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Rabbi Chaim Dalfin interviewed former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Shamir, who passed away yesterday, about his connection with the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The interview is printed in his book Conversations with the Rebbe.
Tommer and Rochel (nee Wiener) Weingarten (Crown Heights)
Yossi and Dina Ezagui (Crown Heights)
Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell gave a posthumous award for ‘constructive dissent’ to Hiram (or Harry) Bingham IV. For over fifty years, the State Department resisted any attempt to honor Bingham. For them he was an insubordinate member of the US diplomatic service, a dangerous maverick who was eventually demoted. Now, after his death, he has been officially recognized as a hero.
Rabbi Menachem Matusof was in for a big surprise recently. A big bash was held in his honour in Calgary to celebrate his 50th birthday.
Chabad’s Our Big Kitchen in Sydney was honored with a visit by the Dushinsky Rebbe from Jerusalem, who travelled to Australia to be mechazek the Kehilos of Sydney and Melbourne.
Danny Bendelman (Toronto, Canada) and Shoshana Goldlioust (Toronto, Canada)
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A third Lubavitch school in the United Kingdom has succeeded in securing voluntary-aided status, allowing most of its tuition costs to be met by the state.
Avrumi and Rochel Steinmetz
1690 Union St. [between Schenectady and Utica Ave.] Apt. 4A
Sholom and Chaya (nee Altein) Kramer
620 Montgomery St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Lipa and Alexsandra (nee Diament) Lieberman
866 Eastern Parkway [corner Albany Ave.] Apt. 6D
Aryeh and Rochel (nee Novoseletsky) Hoffman
Over 350 children in 5 divisions (boys, girls, kiddie, chayal and CIT) enjoyed a full range of activities, including sports and swim instruction, drama, arts, cooking and much more during their first week at Camp Gan Israel of Morristown, NJ. The highlights were the three trips: to FunZone, Glow in the Dark Golf and Imagine That.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Seligson will lead a discussion on the topic: The Deeper Meaning of Yud Beis Tammuz.
Hundreds of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries serving college campuses from around the world have gathered at the Hilton Stamford Hotel and Executive Meeting Center in Connecticut for the 11th annual Chabad on Campus International Emissaries Conference that ends yesterday.
This past Wednesday night, Cheder Chabad of Monsey held its third 8th grade graduation for the boys divison.
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Just in time for summer, a Russian ice cream company produced a special kosher line of the frozen dessert. The Stavropol-based company approached the kosher department of the Russian Chief Rabbinate headed by Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar about launching a production line that would be acceptable to Jewish dietary laws.
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute present three newly-released vintage photos of the Rebbe:
When the mercury passes 90, most New Yorkers start to wilt. Many resort to shorts and tank tops, even in the office. More than a few bankers and lawyers reach for their seersuckers.
