Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Avi Hammer (Los Angeles, CA) and Shaindy Holtzberg (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
Their L’Chaim will IYH be Monday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
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CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — One of the gun-toting thugs who has been terrorizing Jewish Crown Heights residents was arrested last Wednesday. After a victim was able to positively ID the suspect in a police photo array, he was charged with robbery.
Gun-Toting Robber Arrested
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — One of the gun-toting thugs who has been terrorizing Jewish Crown Heights residents was arrested last Wednesday. After a victim was able to positively ID the suspect in a police photo array, he was charged with robbery.
BALTIMORE — Mayor Sheila Dixon of Baltimore presented local Chabad representatives with a key to the city last Monday.
The key was presented belatedly—in fact 80 years late—but it was received happily at a well attended ceremony at the Baltimore City Hall. Initially intended to be presented by Mayor William Frederick Broening to the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the key had been misplaced by the Mayor shortly before meeting the Rebbe on Jan. 16, 1930, and was missing since then.
After 80 Years, Key to Baltimore Presented to Chabad
BALTIMORE — Mayor Sheila Dixon of Baltimore presented local Chabad representatives with a key to the city last Monday.
The key was presented belatedly—in fact 80 years late—but it was received happily at a well attended ceremony at the Baltimore City Hall. Initially intended to be presented by Mayor William Frederick Broening to the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the key had been misplaced by the Mayor shortly before meeting the Rebbe on Jan. 16, 1930, and was missing since then.
“Bosi Legani” In Sydney Australia
Sunday night, Eve of Yud Shvat, the Yortzait of the Preveious Rebbe Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneerson, as is the custom, following Maariv, in the Yeshiva Centre – Chabad Headquarters of NSW, Australia, the Talmid Hashliach Refoel sheyichye Harkham repeated the first two chapters of the Maamer “Bosi LeGani”. Tommorrow night BE”H will take place a grand farbrengen with the guest speaker Rabbi Benzion sheyichye Milecki of South Head Shull. May we speedily merit the true and complete redemption now!
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Shua and Divi (nee Halberstam) Greisman (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Gershy and Frumie (nee Simpson) Avtzon (Cincinnati, OH) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
Mazal Tov! – 4 Sunday Night L’Chaims!
Shmuel Kaufmann (New Orleans, LA) and Rivky Bell (Montreal, Canada) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].
Yehuda Apfelbaum (New York) and Chana Rochel (bas R Arki) Deitsch (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave].
Erez Friedman (North Miami, FL) and Mushki Mendelson (Queens, NY) .
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
Avi Weiss (Morristown, NJ) and Chana Zelda Isenberg (Morristown, NJ) .
IYH at the Weiss Residence, 19 Knollwood Dr, Morristown, NJ 07960.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
Friendship Circle of Michigan won the 4th place prize of $100,000 in the Chase Community Giving competition which ended last night. 59,023 voted for the Friendship Circle.
Friendship Circle takes 4th Place in Chase Competition
Friendship Circle of Michigan won the 4th place prize of $100,000 in the Chase Community Giving competition which ended last night. 59,023 voted for the Friendship Circle.
Just a week after we published the protest of a Rabbi in the Chabad community in Melbourne, Rabbi Tzvi Telsner against a handful of depraved and shameless individuals who disguise themselves as Chassidim, that took it upon themselves to cancel the fast of Asara B’Teves and to celebrate it as a holiday – Rabbi Gedalia Axelrod, Chabad Rabbi in Haifa, a letter unprecedented in its sharpness against these groups who willfully shame themselves in Chabads name.
Snowball Effect: R. Axelrod against Zimroni Tzik – Radicals
Just a week after we published the protest of a Rabbi in the Chabad community in Melbourne, Rabbi Tzvi Telsner against a handful of depraved and shameless individuals who disguise themselves as Chassidim, that took it upon themselves to cancel the fast of Asara B’Teves and to celebrate it as a holiday – Rabbi Gedalia Axelrod, Chabad Rabbi in Haifa, a letter unprecedented in its sharpness against these groups who willfully shame themselves in Chabads name.
