From Days Gone By: London Cheder, Early 1950s
Reb Bentche Shemtov, OBM, poses for a group portrait with a class of the Lubavitch Cheder of London in the early 1950s. Can you identify anyone in the photo?
Reb Bentche Shemtov, OBM, poses for a group portrait with a class of the Lubavitch Cheder of London in the early 1950s. Can you identify anyone in the photo?
What was most noticeable at last week’s baseball game between the “Cubs” and the “White Sox” at Jerusalem’s Kraft Stadium were the smiles and laughter as players stepped up to the plate and then rounded the bases in an inaugural game for children with special needs, sponsored by the Friendship Circle of Central Jerusalem.
On Sunday, 24 Adar II, Yeshiva Torah Ohr of North Miami Beach held a Hachnasas Sefer Torah. The Torah was one of six Torahs that Leonardo Farkas of Chile donated this year’s Kinus Hashluchim, in which a new Torah was sent to six continents.
Over one hundred people braved the rain and cold weather to pay their last respects to Mrs. Riva Minkowitz, OBM, of Crown Heights, who passed away yesterday at the age of 92.
After months of anticipation and preparation, the third annual Jewish heritage ‘Olympics’ quiz for students of Chabad schools across the former Soviet Union has reached its third and final stage.
Three industrial kosher kitchens were completely destroyed in a five-alarm fire that swept through a warehouse for hours near Kings County Hospital south of Crown Heights.
Chabad of Penn State University, under the leadership of Rabbi Nosson and Sarah Meretsky, hosted a Challah bake for the campus’ Jewish community.
1,500 students in Beis Rivkah-Campus Chomesh gathered together for a Hakhel event for all grades in the school’s elementary division, a first-of-its-kind event for the school. The gathering marked the Rebbezin’s birthday, and the anniversary of laying the cornerstone for the Campus Chomesh building.
A delegation on behalf of the Israeli Knesset visited the country of Armenia this weekend, headed by MK David Bitan (Likud). While there, the group visited the Chabad Center in Yerevan, the former Soviet republic’s capital city, where they were welcomed by local Shliach Rabbi Gershon Meir Burshtein.
The month of March has experienced a drastic drop in Palestinian terrorism attacks in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and in Israeli cities within the Green Line, according to IDF data.
Over 1,200 people gathered Sunday morning in Wingate Auditorium to watch contestants display the knowledge they have accumulated over months of intensive studying and test-taking.