Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks of the Rebbe’s words to him in 1984, as he assumed a position as Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations.
From the upcoming film from JEM, Fortified and Faithful.
To the Shomrim of Crown Heights:
I am writing this letter to express my thanks for what Shomrim did for me this week.
My phone was stolen, and I soon had given up hope on ever retrieving it. That was only until I decided to call Shomrim of course.
A confrontation between a black woman and a Lubavitcher girl on a subway ended with the theft of a cell phone, and a later attempt to retrieve it yielded a ransom request by the woman from the earlier confrontation. The victim thought of calling Shomrim, but didn’t at first thinking that it wouldn’t be right to trouble them with such a trivial matter, but later called and together they retrieved the phone. The following letter was sent to us by the victim:
To the Shomrim of Crown Heights:
I am writing this letter to express my thanks for what Shomrim did for me this week.
My phone was stolen, and I soon had given up hope on ever retrieving it. That was only until I decided to call Shomrim of course.
A tribute song made in the week following the tragedy in Mumbai, now set to a slideshow.
A reader sent in the following photos of a Jewish owned minivan with Quebec license plates blocking a buildings multi car garage. The car was parked the night before and remained parked there throughout the Tuesday, blocking access to the 23 parking spaces underneath the building.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Earlier this week Hechts Kapores on Eastern Parkway advertised Kapores at a reduced price of $5, today we received notice that thanks to a generous contribution the price has been further reduced to $4 for the benefit of Crown Heightsers.
Reb Dovid Fisher along with Moshe Uri ben Malka and Cong. Anash at 770 Montgomery Street gave the contribution to make this happen.
TORONTO, Canada [CHI] — Last night, September 21 the Lubavitch softball team of Toronto won the Bnai Brith Championship. Led by Shua Cole, Ari Weiss, Shmuli Wachtel and Nachman Forer and generously sponsored by State Farm Insurance, Lubavitch went 4 and 0 in the playoffs to capture the crown for the first time. When asked about prospects for next season all team Captain Ari Wiess had to say was “I just want to enjoy the moment”.
THORNHILL, Ontario [CHI] — A brand new Eruv has recently been completed for the Jewish community of Northeastern Toronto. This exciting development has this Jewish community of Eastern Thornhill in the municipality of Markham very excited.
Enjoy these additional 127 photos from this years Chabad of Californias Telethon!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Shmary Gurary (Crown Heights) and Leah Lerman (Atlanta, GA) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Tuesday at the Razag Ballroom, 739 E New York Ave, [between Albany and Troy Ave].
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
MONTREAL, Canada — Anyone entering Arieh Perecowicz’s taxi in Montreal quickly knows what’s close to the man’s heart. At various places around the dashboard, he’s posted photos of his family, religious artifacts, a couple of flags and a Remembrance Day poppy.
The items have never sparked a customer complaint or interfered with his work, the 65-year-old cabbie says. But it did provoke a series of tickets from Montreal’s taxi agency, which have resulted in a court battle that could test the line between personal and public space.
LONDON, England- Picking his way through the smoke-filled London Underground and beyond the mangled subway car, Rabbi Aryeh Sufrin was unsure of what had just happened. Only later, when the news bulletins revealed that the explosion had been caused by a suicide bomber, did he begin to understand.
It was July 7, 2005, the day that four Muslim extremists detonated backpacks filled with explosives on London’s public transit system, indiscriminately killing 52 commuters.
“The carriage [the bombers were in] was just one in front of me. What if the guy had seen me when he was getting on?” the Rabbi asks. “Would he have chosen my carriage? Would he have stood next to me?”
It’s a story that will forever change the way you think of the phrase, “Get Out of Jail Free.”
During World War II, as the number of British airmen held hostage behind enemy lines escalated, the country’s secret service enlisted an unlikely partner in the ongoing war effort: The board game Monopoly.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Schneier and Miriam (nee Teleshevsky) Lange (Melbourne, Australia) 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 Yossi and Devory Rosenberg (Thousand Oaks, CA) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Aryeh and Sasha Henya (nee Nerenberg) Kay (Crown Heights) 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 Dovid Leib and Malka Baila (nee Blasenstein) Wilansky (Sydney, Australia) on the birth of their daughter.
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!
Addressing a United Synagogue council meeting this past Monday night, made up of delegates from all the synagogues, Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet, chairman of the Rabbinical Council of the United Synagogue said, “when there is this whole challenge to the legality of Jewish identity – absurd as it may be – it compels us to challenge ourselves and to consider, what are we doing about the morality of Jewish identity?’”
An Appeals Court ruling last month said that Jewish schools in the UK could not discriminate against children with only a Jewish father who identify themselves as Jewish. In response, all Jewish schools implemeted a points system whereby one has to attend synagogue on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
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