Event Highlights Successful “Yeshiva in Prison” Program
The evening of Wednesday, May 18th featured a special evening program at the Aleph Institute in Pittsburgh, as ten rabbinical students and a handful of volunteers gathered for dinner and words of inspiration.

Motzei Shabbos: Lag Baomer Bonfire!
Marking the beginning of Lag Baomer, a communal Bonfire will be lit once again on Kingston Avenue in front of the Wingate Highschool – 600 Kingston Avenue – starting at 10:00pm.

The Rebbe at the Parades
The Avner Institute would like present a series of Photos of the Rebbe at Lag B’omer parades over the years, with special thanks to the Schildkraut and Klein families.
From Oholei Torah’s marching band, to Lubavitcher Yeshiva's float, From NCFJE’s headquarters to 770, hundreds of volunteers have been putting in thousands of hours in preparation for the upcoming Lag BaOmer Parade this Sunday.
Video: Parade Preparations Reach Fever Pitch!
From Oholei Torah’s marching band, to Lubavitcher Yeshiva’s float, From NCFJE’s headquarters to 770, hundreds of volunteers have been putting in thousands of hours in preparation for the upcoming Lag BaOmer Parade this Sunday.
New Engagement!
Nasoniel Nerenberg (Oak Park, MI) and Nechama Yaffee (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim Monday at Chovevei Torah
885 Eastern Pkwy [between Albany and Troy Ave]

New Synagogue Joins Fort Jackson
Shep Cutler feels good about helping put Columbia’s Chabad-Lubavitch of South Carolina on the map. He and his wife Joni donated $125,000 toward the establishment of a new synagogue, a permanent home for a community that has been renting space at an area country club for the past 10 years.
Moments before President Obama was due to deliver his major Middle East policy address today, Algemeiner director Dovid Efune spoke on Fox News live about the origins of the Arab Israeli conflict, why territorial concessions would endanger lives, the Arab phased plan and the dangers of the positions taken by the Obama administration.
Video: Algemeiner Director Appears on Fox News
Moments before President Obama was due to deliver his major Middle East policy address today, Algemeiner director Dovid Efune spoke on Fox News live about the origins of the Arab Israeli conflict, why territorial concessions would endanger lives, the Arab phased plan and the dangers of the positions taken by the Obama administration.

Obama Endorses 1967 Borders for Israel
WASHINGTON — Seeking to harness the seismic political change still unfolding in the Arab world, President Obama for the first time on Thursday publicly called for a settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that would create a non-militarized Palestinian state on the basis of Israel’s borders before 1967.

Demjanjuk Trial Witness Recounts Escape from Sobibor
One of eight living participants of the 1943 revolt at the infamous Sobibor extermination camp shared his story of escape and survival with locals at the Chabad-Lubavitch Center of Sudbury, Mass.
Measuring an imposing 75 feet by 30 feet, the new and updated sign replaces the signs that graced the parade from past years. Yitzy Vail together with a group of volunteers put up the sign this afternoon in preparation for the upcoming parade this Sunday.
The Great Parade’s Great Sign!
Measuring an imposing 75 feet by 30 feet, the new and updated sign replaces the signs that graced the parade from past years. Yitzy Vail together with a group of volunteers put up the sign this afternoon in preparation for the upcoming parade this Sunday.

Hundreds Attend Cheder of Monsey Auction
Yesterday evening, Pesach Sheni, more than 400 women attended a Chinese Auction event honoring Mrs. Leah Rubashkin at the Ateres Charna Ballroom near Monsey.
Charlie Buttons to Join the LA Lag B’Omer Parade
The Lag B’Omer Parade in LA is excited to announce that they have secured the services of “Charlie Buttons”.
A CrownHeights.info fan sent us these pictures of brothers Baruch and Shalom Kalmanson learning with the French Twins in 770 earlier today.
The French Twins Prepare for the Parade!
A CrownHeights.info fan sent us these pictures of brothers Baruch and Shalom Kalmanson learning with the French Twins in 770 earlier today.