
How Many Languages Can You Say Hello In?
In honor of the kinnus hashluchos, Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Crown Heights had a contest to see how many languages the kids could say hello in.
In honor of the kinnus hashluchos, Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Crown Heights had a contest to see how many languages the kids could say hello in.
CrownHeights.info received an email from a concerned member of the community with a letter addressed to the community. Please shovel the snow from the sidewalk in front of your house or building.
NEW YORK [WABC] — Precipitation early Tuesday morning has been fairly light across the mid-Atlantic states and in the Northeast. A shortwave, or ripple of upper-level energy, will be pressing eastward across the Great Lakes and into upstate New York and western New England today. This will tend to enhance snowfall rates after 5 a.m. in areas such as in the Poconos and the Catskills, as well as in northwestern New Jersey, the Hudson Valley and southern New England.
Nachi Rabin (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Gitty Brafman (Crown Heights)
Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave]
The National Weather Service and the city are urging property owners and builders to clear rooftops, awnings and overhangs of snow ASAP, to avoid potential collapses when an ice storm is expected to hit New York Tuesday.
Yeshivat Tzeirei HaShluchim – Tzfat bochurim continued to impress with their baal peh Gemara knowledge, this time following a visit and test with Tzfat Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu.
When private investor Brad Berger first stepped into Yale University’s Chabad House for a Friday night dinner during a trip back east two years ago, he was taken aback. He had heard about the throngs of Jewish students who sought out a “home away from home” at the center run by Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Shua and Sara Rosenstein, but this was the first time he had actually experienced such a thing at his alma mater.
On any given Shabbos at Chabad of Markham, Ontario, seven year-old Zalmy Plotkin is walking around giving out high fives. This is his way of helping his parents accomplish their Shlichus. You see, Zalmy has Down syndrome, yet he is an integral partner in his parents’ work.
A short clip introducing Kol Menachems fascinating new Megillat Esther. To order your copy visit: www.kolmenachem.com
Chabad of Mequon’s Center for Jewish Life hosted its annual winter Shabbaton, featuring scholar in residence, Rabbi Manis Friedman, and special guest Chazan and performer, Sholom Jacobs.
Menachem ans Sima (nee Rabinowitz) Yarmush (Crown Heights)
Jewish infrastructure in Brazil continues to expand, as Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Leib and Sara Rojtenberg, and their daughter Chana, settle in to their new home in the capital city of Brasilia.
On Sunday January 30, 2011, at Chovevei Torah on Eastern Parkway, well over 150 Crown Heights residents attended the Know-Your-Rights seminar. The seminar was organized by Brooklyn college student Yosef Bergovoy and law graduate Eliyahu Federman. The presenters included Federman, Attorney Norman Siegel and Earl Ward, District Attorney counsel Lance P. Ogiste along with Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Eric Adams. Community members found the presentation informative, empowering and inspiring.
CHAMPION, NY — The giant snowman just off of Route 126 in the Town of Champion is back, and this year, he’s bigger than ever. Vern Scoville’s 35-foot snowman is slowing traffic once again this year. This time around Frosty got a bit of a makeover. Instead of paper, the snowman is sporting a hat made from an old pool.
Shloime Denburg (Coral Springs, FL) and Margie (bas Reb Motel) Caplan (Crown Heights)
Nachi (ben Yosef (Joe) ) Rabin (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Gitty (bas Leibish) Brafman (Crown Heights)