The Chabad movement’s emissaries in cities and backwater villages throughout the world are often described as an army. This week I had a rare opportunity to observe their field officers at ease. I was one of a few women reporters invited to the banquet of the International Conference of Shluchim in Brooklyn.
Violence erupts randomly on the streets of Crown Heights. What has remained consistent is the need for children to get out and play.
Several Shluchim and Chabad dignitaries came together last week to pay respects to R’ Dovid Raskin OBM by writing the first letters to a new Sefer Torah being dedicated in his memory.
Chaim Marcus (Los Alamitos, CA) and Pessy Haskelevitch (Crown Heights)
Sholom and Dina (nee Smetana) Simon (Crown Heights)
When Hirshy Minkowicz was growing up in a Hasidic enclave of Brooklyn 30 years ago, he often noticed visitors arriving after dinner to meet with his father. They would withdraw into the study, speak for a time, then part with some confidential agreement having been sealed.
Just as world Jewry marked three years since the massacre at the Chabad House in Mumbai, which killed six Jews – including Chabad emissaries Gavriel and Rivki Holtzberg HYD, a photo album was discovered documenting the activities of the Chabad House during happier times.
Dovid Rahmani (Boston, MA) and Mushka Glick (Melbourne, Australia)
L’Chaim Motzei Shabbos at the Jewish Children’s Museum
792 Eastern Parkway [corner Kingston Ave.]
Chezky and Bassie (nee Plotkin) Rosenfeld
1594 Carroll St [between Troy and Schenectady Ave.]
Eliyahu and Chumi (nee Bukiet) Andruiser
628 Montgomery St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Mendel and Faigy Bell
717 Empire Blvd. [between Albany and Troy Ave.]
Naftoli and Rochel (nee Yarmush) Charytan
Mendy and Chaya (nee Begun) Schapiro
Yehoshua and Ester (nee Bergevoy) Dubinsky
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Chaim Shochet will lead a discussion about whether we can maintain Lubavitch standards in spite of a changing world all around us.
Shney and Chana Hinda (nee Kugal) Kalmanson (Cincinnati, OH)
Crownheights.info and the Avner Institute present these two unique, never-seen-before photos of the rebbe entering his room.
The bochurim at YNS in New Jersey had a very inspirational farbrengen on Motzei Shabbos Rosh Chodesh Kislev. It started off with Rabbi Yaacov Orimland telling over the events that led up to this tremendous day.
The Aliya Institute has just entered its third successful week of studying JLI’s new course ‘Fascinating Facts.’ This new, exciting and intense 12 week course, which is currently being given by Rabbi Mendy Baitz, has become a major addition to Aliya’s educational arm.
Oxford University’s Chabad Society welcomed Israeli diplomat Daniel Taub, the new ambassador to the Court of S. James, for a congratulatory reception following a lecture organized by the Oxford Jewish Congregation.
A man was biking through the countryside. As he approached a fork in the road, he saw that the road sign had been blown down. He could no longer tell which road would lead to his destination. Undaunted, he picked up the sign and looked for the part indicating his original destination. He was now able to discern the direction in which he needed to go.
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