Photos: CGI-Montreal Recites Eicha
After Shabbos, with the onset of the fast of Tisha B’av, the campers and staff of Gan Yisroel-Montreal gathered in the Shul to recite Eicha and mourn the destruction of the Beis Hamikdosh.
Daily Archives: July 27, 2015
Left: Lieba Rudolph with her husband and children. Right: Maya Rudolph.
Story: What I Learned from My Famous Relative
Lieba Rudolph, a well-known writer and longtime member of the Chabad community in Pittsburgh, wrote the following inspiring story of Hashgacha Protis on her personal blog, Pondering Jew, describing a chance encounter she had with a relative of hers, celebrity actress Maya Rudolph, at a car wash in Los Angeles.
Video: Missionary Who Visited the Rebbe
25 years after a famous encounter between the Rebbe and a ‘lost’ Jew who declared himself a missionary at Sunday dollars, this same Jew was ‘found’ by Lubavitcher Bochurim in Yeshiva Kayitz in Lugano, Switzerland.
Rabbi Crowdsources Kidneys After Donating His Own
Rachael Eisenson is eager to go back to school. The graduate school-student from Smithtown, N.Y., is just one class shy of getting her master’s degree in web and multimedia design.
Shloshim for Reb Yekutiel Rapp Coincides with 10th Anniversary of Gush Katif Expulsion
The community is invited to participate in the Shloshim for Rabbi Yekutiel Rapp, OBM, which will take place Tuesday evening, July 28, at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St. [corner Albany Ave.] from 7:30 to 9:00pm.
Music Video: Dovid Hamelech
Chasidic recording artist Eli Marcus has released the first music video from his new album Dovid Hamelech. The video, set to the title track, takes a fresh and exciting look into a “day in the life” of the artist. Composed by legendary composer Yossi Green, the music video was directed by Chaim Hershkowitz and filmed by CJ Studios.
Modest Bathing Suits Make a Splash
Writing for the Wall Street Journal, journalist Lucette Lagnado explores the growing market of modest swimwear, which caters mostly to Orthodox Jewish women.
Thief Breaks into Home, Steals Clothes
A burglar climbed through the window of an apartment on President St. between Nostrand and Rogers Ave. on Wednesday, July 15th. Bizarrely, the criminal changed into new clothes he found in the room, and left his old change of clothes on the floor. Other than a phone charger, nothing else was stolen from the apartment.
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