Photos: Yud Shvat Seminar for Women in 770
Women from around the world took part in the seminar held in honor of Yud Shvat in the women section in 770. Lecturers included Rabbi Paltiel, Rabbi Bluming, Mrs Spritzer, Rebbetzin Slonim and Mrs Zirkind.
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A Single Father, A Tireless Fellow Shliach, An Unimaginable Struggle
There will be a Ahavas Chesed Blood Drive Sunday, January 31st, the 16th of Shevat, 2:00pm untill 9:00pm. It is sponsored in memory of Yossi Tewel OBM, founder and lifeblood of Ahavas Chesed. The center is located at 271 Kingston Ave, between Lincoln Place and St Johns Place.
Sunday: Ahavas Chesed Blood Drive
There will be a Ahavas Chesed Blood Drive Sunday, January 31st, the 16th of Shevat, 2:00pm untill 9:00pm. It is sponsored in memory of Yossi Tewel OBM, founder and lifeblood of Ahavas Chesed. The center is located at 271 Kingston Ave, between Lincoln Place and St Johns Place.
RCCS Hosts Women’s Health Event in Crown Heights
By Yonit Tanenbaum
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — The third Crown Heights Women’s Health Awareness Seminar hosted by Rofeh Cholim Chaim Society (RCCS) and sponsored by Maimonides Cancer Center was held on Tuesday evening. A panel of experts from Maimonides Cancer Center and the director of the Crown Heights chapter of RCCS volunteers addressed the crowd of close to 400 in the Razag Ballroom.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Women in Crown Heights have been the target of one really sick creepy caller posing as a woman and asking very inappropriate and intimate questions.
Creepy Caller Targets Lubavitcher Women
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Women in Crown Heights have been the target of one really sick creepy caller posing as a woman and asking very inappropriate and intimate questions.
Special Yud Shvat Mivtzoyim by 400 Beis Rivkah Students
MONTREAL, Canada [CHI] — Six busses transported 400 Beis Rivkah Montreal students to do Mivtzoyim in 20 different locations throughout Montreal, in honor of Yud Shvat – Shnas Hashishim, marking 60 years of the Rebbe’s leadership.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Mendy Gurevitch (Crown Heights) and Leah Grunblatt (Buenos Aires, Argentina) on their engagement.
Their L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Wednesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Have a Mazal Tov you want to share? Email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Yisroel King (Nashville, TN) and Ashira Welton (Berkeley, CA) on their engagement.
Their L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Wednesday at Mimulo, 334 Albany Ave [between Eastern Pkwy and Union Street]
MOSCOW [FJC] — On January 26, Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar held a meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The event took place on the 65th anniversary of the Soviet Red Army’s liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The conversation touched on the struggle against revisionism of the history of the Second World War, as well as the construction of the Museum of Jewish History.
Chief Rabbi of Russia Meets with Prime Minister Putin
MOSCOW [FJC] — On January 26, Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar held a meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The event took place on the 65th anniversary of the Soviet Red Army’s liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The conversation touched on the struggle against revisionism of the history of the Second World War, as well as the construction of the Museum of Jewish History.
There will be Melava Malka rally at the Ohel this Motzoi Shabbos, Tu B'Shvat, January 30th. The rally will be for all children ages 5 to 12. Buses leave 770 at 7:00 and return at 9:00. There will be a special program in honor of Tu B'Shvat.
Motzoi Shabbos: Rally at the Ohel
There will be Melava Malka rally at the Ohel this Motzoi Shabbos, Tu B’Shvat, January 30th. The rally will be for all children ages 5 to 12. Buses leave 770 at 7:00 and return at 9:00. There will be a special program in honor of Tu B’Shvat.
By Melissa J. Brachfeld for the Gazette
Illustration Photo - The Chabad House celebrating a Siyum Sefer Torah
Judge wants more details about fire, safety measures by Feb. 5, orders temporary closing of the Chabad Israeli Center's facility.ROCKVILLE, MD — A District Court judge last week ordered the Chabad Israeli Center to temporarily close down the house it operates in Rockville until it can provide city officials with more detailed fire and safety plans.
Court Orders Chabad House Closing
By Melissa J. Brachfeld for the Gazette
Illustration Photo – The Chabad House celebrating a Siyum Sefer Torah
Judge wants more details about fire, safety measures by Feb. 5, orders temporary closing of the Chabad Israeli Center’s facility.
ROCKVILLE, MD — A District Court judge last week ordered the Chabad Israeli Center to temporarily close down the house it operates in Rockville until it can provide city officials with more detailed fire and safety plans.
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Computer users seem to be taking reports of security breaches, over the years, as also the recent attacks, on Google's email-service with a huge lump of salt, say security experts.
Study: Simple Passwords are a Hackers’ Delight
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Computer users seem to be taking reports of security breaches, over the years, as also the recent attacks, on Google’s email-service with a huge lump of salt, say security experts.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Motti and Chaya (nee Klein) Grossbaum (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Please say Tehilim for…
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Aneta bas Chana, She is having open heart surgery.
Tinok Ben Tziporah.
Jumbotrons at Parade 5770!
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — For the first time ever, technology used by major sporting and entertainment groups will be used outside 770!
A Jewish Student was Forced to Wear Star of David for School Holocaust Remembrance ProjectHOUSTON, TX — A high school history lesson left one student in tears. The lesson is about the Holocaust and part of the assignment is to wear the Star of David. However, one parent said it made her daughter feel it was more like the scarlet letter.
Video – Jewish Student Forced to Wear Yellow Star
A Jewish Student was Forced to Wear Star of David for School Holocaust Remembrance Project
HOUSTON, TX — A high school history lesson left one student in tears. The lesson is about the Holocaust and part of the assignment is to wear the Star of David. However, one parent said it made her daughter feel it was more like the scarlet letter.
Chabad at the Beaches Farbreng for Yud Shevat
Shluchim, Bochurim and Mekurovim Farbrenged in Jacksonville Florida with Rabbis Nochum Kurinsky and Mendy Lieberman.
Meet the iPad: Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the world to its new tablet computer.
Apple honcho Steve Jobs hit the stage Wednesday and took the wraps off his newest cutting-edge gizmo - the iPad.
It's a touchscreen tablet computer that weighs 1.5 pounds. A half-inch thin, it has 9.7-inch screen and is a cross between a laptop and a smartphone.
Apple Debuts the iPad Tablet
Meet the iPad: Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the world to its new tablet computer.
Apple honcho Steve Jobs hit the stage Wednesday and took the wraps off his newest cutting-edge gizmo – the iPad.
It’s a touchscreen tablet computer that weighs 1.5 pounds. A half-inch thin, it has 9.7-inch screen and is a cross between a laptop and a smartphone.
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