Hundreds of passengers pass through the Chabad Air counter at JFK Airport daily, many with inspirational stories about Chabad and the Rebbe. Today we present you the fifth in a series of those stories.
Just weeks after the horrific anti-Semitic shooting attack at Chabad of Poway that took the life of a congregant and injured three others, the synagogue’s rabbi, himself injured in the shooting, visited the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, where more than a million Jews and others were murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
Rabbi Heschel Greenberg, a Shliach in Buffalo, NY, will be starting a daily WhatsApp broadcast that will contain a, one-to-two minutes, “SOUL BYTE,” for people to start off their day with a boost of Jewish wisdom.
Rabbi Abba Brenenson, from Kfar Chabad, who was featured in last week’s My Story from JEM, is sitting Shiva for his mother, Mrs Aidel Brenenson until Friday at his sister’s home on Long Island at 745 Verona Dr, Melville, NY 11747.
“Habeit Na,” an acapella song by Netanel Menat and the Malchus Choir describes the yearning of the Jewish people, who look up at the Father in heaven, asking, praying and begging, “הבט נא, רחם נא, על עמך מהרה”
Rabbi Nochem Kaplan praises the new book Dear Rebbe as revealing many lesser known details about the Rebbe’s activities to reach Jews from all segments of society.
A Myanmar airplane pilot manages to land without his plane’s front wheels when they failed to deploy on landing. The pilot is being hailed a hero for his skill, and saving the lives of the passengers and crew.
Operation Survival: r. Rona Novick, PhD is the Dean of the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration at Yeshiva University and holds the Raine and Stanley Silverstein Chair in Professional Ethics and Values. She discusses the question, What is the difference between aggressive behavior and bullying?
A frum young man died after his car went up in flames early Monday morning while on a sidewalk in Boro Park. The incident is under investigation for possible foul play.
With great sadness we report the passing of Raphael Shmuel Goldberg OBM, a young boy who inspired many to say tehillim as he was undergoing a transplant. Updated with Levaya information
The Lawfare Project has announced that it has filed a new case against Kuwait Airways in Germany, over the airline’s policy of anti-Semitic discrimination on its flights. The case is being brought by a Frankfurt based Israeli businessman who booked a flight from Munich to Sri Lanka in November last year, only to be denied the right to travel.
The Rosenberg family will be sitting shiva following the passing of their mother, Mrs. Gitel Rosenberg OBM. They will be sitting at 618 Montgomery St, Brooklyn, NY 11225.
