While the whole world is talking about the Gaza flotilla, a group of officers and soldiers of the Israeli Defense Force, including navy, air force, and ground troops visited 770 today, They heard about the history of 770 and the neighborhood and the Lubavitch movement, and some even put on Tefillin.
PERRYVILLE, NJ [CHI] — Chabad of Hunterdon County, NJ celebrated its 7th Anniversary Dinner Banquet with a memorable Dinner Banquet at the Grand Colonial in Perryville.
In honor of Gimmel Tammuz, JEM has just released a new DVD in The Early Years series. The new DVD features eighteen amazing recently-recorded interviews shedding further light on the Rebbe’s early years.
Bozeman, MT — One of Montana’s few rabbis visited Washington D.C to represent the state’s Jewish community.
Rabbi Chaim Bruk was one of about 200 people to attend the first ever reception for Jewish American Heritage Month held at the White House.
TOLEDO, OH — The West Toledo neighborhood where Amera and Hor Akl live has resumed to normal. Thursday, federal agents search two vehicles and the home where the Akl’s live with their three children.
Fighting for his father, who died in January, and for his legion of Puerto Rican fans, Miguel Cotto won the first boxing match at the new Yankee Stadium on Saturday.
His victory came in bizarre fashion, after Yuri Foreman slipped in the seventh round and limped through the rest of the bout. Cotto won the fight twice, taking it for good 42 seconds into the ninth round. While Foreman carried on courageously, fighting and limping simultaneously, it was Cotto who left with the World Boxing Association super welterweight title belt.
Many issues faced the community with the heavily disputed Vaad elections, to name one was the obvious issue, should I go and vote, and outright disobey Rabbi Osdoba? What will happen after the elections? How will you retake the offices? These were among a number of other questions that were raised at a ‘meet the candidates’ meeting in Beis Chaya Mushka.
CrownHeights.info was present at the meeting and is now presenting 11 clips totaling over 45 minutes of video.
Shmuly Volovik (Crown Heights) and Moushkie Chazanow (Manalapan, NJ)
Chovevei Torah, 885 Eastern Pkwy [between Albany and Troy Ave]
Yehoshua Einbinder (Tarzana, CA) and Chaya Karnowsky (London, UK)
Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
I first heard about the Israeli commando counter charge of the now infamous flotilla while waiting to cross the U.S. border from Canada. As my wife and I listened to unconfirmed reports of casualties, I was reminded of a time while at the same U.S. entry port, I waited on queue along side a Red Crescent ambulance in tow. The West Bank-bound vehicle was being donated by a Muslim group in Quebec, and was subjected to a mandatory inspection as any vehicle would that was crossing into the United States.
The ever so dependable Shabbos siren has not been so this past Friday. 4 minutes after Shabbos began the siren suddenly sounded, followed by another just one minute later.
Dovid Efune, the managing editor of the Algemeiner, spoke on Fox News Strategy Room on the blow back of the Israeli raid of the Gaza bound flotilla, and Israel’s right to defend itself.
CrownHeights.info has just learned that Zalmen Wilhelm has dropped out of the race for Vaad Hakohol. This move comes as a surprise after he was reinstated, along with Shea Hecht, by the entire Bais Din headed by Rabbi Avrohom B. Rosenberg.
Moses sent them to scout the Land of Canaan, and he said to them, “Go up this way in the south and climb up the mountain.” (Parshas Shelach, Perek 13, Possuk 17)
ParshaPix is a new feature brought to you by CrownHeights.info and AwarmFocus.org which features photos submitted by anyone that relate to the weekly Sedra.
This Sunday there will be a chance to meet the candidates running for Vaad Hakohol. The event will take place in Lubavitcher Yeshiva 570 Crown Street at 8:30pm on Sunday, June 6th.
Each candidate will be given 5 minutes to present himself and his plans for the community. Following the presentations there will be a question and answer session.
CALIFORNIA — Close to 500 people attended Chabad of the Valley’s annual banquet celebrating its 37 years of serving the greater S. Fernando Valley. U. S. Congressman Brad Sherman opened the evening with inspiring words of praise for Chabad of the Valley and all of their valuable work on behalf of the community. The crowd rose to their feet as Congressman Sherman pledged his unmitigated support for Israel and its efforts of self defense.
Moshe Laufer, Jewish music’s most revered composer and arranger, celebrated 30 years of Jewish music in a special tribute concert at Brooklyn College last night, with Jewish music’s biggest stars, including MBD, Fried, Green, Yeedle, Smeltzer, and Werdiger!
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