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As a culmination to a whirlwind of a Shabbos, students attending the annual Chabad on Campus Shabbaton were treated to a grand ‘Melaveh Malkah Carnival’. Attractions ranged from Jousting and Rock Climbing to creative Jewish craft projects.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A man was slashed across his face during a verbal argument aboard a local city bus, and the attack is suspected of being gang related.
Rabbi Berel Zaltzman, Shliach of the Fairlawn Russian community in New Jersey, farbrenged last night with a group of Monsey yungeleit at a Melava Malka at the home of Tzili and Chaya Ehrenreich.
As Jewish singers & artists from around the world gathered to celebrate the release of a song in support of Sholom Rubashkin on Thursday, 29 Tishrei, one of the biggest stars was nowhere to be found. Singer and co-composer, Mordechai Ben David, was in Cincinnati, OH visiting a little boy, who needed some support and cheering up of his own.
Zalmy Langsam (Crown Heights) and Sara (bas R. Moshe & Chaya) Klein (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim Monday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Members of congregation Beis Shmuel Chabad attended a three hour evening dedicated ‘to their children’ in a practical parenting workshop hosted by the Shul.
Yanky and Frumie (nee Gordon) Putter (Crown Heights)
Thousands of students who attend Chabad on campus in their selective cities joined their local Rabbis for a inspirational and uplifiting weekend in Crown Heights. Moshe Hecht, Nosson Zand, and Matisyahu played Motzai Shabbos in Beis Rivkah for these students of Chabad on Campus. For many it was the first time they went to a concert with a michitza down the middle of the room!
In 1920, the famous Brooklyn Jewish Center, on Eastern Parkway, opened its doors to cater to all aspects of Jewish Life. During this time, Crown Heights was one of the most exclusive Jewish communities in New York, and many prominent doctors, lawyers and politicians in the community were amongst the founding members of the Center.
Brooklyn residents yesterday rallied against an ugly, two-way bicycle lane on majestic Prospect Park West — just the latest costly and increasingly destructive traffic-rerouting scheme imposed by city Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan.
This Friday, 14th of Cheshvan, marks the birthday of the highly esteemed, well respected and beloved maggid shiur in Oholei Torah Zal, Reb Avrohom Gerlitzky. There has been a tradition for many years, that on his birthday his talmidim make it a special day, a highlight in the Oholei Torah calendar. This year was no exception.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Police lost a gun toting car thief after a vehicle pursuit that ended in a crash. The chase ended on Carroll off Troy after the suspect crashed and disabled his vehicle, a brief foot chase ensued, and police eventually lost him.
Today, Friday, close to 1,000 students from over 100 university campuses across North America, will arrive in the Crown Heights neighborhood, in honor of the annual Chabad on Campus International Shabbaton.
Congratulations and Mazel Tov to Eli Bakal, Charlene Swain and Sasha Matusevich, The North of Boston JLI Teen interns, for winning the International JLI Teens Video Contest. The Boston trio competed against other JLI Teen Interns from around the world, putting their creativity and acting skills to the test.
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