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4 Sholom Zochors This Week!
New Mikvah App for iPhone and Android Released
Rabbi Fishel Jacobs announced that a new app for Family Purity is now available. “I've been involved in supervising the halachic development of this online program from its beginning, watching it grow into the largest taharas hamisphacha site,“ says Rabbi Jacobs. ”This is the one single greatest advancement of the Rebbe’s family purity campaign ever.”
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First Bris on Island of St. Martin in Hundreds of Years
St. Martin (AKA St. Maarten) is a Caribbean island divided in two: Half of it belongs to the French and the other to the Dutch. Although the island had a significant Jewish population back in the early/mid 1700s, the island has not had a permanent Jewish community since the last synagogue was abandoned in 1781. That all changed about 3 years ago, when Chabad arrived in town.
Shabbos at Besht: The Courage to Challenge Hashem
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Efraim Mintz, executive director of the Jewish Learning Institute, will lead a discussion on the topic, The Courage to Challenge Hashem: Three Conversations that define a Jewish leader.
Op-Ed: The Birth of Sensationalism
One of the interesting byproducts of our paradoxical times is the birth of sensationalism.
Can You Identify These Children for Oprah Winfrey?
In the midst of filming for the latest episode of her new show Next Chapter in the Brooklyn Chassidic community, Oprah Winfrey's team caught footage of a few Jewish Children in Crown Heights. According to law, the footage can not be shown without the permission from the children's guardian/s, so Oprah contacted Crownheights.info and asked if our readers would help identify them so that they may be contacted to request their consent.
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe
Crownheights.info and the Avner Institute present these unique photos of the Rebbe at the Ohel in the early '60s.
Rabbi Eli Hecht Found Not Guilty in Spanish Court
Rabbi Eli Hecht, his supporters and legal council await the trial in Madrid. Photos: Shturem.
Rabbi Eli Hecht, a Tzedaka fundraiser from Kfar Chabad, Israel who was arrested in Spain on charges of drug trafficking, was aqquited of all charges in a Madrid court today. Rabbi Hecht will return home to his family after the completion of the paperwork process.
Underground Explosions Occur near School Bus
Crown Heights [CHI] — Two underground explosions occurred at around 8:30 this morning on the corner of Carroll St. near Troy. Ave. The FDNY arrived at the scene and evacuated the surrounding houses because high levels of carbon monoxide were detected.
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Study: Israeli Jews Becoming More Religious
Jerusalem Post
Israeli Jews are becoming more religious, according to a study published Thursday by the Israel Democracy Institute in conjunction with the Avi Chai Foundation. The survey, entitled “A Portrait of Israeli Jews: Beliefs, Observance, and Values of Israeli Jews,” examined levels of religiosity of Israeli Jews in comparison with levels of the past twenty years.
Davening with Patience in Melbourne
Davening is an essential part of the day, and a major emphasis in Chabad’s theology. With this in mind, a group of yungeleit in Melbourne, who are determined to daven unhurriedly and with focus - and still arrive at work on time, recently established a new minyan for Shachris.
Judge Slaps City for Anti-Semitism Against Chabad
Hartford Business Journal
Chabad Chevra headquarters in Hartford, CT.
A Connecticut judge has ruled the city of Hartford cannot use its zoning rules to prevent a sect of Orthodox Jews from using a former church as their place of worship, a case observers say had anti-Semitic overtones.
Boruch Dayan Ha'emes: Mrs. Fania Branover, OBM
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With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Fania Branover OBM of Crown Heights, wife of Professor Herman Branover. The Levaya will pass by 770 tonight, Thursday, at 7:00 PM.
Houston Chabad House Lives it Up with New Torah
Jewish Herald-Voice
The writing of a new sefer Torah is a joyous occasion that few Jews have the opportunity to witness in their lifetime. However, Houston is blessed with individuals who help preserve future Jewish generations by donating new sefer Torahs for Arks that may have been home only to Torahs on loan.
Wedding: Rozenfeld - Adler
Pictures from the wedding of Nosson Moshe Rozenfeld (Melbourne, Australia) and Chava Ester Adler (Toronto, Canada), which took place on Monday, January 23, 2012, at the Oholei Torah ballroom.
Chanchy Bruk's Torah to Be Completed in Montana
On Sunday, 5th of Shevat, friends and family will join Rabbi Chaim Shaul Bruk and the Jewish community of Bozeman, Montana for a once in a lifetime celebration, the inauguration of two new Torahs to the local Chabad House. One of the Torahs is being dedicated in memory of the Shliach's mother, and beloved Beis Rivkah teacher, Mrs. Chanchy Bruk of belssed memory.
Ottawa Students Feed the Homeless
Shalom Life
Students deliver food to the homeless in the cold.
The Chabad Student Network of Ottawa (CSN) delivered close to 150 hot dogs and peanut butter sandwiches to the homeless on Wednesday, as part of an initiative co-organized by the Jewish fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi.
Rainbow in the Night: Breathtaking New Music Video Takes on Holocaust Deniers
by Sandy Eller
Living in an age where the sixty second sound bites rules and a world of information can be carried in the palm of your hand, we constantly look ahead to the next new obsession, making it more important than ever to stay connected to our roots in order to ensure that as time continues its exorable march forward, the legacy that is our past stays fresh in our minds. As the last living witnesses to the horrors of Hitler’s unspeakable schemes live out their golden years, the movement to deny the Holocaust gains momentum, seeking to eradicate one of the defining periods in Jewish history by revising the annals of history.
Crown Heights Jews Vs. Their Hipster Neighbors
NY Daily News
Rabbi Joseph Speilman was head of Jewish Community Council. with his wife on their front stoop of their home.
It’s the hipsters vs. the Hasids in Crown Heights. Religious Jews are upset at their new, young neighbors for everything from women wearing shorts; bar hopping and sunbathing.
