CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute is proud to present a beautiful photo of the Rebbe from January of 1971. To learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.portraitofaleader.org
POSTVILLE, IA — Most people know of Agriprocessors for a single reason – it’s the site of last year’s federal immigration raid, one of the largest in the nation’s history. But before this event, Postville was known around the country for a very different reason – kosher meat.
Newly formed Agri Star CEO Hershey Friedman recalled, “people called us up, in reality we had calls from rabbis from different parts of the United States asking what’s going to be with them, where will they get their supplies.”
This year Young Adult Chabad took their annual Sukkah Mobile to a number of locations around Sydney enabling many Jews to do the Mitzvot of Sukkot, including shaking the Lulav and making a blessing in the Sukkah.
Zalmy Levertov (Crown Heights) and Rochee (bas Yaakov) Goldberg (Crown Heights) .
IYH at the Jewish Children’s Museum 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].
Shmully Kazen (Crown Heights) and Rivky Kleinman (Boro Park) .
IYH at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave].
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Shmuly and Dini Gutnick (Shluchim to Boca Raton, FL) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Zalman and Nechamie Sudak Shluchim to Edgware England) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Avram and Rochel (nee Bruk) Banon (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
With great sadness and deep pain we inform you of the tragic and extremely untimely passing of Devorie (Rochel Devorah Nechama Bas Sara) Neuwirth of Montreal, Canada, mother of 4 children, at the young age of 41 after battling a terminal illness for over a year.
Devorie is survived by her husband, Zevi and four children, Motki, Chavee, Yehuda, and Rumi.
The Levaya will take place at 8:30am at Anshei Lubavitch on Trans Island in Montreal and the burial will be in the Old Montefiore Cemetery at 4:00pm in Queens.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — This afternoon, Tuesday a Bnos Menachem teacher witnessed a Hispanic babysitter feeding a Jewish child non-Kosher food in Lefferts Park. Out of concern she emailed CrownHeights.info in an attempt to inform the parents of what happened.
LOS ANGELES, CA [CHI] — The Milken Family Foundation through the BJE of Los Angeles honored four teachers out of 1,000 Day School teachers in Southern California with the prestigious award that recognizes teachers commitment to education, their students and their Mosod.
SIOUX FALLS, SD — Sholom Rubashkin’s supporters flooded a federal courthouse today to pray for a man they described as generous and warm-hearted.
Scores of Chabad-Lubavitch Jews crowded into the Sioux Falls courthouse with psalm books and whispered prayers for the ousted top executive at Agriprocessors, Inc., in Postville.
CROWN HEIGHTS [WABC] — Eyewitness News has obtained dramatic video of an out-of-control New York City bus barreling down a Brooklyn street, crashing into cars and weaving a path of destruction.
Six passengers on that bus had to be treated for injuries after the crash.
WASHINGTON, DC [CHI] — The United Jewish Communities (UJC), Jewish Federation of North America announced the 20 semifinalists for their Jewish Community Hero Award. There were over half a million votes cast, choosing from 450+ nominees. Voters selected 12 Shluchim and Chabad activists out of a total of 20 semifinalists.
MANCHESTER, UK [CHI] — Friendship circle of Manchester England held yet another successful event. This time it was a Sukkos party with over 100 people in attendance, hot dogs, chips and nosh was served and everyone celebrated Sukkos with live music and dancing into the night.
BERLIN, Germany [CHI] — Throughout the week of Sukkos tourists and locals were greeted with a seemingly strange sight, the local landmarks such as the “Schloss Charlottenburg” and the “Reichstag building” had the small addition of a Sukkah on Wheels!
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — This Past Monday, Isru Chag Shavuos, Oholei Torah celebrated a Tzeischem L’sholom for the 156 Talmidei Hashluchim going to 26 communities around the world.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Dovid Margolin (Boston, MA) to Chaya (bas Gavriel) Gopin (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim willl IYH be tonight, Tuesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
