Weekly Unique Picture of the Rebbe!

CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present a newly released photo of the Rebbe entering a farbrengen in the winter of 1975. Special thanks to Rabbi Shlomo Friedman, member of Lubavitch Youth Organization and director of Yad L’Shliach, an organization dedicated to helping the Rebbe’s emissaries worldwide.

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Important Message to the Residents of the Catskills

To all our honored Jewish brethren residing in the Catskill region and beyond, sheyichyu;

The quality of medical care in the Catskill region is unfortunately not on the level of care that you are accustomed to in the city. Certain medical capabilities and treatments are just not available in the local community hospitals (as is well known both inside and outside our communities) and frequently results in delay of proper care.

Ten Minute Video Class! – Parshas Ekev

We are pleased to present our tenth online class in the “Torah in Ten” series, presented by the editor-in-chief of Kol Menachem, Rabbi Chaim Miller. To receive this class to your inbox subscribe here: www.torahinten.com

Photos: Gan Menachem’s Charlie Buttons Hat Day!

Today Gan Menachem day camp had Charlie Buttons hat day! Campers brought hats similar to that of the one Charlie wears, as well as a variety of other interesting hats. The day was punctuated by a visit of Charlie Buttons himself!

Eastern Pkwy Accident Injures Five

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Two cars collided in an intersection yesterday, Tuesday evening, and injured five. The incident took place at around 7:00pm in the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Franklin Avenue, where a minivan with 4 passengers collided with a sedan, injuring all of the vehicles occupants.

Ex-Nazi Guard Charged with Helping to Kill 430,000 Jews

The ruins of the gas chambers at Birkenau, a part of the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, which was blown up by the Nazis to erase evidence of their atrocities, is seen in Oswiecim, Poland, Jan. 11, 2007. (AP / Czarek Sokolowski)

BERLIN [AP] — A suspected former Nazi death camp guard has been charged with participating in the murder of 430,000 Jews and other crimes during the Third Reich, German prosecutors said Wednesday.

Hasidic Jewish Wedding is a First for Rochester, MN

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What was believed to be Rochester’s first Hasidic Jewish wedding Monday brought centuries-old religious traditions to Peace Plaza, where Doba Greene of Rochester and Yossi Schlass of Jerusalem were married.

Shomrim Apprehends Shoplifter

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — For the third time in two weeks, Shomrim apprehended a shoplifter. the incident took place at the Kingston Bargain Center, where the store manager spotted a black male filling up a shopping bag with items, then leaving without paying.