Picture of the Day: CGI-Parksville Group Portrait
As the first session of the summer comes to a close, the campers and staff of Gan Yisroel in Parksville, NY gathered together this morning to pose for a group portrait.
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New Engagement!
Velvel Tiefenbrun (London, England) and Mussie Greenfeld (Crown Heights)
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30,000 Attend 2nd Funeral of Lone Soldier
Photo: VIN News/Flash90.
Tens of thousands of mourners paid their final respects to Sgt. Max Steinberg, the slain IDF soldier who was laid to rest on Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem this morning, Wednesday.
Ukrainian Jews Flee War Zones
Anna Kroll sighs with relief. She’s grateful for the opportunity to care for her month-old daughter in the comfort and quiet of the Chabad-run old age home in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, where she has found refuge. The Lugansk native watched her hometown erupt in violence over the past few months. Recently, as the situation grew more dangerous, she escaped with her extended family and newborn to Eastern Ukraine’s largest Jewish community, where she was welcomed with open arms.
Baby Boy!
Shloimy and Mirele (nee Kugel) Greenwald (Crown Heights)
Video: Making the World G-d’s Home
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Masei. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one make this world into G-d’s home?
Yaldei Barbecue in Prospect Park Draws Hundreds
Yaldei Shluchei HaRebbe hosted its first summertime fundraiser this past week at the Prospect Park Picnic House. The event, a men’s barbecue, honored Rabbi Yisroel Wilhelm, Shliach to the university of Colorado, Yaldei board member and the father of a child with special needs.
A Determined Resolve as Israel Buries Its Fallen Soldiers
As funerals for soldiers killed in battle over the weekend were held throughout Israel, the Israel Defense Forces announced that seven more ground troops and officers had died on Monday. As family, friends and fellow soldiers gathered to mourn the fallen, there was a determined resolve that was palpable everywhere.
Video: The Week in Review at YSP
The fourth week of camp was filled with excitement, learning, fun and inspiration at Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ.
Story: Another Year, Another Miracle
File Photo: The annual Crown Heights-Flatbush RCCS barbecue in 2102.
Yoel Brill, former director of the Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society (RCCS) and founder of A Hope to Heal, related the following story he experienced last night while visiting the Rebbe’s Ohel in anticipation of tonight’s RCCS barbecue in Flatbush
Mumbai Chabad House Restored; Nears Completion
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The Nariman House under siege. Inset: Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, HYD.
On Rosh Chodesh Elul, August 26, 2014, a grand dedication ceremony will be held for the newly-restored Nariman House, the Chabad Center in Mumbai, India that was destroyed during a four-day terrorist siege which claimed the lives of Rabbi Gavriel and Rivkah Holtzberg, HYD, and four other Jews.
Cheder at the Ohel to Open ‘Mechina’ Class
File photo: Cheder at the Ohel's 8th grade class.
Cheder at the Ohel has announced that a ‘Mechina’ class will be opening this fall for boys ages 13-14. The location for this class will be near the Ohel, with transportation provided to and from Crown Heights.
New Engagement!
Yehudah Ivanov (Los Angeles, CA) and Rivka Leah Cylich (Melbourne, Australia)
Op-Ed: Loose Lips Sink Ships
by Boruch Wolf
A mutual acquaintance of mine who was once employed at the Pentagon cafeteria, overheard very high ranking military men conversing over lunch and mockingly refer to the active troops as “fodder”. They were high and mighty luxury-office-suite- commanders and the little poor men who were under their command were merely their fodder.
Info to Be Menachem Avel Kuperman Family
The Kuperman family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their father, Reb Chaim Aaron, OBM, at 591 Lefferts Ave. [Between Kingston and Albany Aves.]. Shachris: 7:30 & 8:30. Mincha: 7:30 & 7:45. Maariv: Bizmana. Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar … Continued
Summer Program Brings Students Closer to Judaism
In a leafy neighborhood in Montreal, Canada, 10 Jewish young adults just completed a two-week shot in the arm of Judaism that included guest lectures, daily prayers, one-on-one Talmud study and a weekend trip to New York.
Photos: Montreal Campers Enjoy Theme Park
Campers and counselors at Camp Gan Israel-Montreal enjoyed an exciting and fun trip to La Ronde, a Quebec amusement park, where they spent the day riding roller coasters and enjoying other rides and games.
From Days Gone By: Gan Yisroel-Montreal, 1975
The bunk of counselor Aron Wolf (today a Chabad rabbi and Sofer in Chicago) poses for a group portrait at Camp Gan Yisroel-Montreal in the summer of 1975. Can you identify any of the campers?
Survey: Jews Most Popular Religious Group in U.S.
Jews are the most warmly regarded religious group in America, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center.
Moscow Jewish Community Rallies for Israel
Beneath a banner proclaiming “should your brothers go to war while you sit idly here?” dozens of Jews gathered Sunday at the Marina Roscha synagogue in Moscow for an evening of prayer for the safety of the Jewish people and IDF soldiers in the Holy Land.
Photos: Visiting Day at YSP
On Sunday, campers and their parents enjoyed an exciting and fun-filled visiting day together at Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ.
Kentucky Pro-Israel Demonstrators Put on Tefilin
A rally in support of Israel was held Sunday in Louisville, Kentucky. Local Chabad Shluchim Rabbi Chaim Litvin and his brother Shmully set up a booth at the event and helped many Jewish men put on Tefilin and gave Jewish women Shabbos candle sets.