Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Levi and Ella (nee Loschak) Potash (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter, Baila Perel.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] –- Around two hours before Shabbos, a call went out across all 4 division of Shomrim and Police, who called a ‘Level 1 Mobilization’. There were two missing girls, ages eleven and twelve, they were missing for over 4 hours.
More in the Extended Article.
Two Girls Called in Missing Erev Shabbos, Found B”H
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] –- Around two hours before Shabbos, a call went out across all 4 division of Shomrim and Police, who called a ‘Level 1 Mobilization’. There were two missing girls, ages eleven and twelve, they were missing for over 4 hours.
More in the Extended Article.
investigator Philip Schein and his wife, Hannah,
exposed inhumane practices at a kosher meat
plant in Uruguay
Meet Hannah and Philip Schein, undercover investigators for the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Now, for the first time, they are going public with their identities.
Since 2002, the Scheins have taken on about 20 undercover cases, as well as others they have conducted publicly. The targets of their stings have run the gamut from an egg farm managed by Trappist monks, to a Canadian bear-baiting operation that has supplied fur to the British Royal Guards, to songstress Beyoncé Knowles, once an enthusiastic wearer of fur.
Activists Who Exposed Meat Industry Reveal Their Own (Kosher) Identity
investigator Philip Schein and his wife, Hannah,
exposed inhumane practices at a kosher meat
plant in Uruguay
When AgriProcessors, America’s largest kosher slaughterhouse, was caught on tape conducting what a federal agency later called “acts of inhumane slaughter,” officials at the plant knew they had been infiltrated by undercover investigators. What the company didn’t know was that two of those infiltrators were a married couple who keep kosher themselves.
Meet Hannah and Philip Schein, undercover investigators for the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Now, for the first time, they are going public with their identities.
Since 2002, the Scheins have taken on about 20 undercover cases, as well as others they have conducted publicly. The targets of their stings have run the gamut from an egg farm managed by Trappist monks, to a Canadian bear-baiting operation that has supplied fur to the British Royal Guards, to songstress Beyoncé Knowles, once an enthusiastic wearer of fur.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Over Shabbos and Motzai Shabbos there were three accidents in Crown Heights, the most serious of which took place just as Shabbos ended, where an Israeli Bochur crossed Eastern Parkway and was struck by a passing livery cab, causing injuries and was transported by Hatzalah to Kings County Hospital.
More in the Extended Article.
Two Car Accidents over Shabbos
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Over Shabbos and Motzai Shabbos there were three accidents in Crown Heights, the most serious of which took place just as Shabbos ended, where an Israeli Bochur crossed Eastern Parkway and was struck by a passing livery cab, causing injuries and was transported by Hatzalah to Kings County Hospital.
More in the Extended Article.

Tell Chaya that Mrs. Schneerson from President Street called
“Alle Chassidim zainen dem Rebbe’s kinder (”All Chassidim are the Rebbe’s children).“ This the Rebbetzin would say about her husband’s followers. Just as they were his children, they were hers as well.” The following story, as retold by Rabbi Shmuel Lew, Principal of Lubavitch Girls’ School in London, UK, illustrates the Rebbetzin’s maternal care and concern for the “Rebbe’s daughters” of Bais Rivkah.it’s an excerpt from the new book on the Rebbe to see more Visit: www.inspiringageneration.com
“While my oldest daughter Chaya was studying at Bais Rivkah, in New York, my father- and mother-in-law Rabbi and Mrs. Zalman Jaffe went to visit the Rebbetzin. It was during Tishrei—the start of the Jewish year, a month full of holidays, and an auspicious time for blessings–so they took along with them other family members, including my daughter.
Library (Photo: Roy Tennant)
According to freshman Jackie Honig, organizers of the Shabbat100 dinner sponsored by the Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish Student Center along with Hillel and the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity are expecting about 80 people to attend.
“It's going really well,” she said on Thursday in the midst of handing out flyers. “We've been advertising and talking about it a ton.”
UNLV All Set For First-Ever Shabbat Mega-Dinner
Library (Photo: Roy Tennant)
LAS VEGAS, NV — Jewish students at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas were making final preparations Friday for the school’s first-ever mega Shabbat event.
