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Op-Ed: Congratulations Crown Heights!
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.
Photos: Fireworks Mark Nations Independence Day
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.
Rabbi Shea Hecht Thanks Supporters in Election
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.
New Engagement! – Eli Simpson and Musi Zajac!
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]
The Winners Are: Hackner and Brownstein
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.
Holocaust Survivors with Tattooed Arms Gather at Chabad
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.
Zlata Geisinsky, the late co-director of Chabad of Bethesda and Chevy Chase, Md., counseled women throughout the Jewish community.
Tribute to Rebbetzin Zlata Geisinsky
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.
Records Could Melt as Triple-Digit Temperatures are set to hit
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.
Chabad Hebrew School Celebrates End-of-Year with Beginning
GOSHEN, NY — On a recent Sunday morning, Chabad Hebrew School students and their families celebrated with an end-of-year brunch and award ceremony.
Video – Rescue at Entebbe
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.
Federation of Jewish Communities chairman Alexander Boroda, left, and Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar accompany Jewish Autonomous Region Gov. Alexander Vinnikov and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to the Freud Jewish Community Center in Birobidjan. It was the first visit of a Russian chief executive to the Far Eastern region. (Photo: Presidential Press and Information Office)
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.
Russian President Tours Jewish Region
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.
For years, the International Moshiach Campaign has issued materials to help shluchim fulfill the Rebbe’s call to publicize the Geula Shelaima. Now all that material has been collected in a new library. The on-line library is being sponsored by Rabbi Yoseph Y. Zaltzman, a member of the Moshiach Compaign Vaad.
New On-Line Library Opened by International Moshiach Campaign
For years, the International Moshiach Campaign has issued materials to help shluchim fulfill the Rebbe’s call to publicize the Geula Shelaima. Now all that material has been collected in a new library. The on-line library is being sponsored by Rabbi Yoseph Y. Zaltzman, a member of the Moshiach Compaign Vaad.
Run-Off Elections Being Held
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Run-off elections are being held today for the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council “Vaad”. Residents will receive two votes, to be cast between Shea Hecht, Fishel Brownstein, and Yossi Hackner; as ruled by Dayan, Rabbi Avrohom B Rosenberg.
