Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendy and Breindy (nee Wolff) Dechter on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
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JERUSALEM, Israel — At many of his stops in Israel this week, Jon Voight attracted a sea of reporters and photographers. But for the Academy Award winner, his goodwill tour throughout the country was not about him: He came for the children.
American Actor Focuses on Children During Weeklong Tour of Israel
JERUSALEM, Israel — At many of his stops in Israel this week, Jon Voight attracted a sea of reporters and photographers. But for the Academy Award winner, his goodwill tour throughout the country was not about him: He came for the children.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Moshe (ben R. Eliyahu) Cohen (Crown Heights) and Chana (bas R. Nosson) Grunblatt (Buenos Aires, Argentina) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Sunday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Many members of the Crown Heights Jewish community say they are still angry about last Monday’s bus attack on President Street.
News 12 Video – School Bus Attacked
Editors Note: The reason this story was noticed by Brooklyn News 12 is due to your emails that you sent them!
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Many members of the Crown Heights Jewish community say they are still angry about last Monday’s bus attack on President Street.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yehuda Shurpin (Crown Heights) and Esti Shagalow (S Louis Park, MN) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Thursday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
The Chabad Club: Getting Past the Student Activity Hour
S. MONICA, CA — On a patch of grass next to the clock tower, Rabbi Eli Levitansky, advisor of the Chabad Club, stands in heated discussion with a few girls.
They argue points of Jewish belief, neither him nor the students letting go, as he gets into it, showing the students that he is passionate in what he stands for.
VICIOUS MESIRA: Blood Libel Lands Shomrim Member 12 Hours in Prison
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Binyomin Lifshitz, a volunteer in Shomrim and the publisher and editor of CrownHeights.info was arrested early yesterday as he and 6 other Shomrim members made an appearance in court following the incident where Shomrim were ambushed and attacked inside 749 Eastern Parkway.
5 months ago, Shomrim were called to 749 Eastern Pkwy because of a dispute over a bed, 3 Shomrim members who responded were ambushed and assaulted in the room by over 20 ‘tzfati’ bochurim and were forced to call for backup and police assistance. Click Here for that story.
Elements of the Shmira leadership along with their lawyer Levi ‘Paul’ Hubner set out on a mission that Motzoai Shabbos, and viciously masserd on as many as 9 Shomrim members, and incurring the arrest of 7 of them along with one member of Anash.
More in the Extended Article.
Not every rabbi uses his pastoral skills to counsel highway accident victims or prevent suicides. Fewer still are called upon to perform CPR or fire a weapon. But for Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis who serve their communities as volunteer police chaplains, such activities are a part of the job.
Police Chaplains View “Ministry of Presence” as a Supreme Responsibility
Not every rabbi uses his pastoral skills to counsel highway accident victims or prevent suicides. Fewer still are called upon to perform CPR or fire a weapon. But for Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis who serve their communities as volunteer police chaplains, such activities are a part of the job.
Tonight – Parsha Shiur by Rabbi Jacobson
Today, Wednesday, there will be a Shiur with Rabbi Yossi Jacobson which will be broadcast live over the Internet, on this weeks Parsha.
Click here to watch this weeks Shiur LIVE at 10 PM.
Or you can call 1-785-686-2400 Access code: 770770
Shluchim visit the Satmar Rebbe
MONROE, NY [CHI] — The Rebbe’s Shliach of Princeton,NJ, Rabbi Dovid Dubov, (and his two sons Sholom Ber- age 11 and Motty-age 9) with Rabbi Chaim Schapiro of Morristown, NJ had a visit with the Satmer Rebbe, Rabbi Aron Teitlebaum of Monroe, NY.
The purpose of the visit was to give him the entire set of Yalkut Moshiach Ugeula Al Hatorah- 25 volumes. The visit was very successful, he spoke to the Shluchim for aprox. 40 minutes. Some of the points that was discussed is as follows:
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Moshe Barouk (Miami, Florida) and Hana Sellem (S Agathe, Quebec / Paris, France) on their engagement.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
Raid Could Make Postville a Ghost Town
POSTVILLE, IA — The immigration raid in Iowa we told you about on Monday is being called one of the largest of its kind in U.S. history.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials arrested 390 people from the Postville Kosher Meatpacking Plant in northeast Iowa.
Tonight, Wednesday, Tes Iyar Rabbi Yoseph Paltiel will talk on a subject of interest, The innovations of Chassidus. The topic includes: Did Chassidus create, change focus, or both? What makes on a Chossid? How is the learning of a Chossid different?
IYH tonight, Wednesday 9:15pm at Bais Eliyahu Nochum, 672 Lefferts Ave, [between Albany and Troy Ave].
Tonight – Rabbi Yoseph Paltiel on an Incredible Subject
Tonight, Wednesday, Tes Iyar Rabbi Yoseph Paltiel will talk on a subject of interest, The innovations of Chassidus. The topic includes: Did Chassidus create, change focus, or both? What makes on a Chossid? How is the learning of a Chossid different?
IYH tonight, Wednesday 9:15pm at Bais Eliyahu Nochum, 672 Lefferts Ave, [between Albany and Troy Ave].
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A kosher restaurant in the Christchurch, NZ? You bet, says Chabad’s Rabbi Mendy Goldstein of New Zealand. For Israeli backpackers who tromp the country’s pristine South Island each year, the new restaurant will be a boon.
“It pains us to see people eating non-kosher because they have no other choice,” said Sara Goldstein, co-director of the kiwi Chabad.
Chabad To Open Kosher Restaurant in Christchurch
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A kosher restaurant in the Christchurch, NZ? You bet, says Chabad’s Rabbi Mendy Goldstein of New Zealand. For Israeli backpackers who tromp the country’s pristine South Island each year, the new restaurant will be a boon.
“It pains us to see people eating non-kosher because they have no other choice,” said Sara Goldstein, co-director of the kiwi Chabad.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
On behalf of the staff of CrownHeights.info I would like to wish a hearty Mazal Tov to a friend Yossi and Chanie (nee Halberstam) Apfelbaum on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
Rabbi Eli and Mrs Chaya (nee Ulman) Schlanger of Crown Heights have recently moved on Shlichus to Bondi Beach, Australia, where they will be providing Jewish adult education and community programing for local families.
The Schlangers were appointed by Rabbi Yoram Ulman, director of Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe in Bondi Beach.
CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!
New Shluchim To Australia
Rabbi Eli and Mrs Chaya (nee Ulman) Schlanger of Crown Heights have recently moved on Shlichus to Bondi Beach, Australia, where they will be providing Jewish adult education and community programing for local families.
The Schlangers were appointed by Rabbi Yoram Ulman, director of Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe in Bondi Beach.
CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!
Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Eitan and Deena (nee Verter) Segal (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
