MORRISTOWN [CHI] — Many will be surprised to learn that after thirty years in existence, the community Shul of Morristown, Bais Hamikdash, Bais Haknesset, Congregation Levi Yitzchok, is still without its own Sefer Torah.
CrownHeights.info has acquired an online friendly version of a popular Teshura that was distributed at the Markowitz-Gopin wedding.
In a column published in the Daily Freeman, sports writer Stan Fischler writes about his encounter with two Chabad Rabbis, Shaya Tenenbaum and Yossi Goldstein, who wanted to become sportscasters. He writes about how they helped each other with Judaism and sports journalism.
This year, campers in Gan Israel Overnight Camps all over the country are learning about the history and order of the daily Tefillos.
One of the most well known and oldest Lubavitch Day Camps was held here in Crown Heights, known as the Oholei Torah Day Camp.
The breakneck rise and fall of New York developer Shaya Boymelgreen unfolds like a Gilded Age novel of social ascendance: young man immigrates to ethnic neighborhood in big city; accidentally takes part in Crown Heights riot of historic importance; strikes up fortuitous friendship with Uzbek diamond billionaire who agrees to bankroll his projects; gambles on some of boom era’s most talked about and coveted developments; and then, as quickly as he rises, disappears, lawsuits and angry creditors chasing his wake.
Despite all the talk about Community Council elections lately, I find I can’t really bring myself to care too much about who’s in and who’s out. My apathy is partially due to the fact that I don’t really know what the Community Council does, but I think the bigger reason might be that like other women in Crown Heights, I can neither run nor vote in these elections.
It all started with a weekly shiur.
This informal shiur, led by Rabbi Chaim Miller, began at the start of the year 5770 and kept on going, as more and more people showed up each week. The shiur brought together young women from in and out of Crown Heights, with varying occupations, educations, backgrounds and interests.
Horav Hachossid, Dr. Nissan Mindel (2nd of Nissan 5672-1912- 12th of Tamuz 5759-1999) was born in 5672-1912 on the 2nd of Nissan, in Riga, Latvia, to Horav Yaakov Yitzchak and Mrs. Bunya Mindel. At the age of fifteen, he was studying in the Yeshiva Torah Im Derech Eretz which combined Torah studies and secular subjects, and was under the direction of Horav Chaim Mordechai Hodokov. The curriculum was based on the teachings of Horav Shimshon Rafael Hirsch and encouraged the older students to continue their studies in the university and at the same time to stay connected to Torah, Mitzvos and Yiras Shomayim.
History has been made!
On Monday, Tes Tammuz, Bnos Chomesh Academy held its very first 12th grade graduation.
Over 100 parents, relatives, friends and supporters came to participate in this momentous event. 8 students, some local, some from as far away as Israel, graduated with New York State Regent Diplomas in an emotional ceremony.
Today, Gimmel Tammuz, marks the 16th anniversary of passing of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. For many it’s a day of reflection and a day in which remember the Rebbe and, moreover, the tremendous dedication the Rebbe had to Klal Yisroel.
In honor of this special day CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present selective photos that are being released for the very first time, from famed photographer Mr. Gadi Hoz of Toronto Canada.
How did Mr. Hoz capture these stunning photos? What was his background? Below we have included a brief bio, including details of how he found his way to the Rebbe and to 770. To learn more about Mr. Hoz’s work or to order prints Click Here.
The polls have officially closed and the estimated count of those who came out to vote is around 2000, by far the largest turnout for any elections in Crown Heights history.
Over the next hours the ballots will be counted and the tally will be announced when done.
A revolutionary war is brewing in Crown Heights.
Neighborhood activists hope an archaeological excavation will unearth Revolutionary War artifacts beneath Clove Road, a tiny, crumbling street.
In honor of the 70th anniversary of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin arriving in the U.S., a special date in Chabad history, “Leben Mitten Rebben” a 12 page booklet has been released.
Rabbi Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin has effected in our days an achdus and Ahavas Chinom surpassing what we have experienced in prior years. Many events and tehillim groups have been held and continue to be a zechus for our tzaddik, R. Sholom Mordechai. Now we are presenting an unsurpassed opportunity to unite all shidduch- age women in a one time event, for his zechus.
I’m hurt, I’m shocked; I’m devastated, I have a new hole in my heart
As I’m struggling with my anger and sadness of Nossons tragic passing, I reflect on life’s journey alongside the Deitsches.
It starts with my very youth, in 1963. We moved onto Crown Street, right across the street of the Deitsches. With Reb Sholom and his wife Mirel, and their wonderful six children.
I remember being somewhat envious of the Deitsches. Reb Sholom was a man in his forties, and he had both his parents. Something that we, the first post holocaust generation, were mostly not privileged to have. My father A”h lost both his parents to famine in Samarkand in the early forties, and by the time he was Bar-Mitzvah, he was fully orphaned. I had no paternal grandparents.
CrownHeights.info has learned that Americare, one of the largest home care providers, secured a major corporate sponsorship deal with the Lag Baomer Parade organizers.
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