MORRISTOWN [CHI] — Many will be surprised to learn that after thirty years in existence, the community Shul of Morristown, Bais Hamikdash, Bais Haknesset, Congregation Levi Yitzchok, is still without its own Sefer Torah.
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Sarah Shemtov, 74, a longtime resident of Crown Heights.
She is survived by her children; Rabbi Yossi Shemtov, Shliach in Tucson, AZ, Mrs. Feige Duchman (Crown Heights), Rabbi Kasriel Shemtov (Crown Heights), Mrs. Bassie Treitel (Montreal), and Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Shliach in Detroit, MI.
The Levaya will take place today, Tuesday and will be leaving from the Shomrei Hadas Chaples at 12:00pm and passing by 770 at around 12:45pm
Marking the end of an exciting and eventful summer the campers and staff members got together for a banquet where awards, trophy’s, and gifts were given out.
A magnificent audio collection, which will enable new access to dozens of Farbrengens, Sichos and Yechidusen of the Rebbe was recently donated to The Living Archive Preservation Project. The recordings, made by Rabbi Yossi Goldstein and his son Aaron, span the years 1951 through 1977.
Maybe they can call themselves the Rikers Jailbirds and warm up audiences with a spirited rendition of “Working on the Chain Gang.”
A new Torah was welcomed with singing and dancing to Chabad House of Caulfield, housed in a 770 look alike building in St. Kilda in Australia.
CROWN HEIGHTS — In an interesting show of Achdus all three Vaad Hakohol Members will be on hand for the opening game of the Crown Heights Softball Leagues Playoffs, and will all be throwing the ceremonial first pitch side by side to start the game.
Is this Crown Heightses new Mikva? Well, actually it is not. While working on repairing a water main in front of Beis Binyomin on Montgomery Street, something went wrong and the hole the workers dug to reach the subterranean pipe filled with water.
Washington — The Moscow-Pullman area had a special visit by two young roving rabbis last month.
Surrey, Canada — After a long, tiring day of searching for Jewish people on the White Rock coast, we met a Jewish man named Stu, who was delighted to meet us!
The NYPD has declared war on reckless bicyclists, slapping cyclists with summonses for everything from riding on the sidewalk to near-misses with pedestrians to disobeying traffic signals and other rules of the road.
Dovid Schmukler, a Blackberry expert and developer was featured in the official Blackberry conference video.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Major changes are afoot for the upcoming school year at Oholei Torah’s elementary school. CrownHeights.info has learned that neighborhoods largest school made structural changes to its educational administration by hiring three new principals.
LITCHFIELD, CT — A federal judge recently struck down a motion to dismiss claims of religious discrimination by the Historic District Commission — among the latest developments in a busy summer of depositions and motions in a legal battle between the borough’s historic preservationists and a local Orthodox Jewish congregation.
Yagdil Torah is an organization in Crown Heights dedicated to increasing in Torah study, and Sunday they took the next step, by opening a Bais Medrash [torah study hall], right in the heart of the neighborhood.
ORANGE, CT — While most New York City marathon runners strive to wear the lightest gear they can, Rabbi Adam Haston will tackle the run wearing a traditional wool garment, long black pants, a yarmulke and baseball cap.
Benny Friedman was brought in as the surprise of Color War breakout at Camp Rayim in the Catskills.
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