After years without a mikvah, Chabad of Seine-et-Marne, the French department #77 located in the Île-de-France region, close to the international EuroDisney amusement park, has inaugurated an elegant state-of-the-art ritual bath.
Bochurim in Yeshivas Kayitz Minnesota enjoyed a packed first week, which started off with a hands on lesson in Shechita in which they shechted a lamb, which they barbecued and ate later that day, a trip to Wells Minnesota for a swim, a visit to Mall of America, the largest mall in the world where they put on Teffilin with tens of shoppers, and a go-cart course at 45mph!
First of all congratulations and a hearty Mazal Tov to the newly elected Vaad of Crown Heights, you were voted in by an election that was held with the participation of an overwhelming majority of the residents of the Rebbe’s Shchuna, and we all pray for you and for your success on behalf of the residents of Crown Heights.
Marking our nations day of independence, Macy’s set off a spectacular 26 minute show of fireworks over the Hudson River. Photographer Chaim Perl captured the event with a set of amazing photos.
In a letter Rabbi Shea Hecht emailed to CrownHeights.info, he thanks all the residents in Crown Heights who supported him. He goes on, saying, he respect the communities decision and wishes the new Vaad Hatzlocha.
Eli (ben R Avrohom) Simpson (Crown Heights) and Musi Zajac (Montreal, Canada)
L’Chaim tonight, Wednesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A total of 1779 votes were counted in the Tuesday run-off elections for the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council “Vaad.” Yossi Hackner won with 1659, while Fishel Brownstein just managed to beat Shea Hecht with 43 votes.
Last week hundreds of people gathered at Congregation Beth Sholom Chabad of Mineola to hear Auschwitz survivors give first-person accounts of their experiences during the Holocaust.
The event, “When the Numbers Count,” looked specifically at what the concentration camp tattoos have come to mean to survivors. It was organized by Chabad of Mineola and hosted by Rabbi Anchelle Perl.
Shockwaves of grief steamrolled through the greater Washington, D.C., Jewish community with the news of the passing of Zlata Geisinsky, a 49-year-old Chabad-Lubavitch emissary seen by many as a close, personal confidant. Known as a selfless educator, community activist and devoted mother, Geisinsky was co-director of Chabad of Bethesda and Chevy Chase, Md.
Get ready for the worst day of the heat wave.
After Monday’s high of 99 degrees, temperatures are expected to hit triple digits Tuesday, putting people and power systems at risk.
GOSHEN, NY — On a recent Sunday morning, Chabad Hebrew School students and their families celebrated with an end-of-year brunch and award ceremony.
13 Tammuz, 5736 · July 11, 1976
From time to time, G-d grants us the opportunity to observe in this physical world how quality prevails over quantity, how the soul prevails over the body, and how the soul of the world rules over the veil of physical reality.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made history last week when he became the first sitting president to visit the Jewish Autonomous Region in Russia’s Far East and its capital city of Birobidjan.
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