Baby Boy!
Danny and Mushki (nee Unterslak) Denburg (Johannesburg, South Africa)
On a street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn nearly four years ago, Andrew Charles was beaten. Then 20 years old, Charles was allegedly maced and bludgeoned with a baton. Yitzchak Shuchat, a member of the Shmira, a Hasidic community patrol in Crown Heights, is charged with the crime.
Hasidic Man To Be Tried For Crown Heights Beating
On a street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn nearly four years ago, Andrew Charles was beaten. Then 20 years old, Charles was allegedly maced and bludgeoned with a baton. Yitzchak Shuchat, a member of the Shmira, a Hasidic community patrol in Crown Heights, is charged with the crime.
Synagogue Vandalized in Bobruysk, Belarus
A synagogue has been vandalized in the eastern Belarusian city of Babruysk, RFE/RL’s Belarus Service reports.
PARIS, France — Rebbetzin Bassie Azimov, daughter of the famed Rabbi Bentzion Shemtov and one of the driving forces behind Paris’ Jewish rebirth in the second half of the 20th century, passed away Monday. She was 67.
Community Mourns the Sudden Passing of Beloved Rebbetzin
PARIS, France — Rebbetzin Bassie Azimov, daughter of the famed Rabbi Bentzion Shemtov and one of the driving forces behind Paris’ Jewish rebirth in the second half of the 20th century, passed away Monday. She was 67.
NYPD Clears Out Wall Street Protesters
Hundreds of police officers, some in riot gear, descended on Zuccotti Park after midnight Tuesday in a surprise sweep of the Occupy Wall Street headquarters.
New Engagement!
Yerucham (David) Zinger (Ormond Beach, FL) and Shoshana (Kali) Schrage (Satellite Beach, FL)
Finding Our Soul in Solstice Canyon
On a September morning this year, a small group met at fabulous Solstice Canyon Park for a nature hike. The beauty of the area is amazing and inspirational, and these features were enhanced by our guides Rabbi Levi Cunin of Malibu Chabad and Chana Schulman, an environmentalist and naturalist who lives in Corral Canyon.
Op-Ed: Lessons from the Brutal Truth of Steve Jobs
In the early 90’s I fell in love with Steve Jobs’ new NeXT computer. I had used a Macintosh since I was 19 but after Jobs’ was kicked out of Apple I gravitated to his new invention which blew the Mac away. As Rabbi at Oxford, I regularly hosted world leaders to lecture to our students and I had to have Jobs. So I arranged a meeting with one of his top lieutenants and traveled to Redwood City, California.
Chabad of Palo Alto Showcases $12 Million Project
Chabad-Lubavitch of the Greater South Bay area kicked off a $6 million building project with a celebration concert last week at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center in Palo Alto. Piano prodigy Ethan Bortnick headlined the concert.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Visits Western Wall
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, Konstantin Grishchenko, visited the Kotel (Western Wall) on Sunday. He was accompanied by Israel’s Ambassador to Ukraine, Reuven Dinel, and Ukraine’s Ambassador to Israel, Hennadii Nadolenko. The three were led by Rabbi Mordechai Elihav, the Director-General of the Wall Heritage Foundation and Rabbi Yossi Kurzweil of Chabad, who was recently appointed by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to oversee the relations between the Jewish organizations in Ukraine and the Foreign Ministry.
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes claims to have arrested an unprecedented 89 men on child abuse charges in the ultra-Orthodox communities in Brooklyn over the past two years — but declines to provide any details backing up the numbers or to give the status of any of the cases.
Child Abuse Arrests Spike in Brooklyn. Or Do They?
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes claims to have arrested an unprecedented 89 men on child abuse charges in the ultra-Orthodox communities in Brooklyn over the past two years — but declines to provide any details backing up the numbers or to give the status of any of the cases.
New Engagement!
Dovid Leib Marosow (Montreal, Canada) and Chaya Mushka Spalter (Morristown, NJ)
L’Chaim tonight, Monday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Baby Girl!
Yossi and Mushkie (nee Shusterman) Raskin (Crown Heights)
This Sunday, November 13th, marked the Global Day of Jewish Learning that took place in over 200 communities, spanning 40 countries. The Global Day aims to bring together Jewish people from around the world to study fundamental Jewish texts. This year, the theme heeds the call of Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, “Let my people know!” and focuses on the unity of the Jewish people through the “Shema.”
Video: Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz – “My Favorite Sugyiot”
This Sunday, November 13th, marked the Global Day of Jewish Learning that took place in over 200 communities, spanning 40 countries. The Global Day aims to bring together Jewish people from around the world to study fundamental Jewish texts. This year, the theme heeds the call of Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, “Let my people know!” and focuses on the unity of the Jewish people through the “Shema.”
Baby Girl!
Benny and Miriam (nee Brum) Silberstein (Crown Heights)
