Israel’s list of national heritage sites, contrary to a promise made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu two years ago, Army Radio reported Tuesday.
Mendel Kramer (Montreal, Canada) and Sossia Charytan (Winnipeg, Canada)
This past week, Rabbi Yitzchok Tiechtel from Chabad of Nashville was invited to the office of Tennessee’s Governor, Mr. Bill Haslam, at the Tennessee State Capitol. This visit was a follow up to the lighting of the Menorah this past Chanukah at the State Capitol by the Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Eli Rice (Marin County, CA) and Leah Ulman (Sydney, Australia)
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