Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe!
Crownheights.info and the Avner Institute present these unique photos of the Rebbe giving a general letter and a Likkutei Sichos to each of the couples who went on Shlichus to Eretz Yisroel in 1976.
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Baby Boy!
Michoel and Sarah Ogince (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at Beis Eliezer Yitzchak
394 Kingston Ave. [between Crown and Montgomery St., above Mikvah Meir]
Prison Chaplain Receives Russian Medal
Rabbi Aaron Gurevich discusses Jewish prisoner services with Col. A. Koshkin, director of the Nizhny Novgorod regional office of the Federal Penitentiary Service.
Rabbi Aaron Gurevitch, a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary and army chaplain who serves as a liaison between the Federation of Jewish Communities and the military and prison systems, received a gold medal from the Russian Prison Services Administration for his work rehabilitating prisoners and improving their spiritual quality of life.
Ford recalling 450,000 minivans, SUVs
CNN
Ford 2004/5 Freestar Minivan
Ford announced a recall Wednesday of 450,000 older model minivans and SUVs for risks from fire and loss of power.
At around 4:00 PM today, a minivan burst into flames on Crown St. Between Kingston and Albany Ave., just as students from the nearby Lubavitcher Yeshiva were making their way home.
Video: Car Explodes on Crown Street
At around 4:00 PM today, a minivan burst into flames on Crown St. Between Kingston and Albany Ave., just as students from the nearby Lubavitcher Yeshiva were making their way home.
Monsey Cheder Wrecks Old Building, Begins New
Demolition began in preparation for the foundation to be laid at the site of the new Cheder & Beis Chaya Mushka building in Monsey, NY. The first section of the new building came off of the production line Wednesday morning.
Download This Week’s Parsha from the New Chumash!
CrownHeights.Info presents a free download of this week’s Torah portion of Shemos from the New Lifestyle Chumash. To order a copy visit LifestyleBooks.org
Picture of the Day: NYC’s Different Uniforms
Mendel Gurevitch, Eli Kaltmann and Levi Berger explained to NYC police officers that Lubavitchers have a uniform too; they were offered to switch hats for a moment.
PSA: Repair Shutdowns on 4/5 and Q Subway Lines
Brooklyn straphangers whose travels have been thrown into disarray by nighttime shutdowns of a key subway line this week are in for longer-term pain as another line shuts on weekends stretching through next month.
Baby Girl!
Peretz and Michal Shapiro (Dallas, TX)
NY1
Police are looking for a pair of burglars who posed as utility workers to gain entrance to homes in the Mapleton section of Brooklyn.
Police: Brooklyn Burglars Posed As Utility Workers
NY1
Police are looking for a pair of burglars who posed as utility workers to gain entrance to homes in the Mapleton section of Brooklyn.
Alaska: That Great Big Jewish Land
The 49th state was built by Jewish people, Jewish money and Jewish know-how. And although their numbers are small, Jews are still disproportionately prominent in commercial and public life.
After a not-so-typical Super Bowl weekend last year filled with spirited Shabbos meals, meeting friends from around the country, touring the Big Apple, and traditional Jewish attractions, Wisconsinite Julius Zimmerman spoke at last year’s CTeen Shabbaton banquet about how glad he and his peers were for choosing to come to the CTeen Shabbaton instead of watching the anticipated Super Bowl game featuring the Packers, their home team.
Jewish Super Bowl Player to Kick Off Teen Shabbaton
After a not-so-typical Super Bowl weekend last year filled with spirited Shabbos meals, meeting friends from around the country, touring the Big Apple, and traditional Jewish attractions, Wisconsinite Julius Zimmerman spoke at last year’s CTeen Shabbaton banquet about how glad he and his peers were for choosing to come to the CTeen Shabbaton instead of watching the anticipated Super Bowl game featuring the Packers, their home team.
BR Girls Harassed on Their Way Home from School
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] –- Four Beis Rivka high school students were accosted on their way home from school Tuesday evening right outside their school building on Crown Street.
Boruch Dayan Ha’emes: Yehoshua Kleinberg, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Yehoshua Kleinberg, 90, of Crown Heights. The levaya will be Thursday at 11:15 AM, begining at the shomrei hadas chapels, and will pass in front of 770 at 12:00 PM. He is survived by his wife and three children.
Family and Friends Recall Life of America’s Tenor
Praying at Jan Peerce’s grave site.
A gathering of family, friends and acquaintances of “America’s Tenor” joined a Jewish archivist to mark the anniversary of legendary performer Jan Peerce’s passing with prayers, Torah study and the sharing of stories. A product of the Lower East Side, Peerce, whose parents were Belorussian immigrants, rose to prominence with performances at the Metropolitan Opera and in 1971, made his Broadway debut as Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof.”
PSA: ULY Chinese Auction Motzei Shabbos & Sunday
Attention Ladies: This Sunday at 3:00 PM starts the United Lubavitcher Yeshiva’s 13th annual Chinese Auction. Enjoy an uplifting evening that will brighten your days and warm your stomachs.
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