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Chabad Reached over 50,000 Families in Brighton Beach this Chanukah
The dreidels were spinning and the latkes were frying all during Chanukah as the Chabad Neshama Center catered to the Russian American Jewish Community of Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach, hosting entertaining and inspiring events each day of the holiday.
Chumash, 12 Pesukim Recited in CH’s New Pizzaria
Children in Lubavitcher Yeshivas 2nd grade were rewarded for their outstanding learning and honored with being the first to recite the twelve pesukim and reherse some of the pesukim in chumash that they learned. The students were rewarded with pizza, fries and soda from Crown Heightses new pizzaria Pomodori on Kingston Avenue.
Rabbis Plan to Up Their Game in Defense of Shchita
Only days after the Dutch Parliament rejected proposed legislation to ban shechitah in Holland, Deputy Director of the Rabbinical Centre of Europe (RCE) Rabbi L. Goldberg told the Knesset Committee for Aliya, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs that in order to prevent a wave of legislation proscribing shechitah, better public diplomacy needs to be used.
Rabbi Kotlarsky Decks Out in Bucharian Garb
Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, Vice Chairman of Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch, participated last week in a Hachnosas Sefer Torah for a Buchari Congregation in Queens, NY, which is supporded by the philathropist Levi Levaiev.
An incident happened on Monday night in the heart of Flatbush, that left two women and their infant children badly shaken, but thankfully not hurt.
Jewish Women and Children Randomly Fired At
An incident happened on Monday night in the heart of Flatbush, that left two women and their infant children badly shaken, but thankfully not hurt.
Chabad Ontario to Open $6 Million Overnight Camp
Chabad Lubavitch of Southern Ontario will open a new $6 million overnight camp situated on more than 200 acres of Canadian forest with 6000 feet of lakefront property in time for this summer season.
Europe’s University Shluchim Farbreng in Manchester
Yeshivas Lubavitch of Manchester welcomed Shluchim from university campuses across Europe for an all night farbrengen.
New Engagement!
Moshe Hildeshaim (Crown Heights) and Miriam Fruma Yemini (Los Angeles, CA)
Frigid Temperatures in New York City Region Today
The wind chill will make it feel zero degrees and colder in portions of the tristate region Tuesday.
Channel 10 Features Terror Victims’ Bar/Bas Mitzvah
In a report on last week’s mass Bar Mitzvah ceremony at the Western Wall organized by the Chabad Terror Victims Project, Israel’s Channel 10 News featured the tragic story of 13-year-old Eliad Shefi, who lost his older sister when Palestinian terrorists dressed as Israeli soldiers broke into their home in 2002.
New Mafteach Sells Out in 24 Hours
As reported here on Crownheights.info, a new 1,600 page mafteach on all the Rebbe’s talks was just released by Rabbi Michoel Seligson. The mafteach sold out at Kehos after only 24 hours on the shelves.
Students Build Jewish Community at Georgia State
When Ryan Dosetareh arrived at Georgia State University as a freshman in 2004 – primarily a commuter school for Atlanta-area students, many of GSU’s enrollees, like Dosetareh did, bunk at home with their parents – there wasn’t much going on in the way of on-campus Jewish organizations.
EXCLUSIVE: Have you ever watched a family, financially comfortable but not well to do, suddenly descend into debt because they had to marry off a child? Have you ever wondered why wedding ‘Takanos’ exist in almost every Jewish community except for Crown Heights? Have you ever wondered why it should cost a sum that many in our community count as a yearly salary just to marry off one child? Well, you are not alone.
Vendors Unite to Make Weddings Affordable
EXCLUSIVE: Have you ever watched a family, financially comfortable but not well to do, suddenly descend into debt because they had to marry off a child? Have you ever wondered why wedding ‘Takanos’ exist in almost every Jewish community except for Crown Heights? Have you ever wondered why it should cost a sum that many in our community count as a yearly salary just to marry off one child? Well, you are not alone.
Chabad to Rescue Shul from Becoming a Church
The building that is currently home to Congregation Adas Israel, which holds weekly Shabbat services, may be sold to the Chabad-Lubavitch of the South Coast, in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
As Britain Seeks a New Chief Rabbi, Extremists Rise
Two forms of religious extremism confronted me last week as I lectured in the United Kingdom and launched my new book at a press conference in Jerusalem.
