Rabbi Shmuel Gopin isn’t your typical rabbi. On any given Sabbath, he can be found presiding over synagogue services, but on the second Saturday night of each month, he’s right next door at an art gallery, welcoming Jewish visitors to one of Miami’s newest hotspots.
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present a photo of the Rebbe, in Cheshvan 5724 (October 1963), greeting then New York mayor Robert Wagner and his staff.
On the storied ivy-laden, well-manicured grounds of Yale University in New Haven, Conn., something secretive is going on. Granted, this cradle of American intellectualism has long been the keeper of secrets. Since 1832, when the now infamous Skull and Bones society was formed, the best and brightest students of one of the best and brightest institutions in the world have shown that, if nothing else, they know how to keep mum.
The Sparks Boys Choir perform Shuva at this past Sundays Jewish Kids Got Talent Concert.
Moshe and Mimi (nee Notik) Hecht (Crown Heights)
US Congressman Ted Deutch (D-Boca Raton) inscribed a letter in a Torah scroll dedicated last Sunday, March 27th at the Chabad Synagogue in Coral Springs. A first for the Senator, he was moved, he told Rabbi Hershy Bronstein to be part of a spiritual event so meaningful to the Jewish community.
Close to 50 million people live in South Korea, and almost everyone is taught the Talmud at home by their parents. “We tried to understand why the Jews are geniuses, and we came to the conclusion that we think it is because they study Talmud,” said the Korean ambassador to Israel, Mr. Young Sam Ma. And this is how “Rav Papa” became a more well known scholar in Korea than in Israel.
A Siyum Harambam took place in Montreal with hundreds in participation.
In recent weeks, fathers of the Mesivta bochurim have joined their sons on Sundays at 11:00 a.m. in the Mesivta Zal to learn the Gemorah of the week. They learned one on one with their sons with the Maggidei Shiur close by to answer any difficulties that arose.
Fans of Chabad.org’s famous Itche Kadoozie Show are celebrating the release of an episode that was one year in the making. IKS creator, Dovid Taub, released Parts I and II of the Passover Mini-Series last spring when production of the show was temporarily halted as Taub moved back from London, UK to the United States.
Mendy and Shternie (nee Gurary) Matusof (Crown Heights)
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Dr. Barbara Biggs of Los Angeles, California, mother of, Rabbi Yonason Biggs of Crown Heights and Michael Biggs of Los Angeles, California.
The opening song, Power, performed by the Sparks choir at the Jewish Kids Got Talent concert Sunday evening.
Mrs. Bessie Rosen OBM, was 93 years old when she passed away today, after living in Crown Heights for the last 87 years.
