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Sholom Vogel (Wilmington, DE) and Chanale Gurevitch (Crown Heights)
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New Engagement!
Hendel (ben Yossi) Futerfas (Crown Heights) and Sari Paltiel (Melbourne, Australia)
Lubavitcher Sues Eshel over For-Profit Hotel
A Lubavitcher has initiated a federal lawsuit against Eshel Hachnosas Orchim and its owner R’ Menachem Mendel Hendel over what he claims is a for-profit hotel being illegally operated out of building in Crown Heights. DNAinfo has profiled the lawsuit in an article describing bother parties as “Mishechistim”, and that the social services organization was meant to provide shelter for the needy, but instead charges Manhattan prices for its rooms.
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Heshie and Malka (nee Grosh) Goldfein (Crown Heights)
Baby Boy!
Shimmy and Devorah (nee Chaiton) Korolitzky (Crown Heights)
Australian Capital Chabad Tagged with Swastika
Rabbi Shmueli Feldman stands behind the graffiti near his synagogue in northern Canberra, Australia.
The Chabad Shliach to Canberra, Australia’s Capital Territory, has spoken out against the rise of hate crimes after a playground near his synagogue was vandalized with swastika graffiti.
YKK Ends Summer with Exciting Programs
Yeshivas Kayitz Kingston, a summer overnight camp geared for 8th grade and Mesivta-age bochurim run under the auspices of Educational Institute Oholei Torah, has made a great positive impact this summer, both on the campers, as well as the broader Chabad summer programs for anash talmidim.
Shpy’s Adventures Part 2 Now Streamable Online
There’s trouble in the air. Agent 18 spotted a delivery man carrying boxes of “Moldstein’s chocolate” into a grocery store that sells “Goldstein’s chocolate!” He immediately gets a funny feeling that the Yetzer Harah is up to no good! Agent 18 calls his boss, Agent 613, who then orders the Shpy and Feivel to get to the bottom of it all.
Video: The King Is in the Field
Michael Caras of Carasmatic Design created this short video explaining the Alter Rebbe’s analogy of the King in the field during the month of Elul.
Video: What Is Closer to G-d, Our Thoughts or Actions?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Shoftim. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is closer to G-d, Our thoughts or our actions?
Trendy Boutique Employs People with Special Needs
Chabad-Lubavitch emissary Rochel Groner, left, and employee Erin Keeter work at the front counter of ZABS Place.
ZABS Place offers everything from clothing and toys to home goods and greeting cards. What makes this boutique thrift store in North Carolina different is that it employs workers with special needs.
Teachers Dedicate Summer to Improving Skills
Over this summer, 44 devoted teachers perfected their classroom and teaching skills through Igud Hamelamdim’s comprehensive training course.
Photos: ‘Goodbye Gan Yisroel’
As Camp Gan Yisroel came to a close, the whole camp partook in a very emotional and inspiring banquet, where all the awards of the summer were given out.
Video: Shliach’ Perspective on Rise of Hate Groups
Rabbi Chaim Mentz of Chabad of Bel Air, CA, joined a local Fox News panel to discuss the events in Charlottesville, the fallout and what many see as the rise of hate groups and anti-Semitism.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Zelda Katzenelenbogen, 76, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Zelda Katzenelenbogen, OBM, of London, UK, wife of Reb Moshe Katzenelenbogen, OBM, and matriarch of a large family of Chassidim and Shluchim. She was 76 years old.
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Moshe Scheiner (Colorado) and Tzilka Katz (Los Angeles, CA)
Is There a Brocho to Say When We See An Eclipse?
After receiving many inquiries about whether there is a Brocho to say when seeing today’s solar eclipse, Rabbi Levi Gorelik responds that the Rebbe was asked this very question in 1957. Plus: Eclipse safety tips and live video of the event in the extended article.
Chabad.org Publishes Machzor Reflections
To help make the tefilos of the Yomim Noroim more meaningful and inspirational, Chabad.org is publishing “Reflections”, a new mini companion to the machzor.
The Rebbe on a Solar Eclipse: A Teachable Moment
On Monday, August 21, a solar eclipse will be visible over North America. What’s the Jewish take? JEM presents a newly-published video of the Rebbe discussing this very topic.
Video: 233 People Changed Their Lives Forever
“I had the privilege to experience one of the most meaningful and inspirational flights from New York To Israel,” says Crown Heights filmmaker Meir Kalmanson. “There are moments in our lives that when we look back at them we say ‘that was when my life changed forever.'”
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Gittel Gottlieb, 78, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Gittel Shprintza Gottlieb OBM, the wife of Rabbi Naftoli Tzvi Gottlieb OBM of Beitar Illit, Israel, who passed away just a month and a half after her husband. She was 78 years old.
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Yoel and Tsvia Edelman (Paris, France)