Laws and Customs: The Nine Days
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of the Nine Days for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
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Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Nechama Baumgarten, 87, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Sara Nechama Baumgarten, OBM, matriarch of a family of hundreds of Lubavitcher Chassidim all over the world, and a beloved member of the Crown Heights community for more than half a century. She was 87 years old.
Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz’s Weekly Blog Now in Audio
Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz‘s Weekly Blog is now available in an Audio presentation, narrated by Rabbi Sholem Perl of Los Angeles.
American Police Officer Charged with Aiding ISIS
Prosecutors on Wednesday brought the first-ever terrorism charges against a law enforcement officer in the U.S., alleging that a patrol officer with the D.C. region’s Metro Transit Police was caught buying $250 worth of gift cards for the Islamic State group.
Video: Week 3 at Machane Heights
The third week of Machane Heights Day Camp was filled with learning, fun and adventure, as can be seen in this video recap.
New Condo Building Planned for Empire Blvd.
Developers have filed demolition permits to replace two two-story homes on Empire Blvd. between Albany and Troy Aves. with a high-end 14-unit condo building.
Info to Be Menachem Avel Ziskind Family
The Ziskind family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their husband and father, Reb Yankel, OBM, at 551 Brooklyn Ave. #1B [between Maple and Midwood Sts.]. Shachris – 7:30am Mincha – 7:45pm Maariv – 8:45pm Visiting hours: 8:30am-12:30pm, 2:00pm-7:30pm, […]
African Children Enjoy Avraham Fried’s Latest Hit
On a tour through Kenya, The Pumpedisa Band visited a village populated by members of the Maasai Tribe and played a song for the curious children who gathered around them – Avraham Fried’s latest hit Hineni Beyodecho.
Rabbi Mendel Lieberman, right, founder of Chabad’s “Chai Ashkelon” program, with some of the 1,200 hospitalized children in Israel who will get to participate in summer camp this year, the program's 35th year running.
Day Camp Comes to Kids Stuck in Israeli Hospitals
Summer is in high gear, with a million things for kids to do: people to see, day and overnight camps to attend, sleepovers with friends, family trips and just being able run out to the nearest neighborhood playground to do what kids do best.
Photographer Trains Wry Eye on Brooklyn’s Lubavitchers
In a bid to combat ‘fashionable’ anti-Semitism in France, photographer Sacha Goldberger created and captured humorous scenes of daily life as a Chasidic Jew in Crown Heights, while educating the viewers about Jews and Judaism.
Crown Heights to Get Futuristic New Firehouse
The FDNY is celebrating plans for a futuristically designed firehouse that will set the standard in modern fire department amenities. In a structure that is planned to be completed in 2018, firefighters will have the space and built-in features to expand their ability to recognize and tackle dangerous fires.
Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot, Israel.
60-Year-Old Israeli Woman Gives Birth to Healthy Girl
A 60-year-old Israeli woman became a proud mother of healthy baby girl this morning in the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot.
Picture of the Day: North Miami Beach, FL
Students and faculty of Yeshiva Torah Ohr of North Miami Beach pose for a group photo with head shliach to the state of Florida for 57 years Rabbi Avrohom Korf. After the photo, Rabbi Korf treated the students to a farbrengen, where he expressed his nachas to visit the only yeshiva in the Southern U.S. that is still open during the summer months.
Video: How to Keep Hashem’s Memory Alive
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Matos-Maasei. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How do you keep Hashem’s memory alive?
Report: NYPD Commissioner Bratton to Resign
NYPD Commissioner William Bratton will announce today that he is resigning and will be replaced by Chief of Department James O’Neill, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Chabad Hebrew Academy of San Diego
S. Diego Chabad Hebrew Academy Goes Solar
The Chabad Hebrew Academy of San Diego, CA, led by Rabbi Yosef Fradkin, switched over to solar energy for all their electrical needs last March and declared “energy independence.” Now they are seeing savings of $169,000 each year, reports the S. Diego Jewish Journal.
Odessa Students Explore Israel
A large group of enthusiastic Jewish students from Odessa, Ukraine, visited Israel on a Taglit Birthright trip last week.
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