Among the hundreds of Chasidim who traveled to Mezhibuzh, Ukraine for Shavuos, to spend the Yahrzeit of the Baal Shem Tov near his burial place, was a group of Chabad Chassidim led by Rabbi Nachman Yosef Twerski of Crown Heights and Rabbi Chaim Sholom Deutsch of Jerusalem.
The New York Post featured an extended tribute to the life of the Lubavitcher Rebbe in the paper’s June 7th edition, in honor of his upcoming 20th Yom Hilula early next month. In a feature titled ‘How one rabbi modernized Judaism and began a movement,’ staff writer Gary Buiso explores the life and legacy of the Rebbe, and the movement he led to bring Torah Judaism into the 21st Century.
The Bais Menachem Youth Development program, a Chabad Yeshiva for ‘at-risk’ youth in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, is the subject of this intriguing feature article published today by the JTA, written by Uriel Heilman.
The World Cup may be days away, but in Brooklyn, the Crown Heights Cup game on Sunday may be almost as important. In some ways, it is more important.
Twenty-five years ago, Michael Gala Jr., then an FDNY Firefighter, found a pair of Tefillin on the streets of New York City. Understanding that they are a Jewish religious item, he turned to his orthodox neighbors and asked that they return them to their rightful owner. They were successful – 25 years later.
Tanya, the mother of a Lubavitch family in Staten Island, was driving five of her young children to Cheder in Morristown this morning, when her car began to submerge in flooding caused by heavy rains. The dramatic rescue of the family was caught on camera by ABC 7 Eyewitness News.
The students and faculty members of Yeshiva Gedolah of Ausralia and New Zealand gathered outside their Melbourne campus to pose for a year-end group portrait.
It has not even been published yet, but Rabbi Joseph Telushkin‘s latest book, Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History has hit Amazon’s list of its 100 best selling books.
Rabbi Nachman Simon, Shliach to Delmar, a suburb of Albany, interviewed New York State Assemblyman Karim Camara, whose district includes most of Crown Heights, for a TV talk show called ‘The Jewish View.’
Alexander Imich, a Jewish holocaust survivor and the oldest man in the world, passed away yesterday at the age of 111.
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Rivkah (Riva) Raskin OBM, who was among the founders of the Lubavitch Community in London. She passed away early Monday morning at the age of 84.
