From what folks have said about this year’s Jewish Summer Festival at West Meadow Beach in Stony Brook, Long Island, it was a breeze. But that might have more to do with the weather than with the actual ease of planning such an event.
Phil Gillespie placed the rams’ horn to the corner of his mouth and blew the homemade instrument, making a deep sound reminiscent of an old fog horn.
Tanya Video Art is a series of short films, presenting deep concepts from the world of Tanya and Chassidut, in a very friendly and humorous way, reaching out to people who have never studied Tanya before.
On a recent afternoon at Lenny’s Deli in Westwood, Jon Voight reached into a black satchel and pulled out a well-worn copy of Paul Johnson’s “A History of the Jews,” then began reading aloud from the text, his fingers carefully tracing the words.
With Rosh Hashana coming in so early, it seems we we have less time than ever to get the kids settled from camp, ready for the school year, purchase Shul seats and plan meals – let alone have the opportunity to give proper thought and preparation to the spiritual side of the upcoming Yomim Tovim.
The cyber teacher center ChinuchWorks now has almost 5,000 thousand student exercises, cataloged and arranged according to subjects and grades.
The Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens got a slight makeover yesterday in preparation for the upcoming high holidays. A new canopy for the main entrance on Francis Lewis Blvd. was installed by Sign It Inc. of Crown Heights.
Reb Binyomin Klein, a Mazkir of the Rebbe, is sitting Shiva after the passing of his brother, Reb Yaakov, OBM, at 750 Eastern Pkwy. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.] until Monday morning. The family requested that visitors refrain from coming after 9:00pm. […]
Chabad Lubavitch of Central New York set up a Jewish Heritage Exhibit at the New York State Fair, held at the State Fairgrounds in Syracuse. This is the 28th consecutive year that Chabad has been present at the Fair.
Friends and family of Rabbi Immanuel Schochet, OBM, have gathered in Toronto and New York to mark the Shloshim of his passing.
Nevada-based, precious metal producer Comstock Mining invited two Chabad Rabbis to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange Aug. 13.
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