Baby Boy!
Mendy and Temma (nee Silverstein) Cohen (Bala Cynwyd, PA)
Ignoring Alcohol Abuse in Yeshiva Won’t Make it go Away
BUFFALO, NY, [CHI] — Recent studies have determined that alcohol ranks “most harmful” among a list of 20 drugs, according to an article on the study released by The Lancet Journal last November. Yet in many yeshivos Adar ushers in a month of fabrengens and of course L’chaim! Many young bochurim will be exposed to tremendous peer pressure to take a sip, and unwittingly start on the road to a terrible addiction. In Buffalo, Mesivta Menachem has taken preemptive action.
Cleveland’s Friendship Circle Cafe
Friendship Circle of Cleveland held their first annual Café night, organized by the Teen Scene girl volunteers.
Weekly Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present a photo of the Rebbe arriving at 770, with special thanks to the Garelik family archive.
Baby Girl!
Shmuly and Bella (nee Gopin) Levy (Crown Heights)
Set to break ground March 13, a Long Island Jewish center is undertaking a massive expansion project, doubling the size of its current location to better serve a vibrant and rapidly-growing Jewish community.
After Groundbreaking, LI Center to Double in Size
Set to break ground March 13, a Long Island Jewish center is undertaking a massive expansion project, doubling the size of its current location to better serve a vibrant and rapidly-growing Jewish community.
Another day and a new character shows up at 770. A reader sent us in this video, taken with his mobile phone, of the latest one to show up and preach his new message – the end of the Talmud. Police got involved and sent the man, who was dressed in a blue robe and cotton tzitzis, on his way after a crowd gathered and got loud.
Video: Deranged Man Entertains Crowd by 770
Another day and a new character shows up at 770. A reader sent us in this video, taken with his mobile phone, of the latest one to show up and preach his new message – the end of the Talmud. Police got involved and sent the man, who was dressed in a blue robe and cotton tzitzis, on his way after a crowd gathered and got loud.
Mr. Leo Weissman, a long-time resident of Crown Heights, has passed away.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Mr. Leo Weissman OBM
Mr. Leo Weissman, a long-time resident of Crown Heights, has passed away.
‘Trailblazing’ Chaplain Leaves his Mark on Canadian Armed Forces
OTTAWA – A rabbi, a minister and an imam walk into a barracks… The Canadian Armed Forces had hundreds of Christian chaplains, the Maltese Cross in its symbol, and “Onward Christian Soldiers” as the official March Past, but in 2007, after Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Chaim Mendelsohn became the first rabbi to serve as a chaplain since World War II, things began to change.
N. MIAMI BEACH, FL — With badges, Blackberries, uniforms and yamulkes, at any given night a group of beefed-up crime-watchers called the Shmira Patrol has a handful of volunteers cruising the streets in North Miami Beach.
Neighborhood Crime Watch Goes To Extremes
N. MIAMI BEACH, FL — With badges, Blackberries, uniforms and yamulkes, at any given night a group of beefed-up crime-watchers called the Shmira Patrol has a handful of volunteers cruising the streets in North Miami Beach.
While the Chabad Shliach in Tuscon, AZ, was mum about the shooting in his home town, more recently Rabbi Yossie Shemtov had a lot to say about the fall of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt:
Rabbi Shemtov Upbeat about Egypt’s Future
While the Chabad Shliach in Tuscon, AZ, was mum about the shooting in his home town, more recently Rabbi Yossie Shemtov had a lot to say about the fall of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt:
A Montreal cabbie learned on Thursday that his taxi isn't a vehicle for freedom of expression and religion. Arieh Perecowicz lost his court challenge against Montreal taxi authorities who fined him for filling his cab with an assortment of personal and religious objects.
Cabbie Fined for Decorating Cab with Personal, Religious Items
A Montreal cabbie learned on Thursday that his taxi isn’t a vehicle for freedom of expression and religion. Arieh Perecowicz lost his court challenge against Montreal taxi authorities who fined him for filling his cab with an assortment of personal and religious objects.
As supporters and protesters chanted outside, Avi and Eliyahu Werdesheim, members of a Park Heights citizens patrol, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Baltimore Circuit Court to beating a black teenager last fall as he walked through their neighborhood.
Baltimore Community Rallies Behind its Shomrim Volunteers
As supporters and protesters chanted outside, Avi and Eliyahu Werdesheim, members of a Park Heights citizens patrol, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Baltimore Circuit Court to beating a black teenager last fall as he walked through their neighborhood.
77th Precinct Probed for Manipulating Crime Statistics
A Brooklyn police precinct is under scrutiny after cops told investigators their bosses manipulated crime statistics, sources said. The 77th Precinct, covering Crown Heights and Prospect Heights, first raised a red flag with unusually high numbers of unfounded cases – where cops respond to a report of crime and determine none was committed, sources said.
Trading Cards Put End to Children’s Blessing Confusion
A new set of trading cards is helping Jewish children keep their foodstuffs straight, teaching them about the world of blessings made before eating.
Mikvah Chaya Mushka Canberra Inaugurated
AUSTRALIA — Under the guidance of Rabbi Aharon Serebryanski and in the presence of communal leaders and diplomats, the US Ambassador to Australia, His Excellency Jeffery Bleich, officially opened Mikvah Chaya Mushka Canberra on Tuesday 15th Febrary 2011, corresponding to 11 Adar 1 5771 in the Hebrew calendar.
Record Number of Student at Shabbat Dinners
Shabbat 1,000 pulls in record numbers of students for multi themed Shabbat dinners across the UK at Chabad on Campus.
