Education advocates hope this black and white billboard in Brooklyn will catch the eye of parents in the borough's large Orthodox Jewish community, where more than 84,000 students attend religious schools, many of which do not meet legal minimum requirements for instruction in English, science and math.
Education advocates fed up with a lack of English, math and science in some Jewish parochial schools have taken their frustration to the street — or, more accurately, to a huge billboard overhanging the BQE.
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2013 graduates pose for a picture with school principal, Mrs. Dena Gorkin.
On Sunday, June 16th, Bnos Chomesh celebrated the graduation of its fourth graduating class. Now entering its seventh year, Bnos Chomesh has become the place to go for high school girls who seek a warm and personalized approach to their education.
A rendering of the planned Chabad House. Inset: Rabbi Zalman and Chani Bukiet.
Chabad of West Boca Raton, an Orthodox synagogue known for its outreach to unaffiliated Jews, broke ground last week on a 1.2-acre parcel on State Road 7, on the south side of the Shoppes at Boca Greens.
One Oholei Torah 7th grade class were rewarded with a tour around Manhhatan in a stretch Hummer limo, a speedboat, and for three lucky raffle winners, a helicopter ride as well.
With Sadness we inform you of the passing of Harav Hachossid Rabbi Moshe Greenberg OBM of Bnei Brak. He spent seven years in a Russian prison for his childrens education, and later established Moisdos Chabad in Bnei Brak. He is survived by his 17 children, most of whom are Shluchim.
Rabbi Yehudah Leib ("Reb Leibel") Bistritzky with the Rebbe.
Rabbi Yehudah Leib (“Reb Leibel”) Bistritzky, 86, a prominent and much loved figure in the Chabad-Lubavitch community and beyond, passed away on May 13. He was more commonly known as “Reb Leibel.”
I’m wide awake, but I know the route so well I may as well still be sleeping. I walk quickly, I’m a bochur, no one walks faster. My lips murmur what I remember by heart, anything to save a few minutes. I try not to look around and see what I should not.
Dovid is a very creative and passionate young man with an innovative idea for a tech company. He has a supportive partner, a talented team, and a dream. All he’s missing is the money needed to turn his concept into a reality.
Yeshivas YNS celebrated its second graduation as five bochurim walked amidst their friends, members of the community, and their family to become the graduating class of 2013-5773.
Last week the organizers of The Great Lag B’Omer Parade hosted an appreciation lunch at Chagall Bistro in Park Slope to honor the NYPD and staff who helped organize the magnificent event.
Mesibos Shabbos dates back to 1941, when the horror in Europe knew no bounds. The Friediker Rebbe had recently come to America. To begin American Jewry’s transformation, Merkos Established “Mesibos Shabbos” as one of their first campaigns.
