In a meeting billed as a welcome ceremony for Rabbi Yosef Braun late Thursday night in the offices of the Vaad Hakohol, a dramatic scene unfolded when R. Braun pulled out his Semicha and one of his close supporters – Menachem Shagalow – took it from his hands and tore it to pieces.
Yossi and Mushky (nee Newman) Lewis
Choni and Dini Morozow (Crown Heights)
Moshe and Hentcha Zavdi (London, UK)
Chezky and Chaya Hinda Holtzberg (New Haven, CT)
Avrohom and Dalya Cohen (Monsey, NY)
Velvel and Esty Lipsker (Miami Beach, FL)
Schneur and Bluma Katz (New Haven, CT)
Photos of the L’Chaim of Moshe Rubin (Melbourne, Australia) and Mushka Gershowitz (Crown Heights) at the FREE.
A group of volunteers from a Florida church made their way to New York where they joined up with a local Crown Heights church, and together they are doing outreach work in the neighborhood. Throughout the afternoon Friday the group did arts and crafts with children and played sports with them.
Benzion and Faigy Treitel
675 Empire Blvd #1F [between Albany and Troy Ave]
Aryeh and Etty Schwartz
1625 President St Apt 1H [between Schenectady and Utica Ave]
Yishai and Dekelyah Winer
Hadar Hatorah, 824 Eastern Pkwy [between Kingston and Albany Ave]
Shneur Zalman and Brochie Friedman
1422 President St. [between Kingston and Albany Ave]
Yosef and Yonit Daphne
613 E. NY Ave #2RB [between Kingston and Albany Ave]
Yudi and Bruchy Winterfeld
4905 Kent Ave. Montreal, Canada
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A 15 year old black teen was beaten and robbed Thursday afternoon while walking on Eastern Parkway. After the incident the teen made his way to the police command center on Kingston and reported the incident.
Bnos Menachem first grade students made an exciting presentation in honor of the special occasion of their Chumash party. The highlight of the event was when every student received her own Chumash with her name engraved on the cover.
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Fifty bochurim from Chovevei Torah ULY Mesivta enjoyed a beautiful Shabbaton at Lubavitch on the Palisades in New Jersey. It was a Shabbos full of learning and farbrenging with their mashpi’im and magidei shiur, including Rabbi Minsky, Rabbi Simpson, Rabbi Shur, and Rabbi Greenwald.
Rabbi Binyomin Klein putting on Teffilin with Israel’s Minister of Social Welfare Mr. Moshe Kachlon this morning at the Ohel.
One year after the tsunami that wasn’t, a massive shockwave spawned by an afternoon 8.9-earthquake off the coast of Japan slammed into the island nation Friday with 13-foot seas and sent tourists and locals almost 4,000 miles away in Hawaii scrambling for higher ground.
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