Tens of thousands of fans and hundreds of journalists came to Kharkov, Ukraine over the past two weeks to take part in the Euro 2012 Football playoffs. Many of the fans stopped in to look at the great choral synagogue on Pushkinskaya St.
About one thousand Temimim from all over Eretz Yisroel gathered in Kfar Chabad for a Shabbos of preparation for Gimmel Tammuz. The annual gathering is organized by the Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim, and was joined this year by a special guest: head Shliach of Minnesota Rabbi Moshe Feller.
This Sunday, a sefer Torah will be completed in honor of the Yahrtzeit of Reb Lipe Schapiro, OBM. It will also be dedicated in memory of his wife, Rebbetzin Chana Schapiro, OBM, and his son, Reb Levi Yitzchok Schapiro, OBM.
Yesterday, parents, siblings and staff alike joined the students for our annual Recognition and Awards Ceremony and each student received an award in recognition for his achievements this year.
A full-fledged heat wave will hit Greater New York later this week, with public health implications for the New York City area.
Laiby Vail (Crown Heights) and Shaindel Greenberg (Morristown, NJ)
As Gimmel Tammuz approaches, a time of memory and reflection, Kol Menachem Publishers would announced a full week sale. Huge savings on all their titles — The Synagogue Edition, Lifestyle Torah, Gutnick Haggadah etc. For bulk orders, there will be a larger percentage off, to place your bulk order call: 888-580-1900 for online orders visit: www.KolMenachem.com
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This seemingly routine photo of Lubavitch World Headquarters was captured yesterday by a CrownHeights.info reader. But something is wrong in the picture. Can you figure out what it is?
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Students and faculty members of the Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Hulon, Israel pose for a year-end group portrait.
Mendel and Chai (nee Kornfeld) Cohen (London, UK)
In this 35th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana remarks how her loneliness in New York is only interrupted by her son, the Rebbe’s daily visits.
The 8th grade students of Tomchei Tmimim proudly celebrated their graduation on Sunday, together with friends and family. One by one the graduates entered the grand ballroom of Lubavitcher Yeshiva; marching to Reb Shloime’s Niggun, they headed onto the stage while parents, grandparents, siblings, relatives and friends looked on.
Summer tours for bands in the US are a dime a dozen, but a Chicago-based band called Rogers Park is taking their tour on a new route this year.
On Sunday, June 10th, Rabbi Nochum Kurinsky and Chabad at the Beaches celebrated its ninth year of commitment to Jewish life in the Jacksonville and Ponte Vedra community, with its annual Gala Dinner and Celebration.
If one were to walk into the Lubavitch Mesivta in Monsey at any time since Pesach, they would see the Shiur Aleph bochurim learning and davening with an extra excitement. This is due in part to the launching of an exciting ‘Mivtza’ by the shluchim.
Rabbi Sholom Goldstein, Principal of the Mechina division of Oholei Torah, greeted the many parents as they entered the Gutnick Ballroom in anticipation for the graduation ceremony of close to 80 students.
Arele and Mushka Teleshevsky (Los Angeles, CA)
