San Antonio Mayor Inspired by Visit to Israel

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While in Israel, San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro (left) talks with Rabbi Chaim Block (right) of Chabad Lubavitch of South Texas.

After five jam-packed days of business and government meetings interspersed with cultural and political side trips, Mayor Julián Castro and the delegation he led to Israel last week came away energized by that nation’s commitment to innovation, research and commercialization.

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Israeli FM Calls on Chabad to Encourage Aliya

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Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman called on the Chabad movement to expand its indefatigable activities worldwide to include “bringing all the Jews from around the world here to Israel.”

‘MEKIMI’ and ‘JEM’ Join to Help Bedridden Children

One family’s generous gesture created a joint effort between MEKIMI Cheer Up Squad and JEM, to team together in providing educational and inspirational DVD’s to enhance the lives of bedridden children and adults.

The Frierdiker Rebbe’s Blessing To a Soldier

July 1942: At the height of World War II Aaron Roth, a soldier from New York, begins his service—but not without a fateful meeting with the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn.

CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute presents an amazing Encounter of a very special blessing and a promise to his father that followed Mr. Roth from an army base in Virginia to the heart of wartime Tel Aviv. With special thanks to Rabbi Yerachmiel Tiles, Director, Ascent Institute, Safed.

Today: The Fast of Shiva Asar BeTamuz

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The Fast ends at 9:04pm (NYC Times – More Times)

The 17th of Tammuz is a fast day, which is devoted to mourning the breaching of Jerusalem’s walls and the other tragic events that occurred on this day, and repenting and rectifying their causes. We refrain from all food and drink from “daybreak” (about an hour before sunrise, depending on location) until nightfall. Special prayers and Torah readings are added to the day’s services.