Photos: R. Krinsky Farbrengs with Chovevei Torah
In honor of the upcoming Yud Shvat, the day the Rebbe formally accepted the Nesius and the Yohrtzeit of the Friediker Rebbe, Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky Farbrenged with the Bochurim of Lubavitcher Yeshiva Chovevei Torah.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Shmuly Kaufman (New Orleans, LA) and Rivky Bell (Montreal, Canada) on their engagement.
Their L’Chaim will IYH be Sunday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Shmuel Livne (Beit Yatir, Israel) and Shifra Dukes (Coral Springs, FL) on their engagement.
Have a Mazal Tov you want to share? Email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Avi Weiss (Morristown, NJ) and Chana Zelda Isenberg (Morristown, NJ) on their engagement.
Their L’Chaim will IYH be Sunday at 19 Knollwood Dr, Morristown, NJ 07960.
Photos: Bais Shmuel Hosts its Annual Melava Malka
Crown Heights based, Congregation Bais Shmuel-Chabad, celebrated its annual Melava Malka this past Motzei Shabbos. The evening was in tribute to 60 years of the Rebbe’s leadership. (Tuf Shin Yud—Tuf Shin Ayin).
In his subsequent years as a spiritual mentor, he would often recount the tales of these personalities and the lessons that he was able to glean from them regarding his service of G-d.
Among these accounts was his encounter with a group of youth belonging to the “Haskalah” (Enlightenment) Movement. Members of this faction were wont to mock and disgrace all that is holy, especially the Jewish faith.
During his chat with the youngsters, they proudly shared their glorious history. They bragged about the day when a group of them, on their way to work, came upon a number of Chassidim walking with their Rebbe, the eminent Rebbe of Rudzhin.
They vividly recalled how they took advantage of the opportunity to ridicule and denigrate the “Fanatic believers.” When the Chassidim failed to react, they unleashed a more sordid battery of venomous insults. Seeing that they had no intentions to relent, the Rebbe turned to the head of the band and said, “It appears that you seek an unusual death.”
Self Destructive Arrogance – The Tendency To Cut The Nose To Spite The Face
During the eight years that the noted Chassid, Reb Mendel Futerfas, spent in the Gulag in Siberia, courtesy of the Soviet regime, as a result of his “Illegal acts” on behalf of Yiddishkeit, he encountered many an extraordinary character.
In his subsequent years as a spiritual mentor, he would often recount the tales of these personalities and the lessons that he was able to glean from them regarding his service of G-d.
Among these accounts was his encounter with a group of youth belonging to the “Haskalah” (Enlightenment) Movement. Members of this faction were wont to mock and disgrace all that is holy, especially the Jewish faith.
During his chat with the youngsters, they proudly shared their glorious history. They bragged about the day when a group of them, on their way to work, came upon a number of Chassidim walking with their Rebbe, the eminent Rebbe of Rudzhin.
They vividly recalled how they took advantage of the opportunity to ridicule and denigrate the “Fanatic believers.” When the Chassidim failed to react, they unleashed a more sordid battery of venomous insults. Seeing that they had no intentions to relent, the Rebbe turned to the head of the band and said, “It appears that you seek an unusual death.”
A poll about Americans' views on Islam concludes that the strongest predictor of prejudice against Muslims is whether a person holds similar feelings about Jews.
The Gallup poll, released Thursday, also finds that people who report going to religious services more than once a week are less likely to harbor bias against Muslims.
Poll: Americans’ Bias Against Jews, Muslims Linked
A poll about Americans’ views on Islam concludes that the strongest predictor of prejudice against Muslims is whether a person holds similar feelings about Jews.
The Gallup poll, released Thursday, also finds that people who report going to religious services more than once a week are less likely to harbor bias against Muslims.
