Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe!
Crownheights.info and the Avner Institute present these unique photos of the Rebbe sharing a few words with Rabbi Simcha Elberg in the mid 1970s.
Mayor Congratulates Little Shliach on Upshernish
Yossi Baron celebrated his 3rd birthday and Upshernish on Tu B’shvat. The Mayor of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Norman Edelcup, sent Yossi’s parents, Rabbi Yisrael and Toby Baron, a special certificate to acknowledge and honor Yossi on this special milestone.
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Monday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended on Monday, February 13, for Lincoln’s Birthday. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Group Abandons Shabbos Protest Against Gutnick
The Australian
Joseph Gutnick
Protesters targeting mining magnate Joseph Gutnick have abandoned plans to rally outside a Melbourne synagogue on the Sabbath, after an eleventh-hour realisation that their action could be viewed as anti-Semitic.
Hundrends Join KSCVK Men’s Event Motzai Shabbos
Hundreds of men joined Keren Simchas Chosson V’Kallah for their annual Motzai Shabbos event. Attendees Enjoyed a buffet serving a wide variety of foods, which was followed by the program which was emceed by Rabbi Mendel Duchman along with entertainment by ventriloquist Chuck Field. Also auctioned off was the first pies of pizza after Pesach from the new pizza shop Pomodori, selling for as high as $118 a pie!
Rabbi’s Teachings on Recovery Find a Wide Audience
New York Times
Rabbi Shais Taub, left, and Rev. Steven E. Boes, Boys Town’s president, spoke with each other after a meeting.
Boys Town, Nebraska — On a clement winter day at the edge of the Plains, two men in black trod a kind of hallowed ground. One was a Roman Catholic priest, Rev. Steven E. Boes, and the other a Hasidic rabbi, Shais Taub.
The First Haircut
Gainesville Sun
All eyes were on Meir Shlomo Goldman last week as with one snip of the shears, his curly chestnut hair was cut for the first time in his life.
A Strange Estate Transaction
by Zalman Goldstein
It was a sunny February Friday morning in Monsey, NY. A friend invited me to attend an Estate Sale. I’ve never been to an Estate sale, and am not even sure what they are. For some reason I decided to join along. Perhaps because he said it was just a few minutes’ drive from where we were and it wouldn’t take much time.
Oholei Torah 7-8 Grades Go on Tmimim Excursion
For the past few months talmidim in Grades 7 and 8 in Oholei Torah have been abuzz with preparations for a trip of the year, where the talmidim, Melamdim and hanhola spend quality time in a relaxed atmosphere, yet imbued with proper hanhogah and chassishikeit, befitting talmidim of Oholei Torah.
Baby Girl!
Yisroel Meir and Ellona (nee Hess) Munitz (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Chanochi (ben R’ Yosef) Deitsch (Crown Heights) and Mushkie (bas R’ Levi Itche) Bruk (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Bentzy Shemtov (Montevideo, Uruguay) and Menucha (bas R’ Chaim) Lapidus (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A suitcase - which has been sitting on Eastern Parkway near Brooklyn Avenue for a few days - was called in to 911 as a suspicious package just an hour ago. Police are taking no chances and shut down the entire area, causing traffic mayhem on Erev Shabbos just as school was being dismissed.
Bomb Scare in Front of Oholei Torah
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A suitcase – which has been sitting on Eastern Parkway near Brooklyn Avenue for a few days – was called in to 911 as a suspicious package just an hour ago. Police are taking no chances and shut down the entire area, causing traffic mayhem on Erev Shabbos just as school was being dismissed.
Russian Students Gather in Rostov for the Jewish Youth Conference.
In the city where almost 70 years ago, Nazi forces committed the biggest single atrocity associated with the Holocaust in Russia, the local Jewish community is building programming models aimed at uniting Jewish youth across the country.
Rostov Jewish Community Rises from the Ashes
Russian Students Gather in Rostov for the Jewish Youth Conference.
In the city where almost 70 years ago, Nazi forces committed the biggest single atrocity associated with the Holocaust in Russia, the local Jewish community is building programming models aimed at uniting Jewish youth across the country.
Interfax
Russia's chief rabbi Berel Lazar with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Chairman of the North Caucasus Muslims Coordination Center Ismail Berdiyev and Russia's chief rabbi Berel Lazar expressed support for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, crediting him with major achievements.
Rabbi Lazar Praises Putin
Interfax
Russia’s chief rabbi Berel Lazar with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Chairman of the North Caucasus Muslims Coordination Center Ismail Berdiyev and Russia’s chief rabbi Berel Lazar expressed support for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, crediting him with major achievements.
Historic Torah Re-dedication in Krefeld, Germany
Last Sunday, 12th of Shevat 5772, hundreds of community members, prominent Rabbis and leaders from far and wide gathered together in Krefeld Germany to celebrate the re-dedication of a Sefer Torah that was saved from the Nazis during the Holocaust.
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