About a month ago, a letter came out signed by many Chabad Rabbonim, Roshei Yeshiva and Mashpiim urging bochurim to get married earlier, at the age of 20-21, instead of what has been the common practice to begin getting involved in shidduchim at 23-24.
Thousands participated during a silent march at the Place de la Bastille in Paris today to pay tribute to the four victims killed by a gunman at a Jewish school in Toulouse. Meanwhile, France’s incumbent President and UMP ruling candidate for 2012 presidential election Nicolas Sarkozy and France’s First Lady Carla Bruni, attended at the Nazareth synagogue for a somber ceremony.
A Kfar Chabad resident was struck by a car in an intersection at the entrance to the central Israeli town. He had reportedly been intoxicated, and ran into the street where he was hit by an oncoming vehicle. He condition is listed as critical. Please say Tehilim for Meir Tzvi ben Yael Katrina.
Chabad on Campus UK hosted an exhilarating Shabbaton with students from over 10 university campuses across the UK in a suitably idyllic location in South Wales, in West Glamorgan, Goytre Valley.
Hundreds of guests came to partake in an historic wedding in Kharkov, Ukraine. Rivka Moskovitz, daughter of the Shluchim to the city, got married in her hometown to Moishy Korf, son of Rabbi Yossi Korf from Crown Heights. Moishy’s grandfather, Reb Gedalya Korf, grew up in Kharkov, and was from the founders of “Ezras Achim” – an organization that kept the flames of Yiddishkeit alive throughout Soviet times. By Hashgocha Protis, it was Ezras Achim that was active in helping the Moskovitz family come as shluchim of the Rebbe to Kharkov in 1990.
Parents: Have you ever sent your child/young adult away for the summer only to find out that you did not do your due diligence in researching the track record of the hiring party?
Head Staff: Have you ever taken a summer Shlichus position that you thought was going to be great and ended not being to your liking?
Israelis and Jews around the world are under a growing threat from Islamic terrorists and need to demand that local authorities provide better security, former Counterterrorism Bureau chief Brig.-Gen. Nitzan Nuriel said Monday, hours after a gunman killed four people outside of a Jewish school in France.
In this 24th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana describes the funeral of her husband, Reb Levik, who had succumbed to his illness while still in exile.
A a new shul has opened in Pomona for Monsey’s Chabad community, serving those who live north of Tzemach Tzedek and Beis Menachem.
A huge shipment of sefarim was delivered to Kehot right after Purim. According to Kehot showroom director, Rabbi Avrohom Holtzberg, some 60,000 volumes recently arrived by container from Kehot printers in Israel and elsewhere.
Jews around the world are still in shock after the terror that struck in France, claiming the lives of four people. A father, his two children and another girl. World leaders have been issuing strong condemnations and calls for the capture of the barbaric terrorist behind the attack.
TOULOUSE, France [CHI] — Just as the news of the horrifying murder in France is beginning to set in around the world, new eyewitness accounts offer even more chilling insight into the senseless butchery which took place at the Jewish school Ozar Hatorah in France.
TOULOUSE, France — A father, his two children and another child are dead following a terrifying shooting in front of the Jewish high school in Toulouse, France this morning. The victims are Rabbi Jonathan Sandler, 30, his 3-year-old and 6-year-old sons Gabriel and Arieh and 8-year-old Miriam Monsonego, the children attended the Chabad Gan for children.
After meeting more than seven years in living rooms, or in rented space at schools and office buildings, Chabad Jewish Center of Bradenton and Lakewood Ranch finally has a home of its own.
The annual Melave Malka of the Maple Street Shul took place Motzei Shabbos Vayakhel-Pekudei, March 17. The hall was filled to capacity with a crowd who came to enjoy an uplifting evening benefiting the Shul. The crowd included many guests from the Crown Heights Community as well as from Boro Park, Williamsburg and Flatbush.
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