A notorious Lefferts Avenue drug den was raided by the NYPD on Thursday night and a large stash of drugs was found. Five people were taken into custody while a sixth managed to escape and police mounted a massive search.
As they join their fellow South Carolina residents in assessing the full impact of severe flooding that washed away local bridges, severely damaged roads, caused a severe shortage in drinking water and led to the loss of 15 lives, leaders and volunteers at Chabad centers throughout the state are joining with other Jewish communal organizations in helping those most in need.
The Talmidm of Shiur Aleph Mesivta at Yeshivas Lubavitch-Toronto and Friends of the late Menachem Mendel Cotlar, OBM, of Houston, TX, built and dedicated a sukkah mobile in his memory.
The Jewish community of Manchester, UK, gathered Chol Hamoed night for a grand Simchas Beis Hashoeva celebration, with live music, dancing and a rocking performance by Chasidic singing star Shloime Gertner.
On Wednesday afternoon, a group of protesters (mostly from Crown Heights) assembled in front of the Israeli Consulate to protest the recent wave of violence and terrorism in Israel.
Last Wednesday night, Chol Hamoed Sukkos, September 30th, Chabad Youth of Melbourne held its annual Sukkot at the city’s historic ‘Luna Park.’
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach to Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, has returned to YouTube with his brief and hilarious thoughts on the weekly Parasha.
Rabbi Gershon Overlander, Director of the Chabad House of Hendon in London, UK, launched his own little campaign against the BDS movement (the “Boycott Divestment and Sanctions” movement against Israel), with a creative bumper sticker that reads: BSD we’ll beat BDS!
The wave of Palestinian terror continues, as another three stabbing attacks occurred in Israel today, following three similar attacks that occurred yesterday.
Update: Fourth stabbing attack today occurs in Afula.
Joe Davidovitz is a philanthropist and property developer in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in his home in August of 2014.
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