According to freshman Jackie Honig, organizers of the Shabbat100 dinner sponsored by the Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish Student Center along with Hillel and the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity are expecting about 80 people to attend.
“It’s going really well,” she said on Thursday in the midst of handing out flyers. “We’ve been advertising and talking about it a ton.”
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Eliezer Yaakov HaCohen Kahan (London, UK) and Elana Berkun (Chicago, IL / Crown Heights) on their engagement.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
Tomorrow, Chof Ches Nissan marks 17 years to the Sicha the Rebbe said unexpectedly in 5751 after returning from the Ohel. The Rebbe said with great pain “that all that I have done… it is up to you to do all that you can to bring Moshiach down here…” AD MOSAI?!
Click Here To Listen To The Sicha (Courtesy of Sichos.com)
Click Here to see a transcript of the Sicha in Hebrew (PDF)
A translation of excerpts of the Sicha can be read in the Extended Article.
17 Years to the Sicha – “Do All That You Can”
Tomorrow, Chof Ches Nissan marks 17 years to the Sicha the Rebbe said unexpectedly in 5751 after returning from the Ohel. The Rebbe said with great pain “that all that I have done… it is up to you to do all that you can to bring Moshiach down here…” AD MOSAI?!
Click Here To Listen To The Sicha (Courtesy of Sichos.com)
Click Here to see a transcript of the Sicha in Hebrew (PDF)
A translation of excerpts of the Sicha can be read in the Extended Article.

Please say Tehilim for…
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Menchem Mendel ben Sarah Esther
Menucha Rachel Bas Chana
This Shabbos, Chof Ches Nissan, All of Anash will come together between Mincha and Maariv 6:30 - 8:30 pm in 770. All of anash are urgerd to participate!
Full flyer in the Extended Article!
PSA: Chof Ches Nissan in 770!
This Shabbos, Chof Ches Nissan, All of Anash will come together between Mincha and Maariv 6:30 – 8:30 pm in 770. All of anash are urgerd to participate!
Full flyer in the Extended Article!
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Benzi Kluwgant (Israel / Australia) and Pnina Klinger (Israel / Canada) on their engagement.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
SAFED, Israel — It's where a nose-ringed backpacker, elderly tourist, undergraduate, yeshiva student and middle-aged secretary meet. It's where they ascend a mountain to learn, tour an ancient city and discover the mysteries and spirituality of their Jewish heritage. Welcome to Ascent of Safed, Israel.
A Safed Hostel and Outreach Center Offers Mysticism
SAFED, Israel — It’s where a nose-ringed backpacker, elderly tourist, undergraduate, yeshiva student and middle-aged secretary meet. It’s where they ascend a mountain to learn, tour an ancient city and discover the mysteries and spirituality of their Jewish heritage. Welcome to Ascent of Safed, Israel.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yudi and Sarah (nee Spangenthal) Dukes (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!
Rave reviews are still pouring in about the JLI’s Mission to Israel. The mission comprised of 35 Shluchim and over 300 participants from JLI affiliates worldwide who just concluded a 6 week course entitled “The Land & the Spirit- Why We All Care About Israel”.
New Video Footage From JLI’s Mission to Israel
Rave reviews are still pouring in about the JLI’s Mission to Israel. The mission comprised of 35 Shluchim and over 300 participants from JLI affiliates worldwide who just concluded a 6 week course entitled “The Land & the Spirit- Why We All Care About Israel”.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi and Michelle Amar (Ormond Beach, FL) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!
A delegation of archivists representing several U.S. government and private institutions joined several dozen members of Jewish communities in suburban Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., for a rare presentation given by Jewish Educational Media, the Chabad-Lubavitch organization responsible for preserving and disseminating footage of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory.
Archival Community Witnesses Film Preservation Effort
A delegation of archivists representing several U.S. government and private institutions joined several dozen members of Jewish communities in suburban Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., for a rare presentation given by Jewish Educational Media, the Chabad-Lubavitch organization responsible for preserving and disseminating footage of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory.
Mazal Tov! – Its Twins! A Boy! and A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Levi and Shira Cohen (Coral Springs, FL) on the birth of their twins a boy and a girl!
May the newborns be a source of Nachas to their parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!