CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Pulling off a parade as great as it was, is thanks to thousands of hours of work by hundreds of volunteers, which was all pulled together by the organizers. In recognition of their work a thank you dinner and awards ceremony was held.
Parade Organizers Thank Volunteers, Police
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Pulling off a parade as great as it was, is thanks to thousands of hours of work by hundreds of volunteers, which was all pulled together by the organizers. In recognition of their work a thank you dinner and awards ceremony was held.
ULY’s 7th Graders Rewarded for Outstanding Achievement
Lubavitcher Yeshiva’s 7th graders enjoyed a day of fun in celebration of their outstanding achievements in class. Every student not only wants to learn but wants to feel appreciated and wants to know that someone takes an interest in how well he’s learning (and he also wants to have fun)!
Well that’s exactly what these seventh graders learned on their trip today; Rebbi appreciates their achievements. The boys enjoyed hours of fun with a very intense miniature-golf competition, frightening batting cages and a ride on a superb go-kart raceway!
Photos: Shluchim gather as one in Nebraska
Over 50 shluchim gathered this past weekend in Omaha, Nebraska for the U.S Western regional Kinus.
Hosted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman and his wife, and chaired by Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, of Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch, the weekend was one of rejuvenation, giving the shluchim the necessary inspiration and motivation to take back to their families and communities.
Honor of the Yom Tov of Shvuos CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present a Photo of the Rebbe Holding the Torah, this picture is from the winter of 1988.
Weekly Unique Picture of the Rebbe!
Honor of the Yom Tov of Shvuos CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present a Photo of the Rebbe Holding the Torah, this picture is from the winter of 1988.
Bnos Menachem Preschool Prepares for Shavuot!
Students of Bnos Menachem Preschool in Crown Heights prepared for Shavuos with Simcha. Standing around “Har Sinai” the meidelach heard the Aseres Hadibrois being read and then they enjoyed a special music activity with Morah Music.
In the sprit of Shavuos in conjunction with the Reb Shmuel Shrage Middos Program, United Lubavitch Yeshiva of Ocean Parkway held a competition for their students to go home and bake the nicest cake they can. The most lovely tasty Chalev Yisroel cakes of all shapes and sizes were rated for taste, presentation and consistency.
ULY OP Holds 1st Annual Cheese Cake Competition!
In the sprit of Shavuos in conjunction with the Reb Shmuel Shrage Middos Program, United Lubavitch Yeshiva of Ocean Parkway held a competition for their students to go home and bake the nicest cake they can. The most lovely tasty Chalev Yisroel cakes of all shapes and sizes were rated for taste, presentation and consistency.
Besht Center Opens its Doors
A new shul has opened its doors in Crown Heights. The Besht Center, which is named after the late Reb Shmuel Tanchum Shuchat A”H, seeks to fill the spiritual needs of its participants– post yeshiva Bochurim and newly married youngerlight. The motivation for the Besht Center is that Crown Heights is a flourishing and ever expanding community brimming with young people in search of a kehilah to call their own.
Brooklyn, NY [CHI] — Kol Menachem, the organization behind the critically acclaimed series of English Judaica, is announcing a new venture - Torah in Ten. In this go, go, go world we live in, it can be difficult to sit down and find time to study the weekly parsha. And when shabbos rolls around, we all wish we had studied more and could contribute to the conversation at the shabbos table. Not to mention our children, don’t we all wish we could provide them beautiful insights into the weekly parsha?
Torah in Ten – A New Insightful Ten Minute Torah Lesson!
Brooklyn, NY [CHI] — Kol Menachem, the organization behind the critically acclaimed series of English Judaica, is announcing a new venture – Torah in Ten. In this go, go, go world we live in, it can be difficult to sit down and find time to study the weekly parsha. And when shabbos rolls around, we all wish we had studied more and could contribute to the conversation at the shabbos table. Not to mention our children, don’t we all wish we could provide them beautiful insights into the weekly parsha?
(CBS) At a warehouse in New Jersey, 6,000 used copy machines sit ready to be sold. CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports almost every one of them holds a secret.
Video – Copy Machines, a Security Risk?
(CBS) At a warehouse in New Jersey, 6,000 used copy machines sit ready to be sold. CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports almost every one of them holds a secret.
Engagement: Leibel Baumgarten and Estie Katzman
Leibel Baumgarten (South Africa) and Estie Katzman (Omaha, NE)
L’Chaim tonight, Monday at 629 Montgomery St
[between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]
Rabbi Asher and Dini Hecht together with their daughter Mushka have recently moved on Shlichus to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas where they will be establishing a new Chabad center, serving the needs of the Jews of the Texas valley.
New Shluchim to Texas!
Rabbi Asher and Dini Hecht together with their daughter Mushka have recently moved on Shlichus to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas where they will be establishing a new Chabad center, serving the needs of the Jews of the Texas valley.
Cheder Menachem’s Annual Mishnayos Awards Ceremony
As every year, from Yud Shevat thru Yud Alef Nissan, talmidim of Cheder Menachem in Los Angeles worked in preparing a special and most befitting present for the Rebbe in honor of Yud Alef Nissan with their annual Mishnayos Be’Al peh program; together, the talmidim learned and were tested on a total of over 118,000 lines of Mishnayos, Tanya, Siddur and Yediyos Kloliyos. This number includes: 9,770 Mishnayos – including 151 complete Masechtos and 1,222 Perakim, 7 Sedarim, as well as 80 Perakim of Tanya Baal Peh.

Monsey Yeshivah First Dinner Marking 10 Years
MONSEY — Marking it tenth year, Yeshivas Menachem Mendel Lubavitch of Monsey held its first ever dinner last night, appropriately titled Dinner of the Decade.
Culprits could face hate-crime penalties in what Shreveport police say was the weekend desecration of several historic Jewish graves.
Investigators went to Oakland Cemetery, on the edge of the downtown and Ledbetter Heights neighborhoods, about 2 p.m. Saturday after a groundskeeper reported that nine headstones had been overturned or broken.
Vandals Desecrate Historic Jewish Graves in Louisiana
Culprits could face hate-crime penalties in what Shreveport police say was the weekend desecration of several historic Jewish graves.
Investigators went to Oakland Cemetery, on the edge of the downtown and Ledbetter Heights neighborhoods, about 2 p.m. Saturday after a groundskeeper reported that nine headstones had been overturned or broken.