The traces are everywhere. The train station welcomes arrivals in both Russian and Yiddish. A menorah towers over the town square. And unlike nearly every other Soviet-built city, Birobidzhan’s main avenue isn’t named for Lenin — it’s named for the Yiddish writer Sholom Aleichem.
Chabad singer Mendy J, like many of us, was affected by these three terrible tragedies. He wasn’t planning on releasing a song in their memory. However, when he received a demo from hitmaker and renowned composer Yitzy Bald, the lyrics immediately struck a chord.
On the final day of the school year, the dedicated mechanchim, morahs, and staff of Oholei Torah gathered for a special appreciation luncheon hosted by Oholei Torah Hanhala and the Oholei Torah Mothers Committee (OTMC).
Yosef Yitzchak Ezagui (Crown Heights) to Mushky Blumenfeld (Buenos Aires, Argentina) L’Chaim: Wednesday, June 24th, 8:00pm at the JCM
Ari Rudd (Miami, FL) to Orit Bitton (Coral Springs, FL)
The New York State Assembly makes decisions that affect our neighborhood, our families, our Yeshivas and schools, public safety, housing, shelters, and many of the issues that matter most to our community. It’s impact on our daily lives can be significant
Yeshiva Bein Hazmanim concluded a highly successful Tammuz program featuring packed sedorim, a beautiful farbrengen, and an exclusive, hour-long halachah shiur with Rabbi Yosef Yeshaya Braun.
With great sadness, we report the passing of Rabbi Berel Zaltzman OBM, a veteran shliach, renowned chazzan, and pioneer of Russian-Jewish outreach. For decades, Rabbi Zaltzman dedicated his life to strengthening Yiddishkeit among Jews who had lived behind the Iron Curtain, inspiring countless individuals through his warmth, song, and unwavering devotion to the Rebbe’s shlichus. He passed away on Tuesday, the 8th of Tammuz, 5786.
One of the most damaging trends in today’s educational environment is the relentless push for absolute uniformity. This pressure contradicts one of the most foundational principles of Torah: “Shiv’im Panim LaTorah” — the seventy legitimate faces of Torah (Bamidbar Rabbah 13:15).
Late Saturday night, June 20th, a single-engine Piper PA-28 Cherokee carrying three young men went down in a wooded area near a residential neighborhood in Bowie, Maryland, killing all three aboard. In the hours and days that followed, a network of Chabad shluchim under the auspices of Chabad of Maryland and Rabbi Shmuel Kaplan together with partner organizations worked quietly — and urgently — to ensure the victims received the dignity, respect, and Jewish care that halacha demands.
Berke and Rivka (nee Lubin) Wolff from Odessa, Ukraine had a baby girl!
Last week Kollel Anash of Crown Heights had the honor of hosting a shiur by Rabbi Yitzchok Hanoka on Pas and Bishul Akum. Rabbi Hanoka serves as a senior Mashgiach for the OK kashrus.
Organized by the Torah Center as part of its annual programming, the evening brought together community members for reflection, personal stories, music, and renewed connection to the Rebbe’s enduring guidance.
Performances featured solos and duets (with siblings or friends) and also included a special new Mamesh Music band which was formed, to IY”H continue into next year.
If organizations or leaders choose to ignore the will of the community and continue acting independently of the body elected to represent it, residents of the Kehilla will ultimately vote with their actions—and those leaders will have no one to blame but themselves.
The Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) confirmed the incident began at approximately 11:35 a.m. The shooting unfolded near Decarie Boulevard and Westbury Avenue, an area with a large Jewish and Chabad population and several community institutions, including Beth Rivkah Academy, Chai Center, MADA, Vaad Ha’ir, and Yagdil Torah.
Ari Engel (Denver, CO) to Lieba Scheinberger (Coral Springs, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva – Small Hall
