The following is the fourth gallery that was submitted to our Photo Competition, depicting “Our Beautiful Community”.
This is the first gallery of many already submitted! To learn more or join the competition visit awarmfocus.org
We are saddened to inform you that Esther Klein, mother of Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein, passed away Friday evening, May 14th, at 8:00pm.
Funeral services will take place on Monday afternoon, May 17th, at 1:00pm sharp in the McCormick Auditorium of the Norris University Center of Northwestern University, 1999 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208. Following services, internment will take place at West Lawn Cemetery, 7801 West Montrose Avenue, Norridge, IL 60706.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes
Menachem Rapp (Melbourne, Australia) and Mushki Pil (San Francisco, CA)
Supporters turned out in support of Keren Avrohom Eliezer Camp Fund’s annual auction, and enjoyed a performance by Lipa!
Auction Winners:
Grand Prize – C.Z. Minkowitz
Jackpot – Rochel Perl
Split the pot – Chava Altein
Admission – C.M. Bendit
Kehot Publication Society has just released a chasidic discourse (“maamar”) by the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of sainted memory. The discourse, entitled “Chaviv Adam,” was delivered by the Rebbe on the second day of Shavuot 1925, in S. Petersburg, Russia, and has never before been published.
For 8 months Thursday night was Mishmor night, for Oholei Torah Zal and students of Lubavitcher Yeshiva’s 7th and 8th grades. Each Thursday night big bochur and little bochur would learn, farbreng, snack and play together.
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — A Crown Heights family went through a harrowing ordeal this Sunday afternoon. Their 2-year-old daughter slipped away and vanished as they enjoyed the beautiful day in Prospect Park.
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Chabad of Brooklyn Heights celebrated the 10th Anniversary of the Mei Menachem Community Mikvah Dinner in style at the Prospect Park Picnic House with an evening dedicated to fostering harmony in the home.
About me: I am a young Shliach living in queens. I go to school in Crown Heights. I think Crown Heights is the coolest place on earth.
The following is the third gallery that was submitted to our Photo Competition, depicting “Our Beautiful Community”.
To learn more or join the competition visit awarmfocus.org
The Yeshiva Gedola Lubavitch in London announced that they are the first Yeshiva in the UK to be granted a license by the United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) to sponsor students for study at their Yeshiva.
As the days get warmer it becomes time to tend to the yards. Reb Leibel Swerdlov, a Crown Street resident, took advantage of the nice Sunday weather and tended to his yard.
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Futerfas (1906-1995), known informally as Reb Mendel, was a famous Chabad Mashpia. He was a top student of the famed Mashpia, Reb Zalman Moishe HaYitzchaki. He was known for telling stories, particularly from his incarceration, and deriving lessons from everything he heard and saw there.
Two hours before Shabbos police closed off President Street between Troy and Albany Avenues. Officers clad in armor and armed with assault rifles converged on 1499 President Street, in search of evidence of two suspects who are accused of kidnapping a 14-year-old black girl. They are accused of holding her captive there for two weeks, and assaulting her repeatedly.
“The Chabad House Compass” – a magazine for shluchim by shluchim, has been published by Merkos Suite 302, designed to help shluchim – “navigate the world of shlichus”.
As the network of Shluchim continues to grow, the request for a forum in print where shluchim can connect and share their experiences was put forth.
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